Want To Heli-Ski Alaska Terrain But Don’t Want The Down Days? | Go With Last Frontier Heliskiing, BC If you want to heliski Alaska terrain but you don’t want down days, you go with Last Frontier Heliskiing. The biggest problem with heli-skiing in Alaska = many down days due to bad weather. The biggest advantage of heli-skiing on the edge of Alaska with Last Frontier Heliskiing = Very few down days due to their fantastic tree skiing terrain. […] SnowBrains | April 12, 2019 1 Comment
VIDEO: Searching for Trees, Drops, and Pillows at Revelstoke, BC Check out this awesome edit, filmed in Revelstoke, BC of Sam Lee searching for hidden features in the forests, skiing pillow lines and sending drops between trees. Revelstoke has been dumped on this year, resulting in these awesome conditions for riding. Great watch! SnowBrains | March 16, 2018 0 Comments
Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA Season Recap 2016/17 | 255″ of Snow in January Alone… [sponsored by Sierra-at-Tahoe] Sierra-at-Tahoe enjoyed one powder cycle after another last season. By season’s end, the resort had received over 625 inches of snow, with an awe-inspiring 50+ powder days. January alone saw nearly 22 feet of snow! 2016/17 saw 625″ of snowfall! Yes, it was a mighty good year for Sierra-at-Tahoe. There were plenty of highlights to choose from […] Featured Article Robin Azer | January 3, 2018 1 Comment
VIDEO: August Trees | 1.5 Years Out Of Injury, Perspective Leads To Powder South America in August, 2017 It’s my first time. Excuses: I’ve been trying to make the migration to South America for an endless winter for 10 years, but there was always an excuse. I don’t have enough time. I don’t have enough money, I have to work. I don’t know how. I don’t speak Spanish well enough. The list goes […] LadyBrains | August 27, 2017 3 Comments
VIDEO: High Speed Technical Tree Skiing in Patagonia Today [arve url="https://vimeo.com/231130042"] Miles Clark | August 24, 2017 37 Likes 3 Tweets 3 Comments
VIDEO: Cliff Hucking in “The Best Tree Skiing on Earth” in Patagonia on Saturday [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nst8wZN6rI&feature=youtu.be"] Miles Clark | August 21, 2017 73 Likes 1 Tweet 1 Comment
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: Nuking Wind, Deep Snow, No One Out A storm hit Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina so hard last night that the mountain was 100% closed this morning. The wind was howling and the snow was coming down hard at dawn. It was damn cold and snowing all the way down to town. I nonchalantly showed up to the mountain at 1pm to see what was going […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 13, 2017 5 Comments
“Quick n’ Dirty” Crystal Mountain, WA. Conditions Report: Wax Your Powder Skis! [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/w1YWOhObXyo”] Well after some good days of recycled powder and hard charging resort laps the “winter storm advisory” finally happened! Not the huge dumps that hit further north, Tahoe and Jackson. But enough to stop me from thinking of mountain bikes, sunny days at the crag and what wearing shorts must be like. Instead had a wax […] Reid Pitman | March 8, 2017 0 Comments
Northstar Mountain Master Plan Approved Unanimously by Placer County Board of Supervisors In a board-meeting this past Tuesday, Northstar’s Mountain Master Plan was approved unanimously in a 5-0 vote. With help through approval from the North Tahoe Regional Advisory Council and the Placer County Planning Commission, this master plan will now replace the 2003 Martis Valley Master Plan. The 20-year plan covers extensive upgrades all across the mountain and included a habitat management […] Backcountry Dylan Cautela | February 27, 2017 0 Comments
Video: Jerry Gets a Faceshot From A Tree When you see a patch of powder near a tree, is it worth the risk? Well this Jerry thought so, but he ended up getting a faceshot from a tree instead of the untouched powder. We know it’s Friday, but make sure not to send it into the weekend like this guy. This video is cringe worthy, yet very humorous, […] Chris Wallner | December 16, 2016 0 Comments
Tignes and it’s Grande Motte Glacier are Open: French Alps [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/XJEGKaSKhtk”] The Tignes and Grande Motte glacier is one of the most popular ski areas in the French Alps. It offers up a huge variety of off-piste skiing, reliable powder, and enormous visual appeal. The video showcases the best of what this resort has to offer in terms of a day on the mountain, including some nimble tree skiing. […] Robin Azer | October 20, 2016 0 Comments
Trip Report: 16 Days Chasing Patagonian Powder by Van The freedom to chase storms from behind the wheel of your very own van. To live life on the fringe, rigged and outfitted for sleeping through the coldest nights in the most unusual locations all the while going weeks on end without showering. Van Life. The ability to unbound yourself from those societal rules that say you’re suppose to have a […] Featured Article Guest Author | August 27, 2015 2 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: World Class Tree Skiing The world’s best tree skiing? Maybe. Certainly the best tree skiing I’ve ever experienced anywhere… Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina received 3+ feet of snow on the upper mountain over the weekend. Today was sunny and bright and was likely than any single day we had here last season. There was snow to the bottom of the mountain (which we never had last season) today which meant you could ski the incredible old growth Lenga tree forests on the lower mountain. These trees are large, very widely spaced Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 3, 2015 6 Comments
Fickle Snowpack Furor @ Kirkwood last week! Last week Kirkwood Mountain was graced with a freak massive amount of new snow of…wait for it…3 inches! Given the season so far, that 3 inch storm yields to one of the deepest powder days of the year! With a bluebird forecast the day after the major snow event, I rallied up to the mountain to see what I could find in and beyond the boundaries. Albeit with a firm layer underneath, those 3 in […] Conditions Report Casey Cane | February 4, 2015 0 Comments
Shreddin’ the Coral @ Kirkwood – still fun to be had! With 3mm of new snow under bluebird skies, it was one of those days skiers from California could only dream of at Kirkwood. So the MLK weekend monster storm is gone. Do you go skiing or do you stay home and purchase yet another DLC on Forza? […] Conditions Report Casey Cane | January 14, 2015 2 Comments
Search and Ye Shall Receive @ Kirkwood For the fourth year in a row, the snowpack in Tahoe is lackluster for this time of year. Thankfully, Kirkwood received just enough snow to open 100% of their mountain from the storms to date. Unfortunately, we received some mixed precipitation and heavy Eastern winds […] Conditions Report Casey Cane | January 8, 2015 4 Comments
All Time Alaskan Tree Skiing New Year’s finally provided some much needed snow in Turnagain Pass, AK. Although the winds were fierce and any snow above treeline was becoming wind scoured, the trees were finally filling in. The snow was dense, soft and fast. Despite receiving over 24 inches in the upper elevations, it was skiing about three inches. The wind had completely buffed the snow over and made for some all time tree skiing. It felt great to finally play around in the trees again! There’s no shortage of fun features from pillows, to multiple staged drops to air off of and keep you on your toes! Currently, it’s been cold for about a week without precipitation. Much […] Featured Video Scott Rich | January 7, 2015 0 Comments
Cultivating the Cornice Chair @ Kirkwood – one awesome chairlift! I have a special place in my heart for a chairlift better known as Chair 6 aka ‘Cornice’ at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. Why you may ask? Well, for starters, the lift starts at the base and tops out on a ridge line full of cornices (hence the name.)[…] Conditions Report Casey Cane | December 25, 2014 2 Comments
Slashin’ into the 75th Season @ Sugar Bowl – 12/06/14 The time is finally here…off-trail skiing and celebrating the opening day for Sugar Bowl’s 75th season. Opening day access was through the village via the awesome old school gondola. However, the meat of the skiing was on Mt. Lincoln. With light rain and a thick cloud layer it definitely was not the most ideal day in the weather department but fun prevailed. The terrain included anything from the Rahlve’s Run to Lake View for about halfway down the chair, and at that point, the groomer was the call as the off-trail snow was a wee bit sticky. The top half of Mt. Lincoln was smooth and fast yielding[…] Conditions Report Casey Cane | December 9, 2014 0 Comments
Squaw to Remove 5,000 Trees from Red Dog Area = New Lines & Better Skiing: Squaw Valley will be cutting down and removing over 5,000 trees in the Red Dog area this fall. The trees targeted for removal will be dead and dying trees off Red Dog Ridge near Heidi’s Rock. Squaw is saying this will open up 100 acres of quality tree-skiing terrain. We know, we know, removing trees isn’t generally a cool thing in California, but these trees are dead and this tree removal will be great for opening up the skiing off Red Dog Ridge. After these trees are pulled out, there will be space to charge hard in the Red Dog zone. There is no question, Red Dog holds the best tree skiing […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 23, 2014 6 Comments