Trip Report: Lower Lamarck Lake Basin, CA — “Dr. Feelgood Chute” Report from May 22, 2026 We saw that the weather wasn’t favorable this day, but JZ was free and it was the only day he could ski, so we went because JZ is rad to be around. And we love this zone and want to learn more. We’d only ever skied 2 little chutes on the edge of the zone […] Trip Report Miles Clark | June 20, 2026 0 Comments
Trip Report: Lower Lamarck Lake Basin, CA — “Half Chub Couloir” Report from May 23, 2026 All-star crew for this mission in Lamarcklandia: Natalie, Fox, Big Sam, doggers Vega and Sarah, and me. It’s just so fun to have this epic crew here in Mammoth every May. I’m forever grateful. Lower Lamarck Lake Basin, CA “Half Chub Couloir” Details Summit (actually a ridgeline): 12,027 feet Car: 9,260 feet Vertical From Car: 2,827 […] Trip Report Miles Clark | June 7, 2026 0 Comments
Trip Report: 11,068′ Mt. Baldy, UT — “Main Chute” at Alta Report from May 29, 2026 I almost bailed on hitting Alta’s Main Chute as my last ski day of the 2025-26 season — I was simply too tired. I was pretty smoked after skiing “Pipeline” at Snowbird the previous day. I decided to test myself and see what happened. 11,068 feet Mt. Baldy, UT “Main Chute” Alta Ski Area […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 30, 2026 0 Comments
Trip Report: 11,489′ American Fork Twin Peaks, UT — “Pipeline Couloir” at Snowbird Report from May 28, 2026 I met up with Dr. Joe at 8 a.m. at the base of Gad 2. The previous 3 times I’d skied Pipeline, there was essentially snow back to the parking lot. Not this time. 11,489′ American Fork Twin Peak, UT “Pipeline Couloir” Snowbird Ski Resort Details Summit (actually a ridgeline): 11,300 feet Car: 7,900 feet […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 30, 2026 0 Comments
Trip Report: 12,779′ Mt. Gibbs, CA — The North Face — “Roller Coaster Couloir” Report from Memorial Day, May 25, 2026 The last time I skied Mt. Gibbs was in 2024 with Bernie Rosow, who we just lost this year. Related: Mammoth Mountain, CA, Mourns the Passing of Skiing Legend Bernie Rosow I thought about him all day as Fox and I traded stories of climbing and skiing with Bernie. Gibbs is a beast […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 27, 2026 1 Comment
Trip Report: Pow and Peril on Italy’s Skyway Monte Bianco This article is from Guest Author Cory McMullen Trip Report from February 2026 When I got to the Alps, the snow was old and hard. Rocks poked through patchworks of white, rounded and reduced by the sun. The snow had a gleam and texture to it that was not inviting to someone who spent years staring at snow, trying to […] Trip Report Guest Author | May 26, 2026 0 Comments
Trip Report: 13,501′ Mt. Thompson — “Knudston Couloir” in Powder Snow Report from April 30, 2026 I arrived in Mammoth Lakes, California, on April 28 – earlier than I’d ever arrived for my spring foray in the Eastern Sierra. There was powder in them hills. I was told to go high and north and find something untracked. I knew that Mt. Thompson had 4 or 5 chutes on it delivering a […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 13, 2026 0 Comments
Trip Report: 13,140′ Red Slate Mountain, CA — “North Couloir” Report from May 10, 2026 I’ve always said I’d only try Red Slate if it was a big snow year, yet there I was at 5:30 am, head down, pounding a dirt trail in sneakers and heavy pack, praying for snow to show up within 5 miles… 2025/26 has been a dry one around here and the unprecedented heat wave […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 12, 2026 1 Comment
I Camped on a Glacier in Alaska with 3 Finnish Dudes and Had a Life-Changing Experience “Aleksi and I have been talking about going to Alaska for 10, 15 years now and it’s always something we wanted to do.” “Well…Why don’t we go?” “Yeah, that’d be cool.” “…No…Seriously. Let’s plan a trip—what about next spring?” That brief conversation sometime during winter 2024-2025 between Finnish splitboarder Janne Lääkkö and I—someone who I am lucky to consider both […] Trip Report Martin Kuprianowicz | April 20, 2026 4 Comments
Points North Heli-Skiing, AK, Report: Bucket List Day in the Chugach Mountains Report for Tuesday, April 14, 2026 For years, I’ve wanted to heli-ski in Alaska. It’s definitely a bucket list item. I’ve heli-skied before, but the Chugach Mountains just seemed different and alluring. The range is incredible because it delivers massive, untouched terrain with deep maritime snow, dramatic views, and long, uninterrupted descents that feel truly remote and wild. I arrived […] Trip Report Brent Glogau | April 20, 2026 0 Comments
9 Laps, 9 Holes, 9 Innings — Is the 9-9-9 Challenge the Ultimate Ski Town Flex? Each spring in Seattle, Washington, ski season doesn’t fade out — it sprints to the finish line. The signal? A full-throttle, one-day rite of passage known simply as the 9-9-9 Challenge: nine ski laps, nine holes of golf, and nine innings of big-league baseball. It’s equal parts endurance test, logistical puzzle, and celebration of everything that makes Pacific Northwest spring […] Trip Report Bob Witowski | April 14, 2026 0 Comments
One Season, 58 Resorts: One Skier’s Retirement Reinvention Most skiers spend a lifetime skiing while collecting mountains — Evie Ho decided to do it in a single season. Freshly retired from a 40-year nursing career in 2024, the Boston-based skier took stock of a surprising realization: despite clicking into skis at age two and logging more than six decades on snow, she had only sampled a handful of […] Trip Report Bob Witowski | April 14, 2026 0 Comments
“Suicide Chute”— Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: A Soft and Isothermal Bootpack Report from April 8 Despite having skied Utah’s Little Cottonwood countless times, I had never made my way across the road and onto the famed Mount Superior — until today. For our first excursion up this iconic peak, the original intention was to ski Superior proper, but knowing the state of the Utah snowpack, we always had Suicide Chute in […] Trip Report Zach Suffish | April 9, 2026 1 Comment
What Happens When a Reader Takes SnowBrains’ Advice to Ski Dolomiti Superski During the Olympics If you took SnowBrains’ advice to ski the Italian Dolomites during the Olympics, here’s what actually happens: you don’t get chaos. You don’t get outrageous crowds. You don’t get stuck in some overpriced, overhyped Olympic frenzy. You can—and in my case, did—get a surprisingly smooth ski trip to the Dolomiti Superski area. Related: Why Now Is the Perfect Time to […] Trip Report Guest Author | March 29, 2026 0 Comments
Spring Skiing Road Trip Around the Epic Lake Tahoe Ski Resorts: Day 3–Kirkwood Mountain Resort There’s no question that Lake Tahoe is home to some of the most beautiful ski resorts in the country. But what’s truly special is access to three unique resorts offering world-class terrain and amenities, all on the Epic Pass. Within the Tahoe region, Northstar, Heavenly, and Kirkwood Ski Resorts provide everything that you could want, need, and possibly be looking […] Trip Report John Cunningham | March 25, 2026 0 Comments
Spring Skiing Road Trip Around the Epic Lake Tahoe Resorts: Day 2–Heavenly Mountain There’s no question that Lake Tahoe is home to some of the most beautiful ski resorts in the country. But what’s truly special is access to three unique resorts offering world-class terrain and amenities, all on the Epic Pass. Within the Tahoe region, Northstar, Heavenly, and Kirkwood Ski Resorts provide everything that you could want, need, and possibly be looking […] Trip Report John Cunningham | March 24, 2026 0 Comments
Spring Skiing Road Trip Around the Epic Lake Tahoe Ski Resorts: Day 1–Northstar California Resort There’s no question that Lake Tahoe is home to some of the most beautiful ski resorts in the country. But what’s truly special is access to three unique resorts offering world-class terrain and amenities, all on the Epic Pass. Within the Tahoe region, Northstar, Heavenly, and Kirkwood Ski Resorts provide everything that you could want, need, and possibly be looking […] Featured Article John Cunningham | March 23, 2026 0 Comments
Revelstoke, BC, Trip Report: Skiing to Revel In and Stoked Après Ahhhh, our ski safari finally rolled into Revelstoke Mountain Resort—that perfectly named, powder-drenched icon along British Columbia’s legendary Powder Highway. “Revy,” as the faithful call it, checks nearly every box on a skier’s wish list: 400+ inches of annual snowfall, a leg-searing 9.5-mile top-to-bottom run with more than 5,600 vertical feet, and terrain that flows from alpine bowls to perfectly […] Trip Report Bob Witowski | March 5, 2026 1 Comment
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, BC, Trip Report: Elevated Skiing and Après February 27 visit We first laid eyes on Kicking Horse Mountain Resort two years ago while road-tripping along British Columbia’s legendary Powder Highway. Rising dramatically on the west side of Golden, the resort clings to a craggy ridge like it was carved straight from the Purcells—steep faces, tight tree shots down low, and wide-open alpine bowls and chutes above. Even […] Trip Report Bob Witowski | March 3, 2026 0 Comments
Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand; Caving-In To Night By: P.M. ‘Paulie’ Fadden, February 2026 Nothing’s ever happening until everything’s happening at once. Life is like that, missions too. And this one is no exception. Idle pieces of a vague puzzle had been on the drawing board for awhile; a glacier, highly skilled humans (not me) and an enticing overnight among New Zealand’s brooding Southern Alps. Some assembly required. […] Featured Article Paulie | March 2, 2026 0 Comments
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