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  • by Nolan Deck
    There are few better ways to ruin a day on the mountain quite like being way too cold. When you don’t have enough layers and the temperatures are frigid, the only thing you can really do is head into the lodge for some winter cocktails or hot chocolate.. You can fight through it, sure, but […]
  • by Nolan Deck
    If you’re anything like me, you love watching weather forecasts. It may start with some powder predictions or just trying figure out what temperature your upcoming ski weekend might be looking at, but it eventually grows into an obsession with knowing every single possibility for every single day in the coming week or weeks. Will […]
  • by Ian Wood
    The Montana Snowbowl may not open this winter due to some deferred maintenance. The Missoulian reports that in order to open for the 2023-24 season, the ski area will need to fix numerous problems with its chairlifts. The U.S. Forest Service has identified a number of issues with the Snowbowl’s chairlifts and is requiring them […]
  • by Ian Wood
    One of Canada’s best ski resorts is bracing up for a transformative era. A couple of weeks ago, Lake Louise Ski Resort in Alberta announced the projects that they’re working on for the next few years. These projects were previously envisioned as part of its 2019 Long-Range Plan. These projects include three new chairlifts, an […]
  • by Francis Xavier
    “I got hit by lightning while filming in the Everglades in Florida.” –Forrest Galante Hair-raising moment caught on camera as wildlife biologist Forrest Galante was filming a gear review for Garmin GPS and lightning struck nearby. Not exactly sure what qualifies as getting “hit by lightning” but thats how he titles the videos. Would you […]
  • by Ian Wood
    It’s going to be the 60th anniversary of Mt. Ashland in 2024, and they plan to make the next couple of years transformative for the non-profit ski area. In their 60th-anniversary announcement video, the Oregon ski area released their new anniversary logo (picture above, which is pretty damm cool), and the Elevate Mt. Ashland plan, […]
  • by Francis Xavier
    Just days after a fatal bear attack in Banff National Park where a grizzly killed a couple and their dog, another dangerous bear encounter has been reported in northwestern Montana. The bear emerged from thick brush on Sunday afternoon north of Polebridge on national forestland and attacked a 73-year-old woman. The woman’s husband deployed bear […]
  • by Ian Wood
    Reed Hastings, who’s the co-founder of Netflix, became majority owner of the Utah ski resort last month. His latest change has paused real estate sales at Powder Mountain. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Powder Mountain is now taking all available real estate off the market. This means that the twenty-five lots in the Overlook […]
  • by Francis Xavier
    We’ve seen a lot of wild ski footage over the years but this clip from a couple winters back might just take the cake. I had to rewind this like 5 times to confirm what happened in this unreal sequence. Lemme set the stage, two snowkiters are cruising around the French Alps when an avalanche […]
  • by Francis Xavier
    “We spent 7 days sleeping in an old Soviet hut, living with only the food in our bags and the cloths on our backs. Going in we knew we were up for an adventure but what we didn’t realize was that we would learn less about backcountry skiing and more about our shared humanity.” Sick […]