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Seeing this map of Wolf Creek, Colorado’s expansion plan is very helpful for putting the plan in perspective. The plan includes 1 low capacity tram, 5 new lifts, 1 lift … Read More

“Then it seemed to me that the Sierra should be called, not the Nevada or Snowy Range, but the Range of Light. And after ten years of wandering and wondering … Read More

Squaw Valley shut down today due to lightning strikes at about 2:30pm. “Lightning and thunder have us shut down for the day. If you are on the hill, time to … Read More

These guys claims this footage is from the 80s…  There’s no way, right?  This looks like modern footage of a retro ski day. “BSPN has always been ahead of the … Read More

This boat pulled a world record 145 water skiers behind it in Tasmania.   This actually looks pretty fun.  Kinda like a party wave in surfing.  Once up and skiing, … Read More

These comments keep getting funnier, right up until this one: Squaw eventually realizes that they made a huge mistake and replies: Squaw Valley wants you to vote their terrain park … Read More

Skiingbusiness.com sat down for an interview with Peter Aschauer, a pioneer of Avalache Airbags and founder of ABS.  skiingbusiness.com Attributed with founding the modern avalanche airbag in the ’80s, Peter Aschauer has … Read More

This past weekend was even hotter than they’d forecasted.  Damn near 75F in South Lake.  How much longer is our snow gonna stay around with temps like this? NOAA.gov: A … Read More

News Coverage of this Morning Meteor Strike in Tahoe from KTVN ktvn.com: A mysterious boom and rumbling had all eyes on the sky Sunday morning, and left people wondering what caused … Read More

At around 8am, a large boom was heard across Lake Tahoe, CA today. The North American Aerospace Defense Command has received reports of a meteor strike near Kingsbury Grade in … Read More

50 of the Earth’s top female snowboarders will be at Squaw Valley USA this week, Monday thru Thursday.   They’ll be here for Miss Superpark #8. SOME OF THE BIG … Read More

Travis Rice uses deodorant.  Degree deodorant to be exact.   Degree has a new ad campaign called “Masters of Movement.”   Whatever they are trying to sell us in the … Read More

This is bad news.  Real bad news.  Mammoth Lakes, CA is in a legal dispute with a developer that dates back to 1997.  Mammoth Lakes just lost a law suit … Read More

Whomever gives this photo the BEST caption will win a *new* Unofficial Hat. #1 Hat to best Facebook caption. #2 Hat to best Website caption.    

Following the wildly successful Sh*t Skier Girls Say, Sky Rondenet Media made their own video clip S%$t Girls Say…at Squaw I thought it would be fun to reproduce a shit skier girls say video … Read More

words and photos by Travis Ganong (yes, he took these pics of himself skiing from the heli) Wow we nailed it with the timing here in AK!  For three days … Read More

An unknown number of Brown (Grizzly) Bears have escaped from their enclosures in a northern Japanese zoo/park today.  This occurred in Northern Japan in an area known as Akita (378 … Read More

15-20 degrees above normal is a lotta degrees above normal… This just might be our first hint that summer is coming.  As little as 7 days ago, it was cold … Read More

Yesterday we brought you Awkward Photos of Skiing Celebrities from the website BNQT.com. Today we have one more post from BNQT for you, The World’s Most Beautiful Surfer Girl.  There is something inherently … Read More

Coachella Slip n’ Slide Fail Banshee Bungies are typically used for urban rail missions but in this clip the Banshee Bungie pull results to an all time Fail. * She got up … Read More

Ladies, would you rather date a Primer League soccer player, a professional musician, or a snowboarder? Kinda neat that Snowboarders are voted more “fanciable” to chicks in Oz than musicians … Read More

This collection of Awkward Celebrity Skiing Photos comes to us from BNQT.com  Nothing equalizes the celebrity elite with the ever-so-normal masses than the comparison of skiing photos versus their high fashion … Read More

In Kashmir Conflict Zone, The Glacier Is The Enemy Pakistani soldiers work Wednesday at the site of an avalanche that buried 140 people, including 129 soldiers, April 7 on the … Read More

After much demand and public outcry, Squaw Valley has built the Mainline Terrain Park once again!  Two huge jumps and a quarter pipe.  It’s baller fo’ sho’. “The Mainline terrain … Read More

March and April really were huge for Tahoe.  Without all the snow that fell during those two months, we’da been hurting pretty bad and it really coulda been the worst … Read More

Fischer Freeski team takes a trip to Silverton, USA. Here is what they found.    Riders: Jeff Annetts (Jackson Hole, WY, USA) Tyler Horne (Jackson Hole, WY, USA) Matt Heffernan … Read More