Alpine Ski Blog

The jury has deliberated and here is the verdict. The long battle of skiers vs. snowboarders was initiated by a snowboarder. As viewed in the video from the early 80’s, … Read More

This firework show truly was face melting.  If you were there, you had a damn good night.  If you missed it, you’re pissed and suffering from a nasty form of … Read More

Golden Gate Bridge  “I knew that to have a prayer, to survive, I had to hit the water feet first.”- Slim Lambert, NPR Over the weekend, America celebrated the 75th anniversary of … Read More

The Line of the Week
 Drigung Til, Tibet Sky Burial My career as a photographer began on the other side of the world. Traveling has always been my source of … Read More

Finally, Spring is here! Boats are getting back into the water, bikes are dusted off, and oh that’s right…snow! Today, rain checks were issued to most everyone wanting some outdoor … Read More

Yep, as per usual, it’s going to snow in Lake Tahoe, CA this Memorial Day Weekend.  This will be the third year in a row of snow on Memorial Day … Read More

The Lake Tahoe skydiver who died yesterday has been identified as a 28-year-old man from South Lake Tahoe, CA. We have received reports that deceased was a ski patroller at … Read More

Well, Chris and Jess McMillan got all they wanted and then some.  They picked off 15 volcanoes (counting the Sisters as three) in 15 days in the Pacific Northwest.  This … Read More

What a long strange trip it’s been.  We expected to deal with troughs and onshore flows and have to squeak our tours in on the back end of storm cells for most … Read More

The Line of the Week Lake Powell Cliff Jumping With perfect temps and mellow crowds, we cruised Lake Powell in high fashion, slow and steady. The water was glassy, warm … Read More

**UPDATE** @ 3:30 pm May 22nd, 2012: According to the El Dorado Country Sheriff’s Office:  dive team search and rescue personnel located the male skydiver’s body in 15 feet of … Read More

There is currently a missing skydiver in Lake Tahoe, CA. Three skydivers jumped from a helicopter over Lake Tahoe at 8am this morning.  They jumped somewhere above South Lake Tahoe’s … Read More

Five hours after our descent of Mount Rainier, we were on the road again.   By the wee hours of the morning we were sleeping in the Subaru near the base … Read More

Apparently Squaw has Officially answered the dilemma regarding wether or not they are going to have a Bike Park this year. Answer: Posting a story on their website regarding the … 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

The Line of the Week
 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

 Squaw Valley & Alpine Meadows will connect some year soon.  Or will they? Troy Caldwell owns the land between Squaw & Alpine (called White Wolf) & is still in the … Read More

Your American freedom = dwindling.  For millions of years, American have enjoyed the right to get drunk, hit on each other, say obnoxious sh#t, and drown themselves as they see … Read More

Last weekend was the end for a lot of ski resorts in North America.  We lost 8 resorts but still have 9 left.  We lost Kirkwood, Mt. Hood Meadows, Alpental, Steven’s … Read More

  So, you bought your 2012/13 Squaw Valley USA season pass?  Or you haven’t yet.  Either way, it’s good to know what benefits come with this year’s season pass. Last … Read More

The Sierra Sun just came out with their “Winter Wrap Up” article for 2011/12.  It’s a great article with some great numbers that we’ve displayed below. To read the full article, … Read More

With ski season Unofficially Over, its time to re-arrange the hobby shed, put away those ski boots you don’t want your feet to ever be in again, break out the … Read More

Unofficial just got off the phone with UC Berkeley’s Donner Summit Snow Laboratory scientist Randall Osterhuber.  He gave us the latest snowfall, precipitation, and snow depth numbers as well as … Read More

The Line of the Week Southern Utah Trepidation BJ drew me a map the old fashioned way, in the sand. We had just arrived deep in a canyon off the … Read More

The Olympics returning to Lake Tahoe have been a big controversy for many years.  With new found big money in our area in the form of KSL (owners of Squaw … Read More

This fall, I spoke with Troy Caldwell about wether or not KSL was talking to him about connecting Squaw & Alpine via his beloved White Wolf .  He informed me that … Read More