Destination: Grand Targhee, WY; Why It Should Top Your Ski-Trip List Brought to you by Grand Targhee Resort Nestled within Wyoming’s Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Grand Targhee Resort is an icon of the ski and snowboard community. For over 50 years locals and visitors as well as families and friends have trusted Targhee to be the spot for good times, great snow, and epic recreation in a variety of forms. Ski vibe […] Featured Article Paulie | February 18, 2020 1 Comment
Grand Targhee WY, Conditions Report: Floaty Fun! Report from 13th February 2020 and brought to you Grand Targhee Resort I have never–not ONCE–waited in a lift line here. While those may be famous last words, they needed to be said. And a several day stretch of dry cold, foam pit conditions seems an appropriate platform to share the fact. Targhee reports a sneaky 7 inches to have […] Conditions Report Paulie | February 15, 2020 0 Comments
Widowmaker avalanche buries Colorado highway 6-8′ feet deep forcing A-basin to delay its opening Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, CO was forced to delay its opening on Tuesday morning, Feb. 11, due to an avalanche that buried a section of US Highway 6-8 FEET deep approximately one mile west of the ski area. The Widowmaker slide path avalanched on Tuesday morning forcing a road closure and delayed opening for A-basin. Thankfully, no one was caught […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | February 11, 2020 0 Comments
Spotlight On: Lindsey Vonn, The End Of An Era Few athletes can truly say that they dominated an era and a sport as much as Lindsey Vonn. Since her Olympic debut in 2002 when she was only 17 years old she has risen to become the most successful female alpine ski racer in history, earning three Olympic medals, including gold in downhill in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic games, […] Industry News Lucy Ferneyhough | February 11, 2020 0 Comments
Tree Well And Deep Snow Suffocation Safety Information Brought to you by Ski California Tree well and deep snow suffocation is a serious problem in the Western USA and Canada. Incidents occur with deep snow accumulations and tree well immersions, where a skier or snowboarder falls into an area of deep, unconsolidated snow and becomes immobilized. Since 2001, there have been more snow immersion deaths in California than any other […] Brains Chris Wallner | February 11, 2020 22 Comments
Climbers Attempt To Summit Mount Everest In Winter For First Time in 27 Years A team of five climbers from Spain and Germany are currently embarking on a feat that has not been accomplished since 1997; summitting Mount Everest during the winter. The traditional season when athletes flock to Nepal to attempt the journey is in April or May when the cold and wind subside but the summer monsoons have not yet started. What’s […] Climbing Lucy Ferneyhough | February 7, 2020 0 Comments
Grand Targhee WY, Conditions Report: Between Storms & Blue Bird Report from 3rd February 2020 – Brought to you by Grand Targhee Resort It’s a stellar time to be skiing the Teton Mountains. The region has been experiencing intermittent fresh snowfalls and another large front is expected as early as tomorrow. Targhee snow conditions are packed powder softened by a few new inches; enough to smoothly fill previous tracks but […] Conditions Report Paulie | February 6, 2020 0 Comments
Special Avalanche Advisory Issued for Utah Today The Utah Avalanche Center has issued a special avalanche advisory for the Wasatch Mountains today, Monday Feb. 3. Strangely enough, the advisory includes valleys and benches at lower elevations. The UAC said in a report today, The avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE on all aspects and at all elevations. Human triggered avalanches are probable. The Special Avalanche Advisory is to warn […] Weather SnowBrains | February 3, 2020 0 Comments
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