Cammy Martindale emailed us this update on the current skiing conditions in Scotland.  Cairngorm Mountain is experiencing the best conditions of the whole season on the top half of the … Read More

RideThePlanet: Norway – Lofoten Islands The crew of ridetheplanet.ru have been traveling the world in search of exotic ski locations. So far they have traveled to Japan, Norway, Kamchatka, Georgia (the nation not the state), Arkhyz, Kavkaz … Read More

This is straight nuts. Think avalanches are bad? Check out this natural disaster in Preonzo, Switzerland. An entire mountainside collapses itself. The landslide was estimated at 300,000 cubic meters. A … Read More

Historically, Sun Valley has been known for a lot of things- the world’s first chairlift, wealthy celebrities, etc. More recently they’ve gained some popularity in the mountain bike world, hosting … Read More

  Mount Rainier is always an exciting ski.  The tallest, most glaciated peak in the Cascade Range has no simple hiking routes to the top.  All routes to the summit … Read More

This past weekend I had the fortune of remembering why the Mt. Shasta area is arguably one of the highest quality spring skiing centers known to skiers and riders. With … Read More

This video may be disturbing to some. At first it is difficult to see what happens, but the obvious struggle to pull his chute and the limp legs in the … Read More

This is my second rediculous mountain lion post in a month, but the tale is too good not to share.  When a rabid mountain lion attacked Brandon Arnold’s 90 lb. … Read More

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 Southern Utah The Turret When I left off last week I was covered in poison ivy and questioning my moves. I was deep in the … Read More

It is now 2012 and people 20 years ago would have thought that mankind would have invented some sort of awesome/inexpensive personal flying device by now. Unfortunately our dreams of charging around … Read More

So it turns out Dexter Rutecki, Peter Berg, is now a big time director now. Our only question is, who thought it was a good idea to leave Rutecki with $200,000,000 to … Read More

LIFE Magazine Gallery: Aspen Girls from 1971 You can check out more photos from the LIFE magazine gallery at retronaut.co

 1. Uganda, Africa  (Mountains of the Moon) Spanning the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just above the Equator in central Africa, are the Rwenzori Mountains. These glaciated … Read More

Ready for a Laugh? Francis gets a few extra early presents for Christmas 2011.

April skiing in the backcountry of Montana goes wrong. A lone skier gets more than he bargained for when he disappears under an avalanche. NationalGeographic’s Amazing Moments: Skier Races Avalanche.

“I used to ski with my legs, and I couldn’t do that any more so I learned to ski with my heart”. These words actually gave me shivers they were … Read More

Annapurna, 8091m, is one badass mountain and has taken some of the best mountaineers in the world.  Yeah, I read the book in middle school.  The peak has over a … Read More

In Good Company – A film about how mountain biking forged a community on pinkbike.com What does mountain biking mean to you? In Good Company is a film about the … Read More

The 2011/2012 ski season is officially over at Snowbird. The season that never really got going drew to a quick close when warm temps and continued lack of precipitation dominated … Read More

On June 1 Utah’s smallest ski hill, Wolf Creek, is going on the auction block. The property entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy following two years of slow real estate sales. With … Read More

John Jackson and Eric Jackson, what can I say? Both have been voted Transworld Snowboarding’s rider of the year, both shred big lines and both are amazingly talented and creative … Read More

Days 0-3 Cerro Catedral Weather Summary: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 30°F on Wed afternoon, min 12°F on Thu night). … Read More

MSP releases their final episode of Contour Moments. In this episode Mark Abma, Richard Permin, and Cody Townsend head north to Alaska and the largely unexplored North Tordrillo Mountains.  The North Tordrillo Mountains lie approximately … Read More

Cady Hill is a 260 acre droplet of a hill that sits smack dab in the middle of Stowe.  This parcel is for sale.  The property has long been marketed … Read More

Linn Haug (born 6 March 1990) is a Norwegian snowboarder from Trondheim, Norway. Haug represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver for the halfpipe events. Linn is also the … Read More

No one likes being woken up by a Ranger at 7 am with his tazer drawn but if this were to happen and one was to be ticketed for illegal … Read More