Helicopter skiing in Chile with Powder South. Artist: Justice Song: Phantom, Pt. 2 Skiers/Riders: Ralph Backstrom, Tim Dutton and Mattias Sullivan Location: Maipo Heli Zone, Chile Operation: Powder South

If you spend enough time in the ski biz you will hear people talk about the “best chair lift in the world”. When this conversation arises two chairlifts are always mentioned. KT-22 (Squaw Valley) and Ts MARTE (Las Lenas). Both lifts provide access to some of the best terrain on the planet but which is better?

Since these two chair lifts are located on two different continents and reside at two very different resorts we should really evaluate them on some basic categories.

In Rio de Janeiro, home to the 2016 Summer Olympics, they have turned to the skies for a new form of urban mass transit. “When the line opens in the next few weeks, users will sail through six stations in 16 minutes, free of charge.“ Macleans.ca Around Tahoe their has been talk of a similar Aerial Tramway System to reduce car traffic and possibly increase our chances at a bid for the Winter Olympics. Tahoe Truckee Aerial Tramway

Cenidor – Tim Dutton from Timothy Konrad on Vimeo. One smooth ass Cenidor run courtesies of Kick-Ass Blaster Tim Dutton…

The Swede, Olle Widmark, Charging down inbounds terrain in Las Leñas, Argentina

This video went weeks with only a handful of views. Then a about 3 weeks ago it leaked out of South America and went insanely viral. Even if you have … Read More

This is a short video about Snowboarding in Argentina this summer with all the guys from S.A.S.S. These are some of the best shots from the summer that weren’t used … Read More

  I ran into Robyn one of Squaw Valley’s finest patrollers who had also flown down for the contest. We both took shot gun even though the guys had advised … Read More

What a lucky monkey I am to get to go to Chile to ski and shoot for K2′s catalog.  For a week, we stayed in this old building/ house/ former … Read More

Patagonian Summer by Miles Clark I’ve been down here in Bariloche, Argentina for two weeks now.  In that time I’ve been fully reminded why I love this place so much.  … Read More

Skier Lee Lyon having a very close call in the Labyrinth of Las Leñas, Argentina.

Video of some backcountry skiing in Las Leñas, Argentina. In the deepths of South America the Andes Mountains provide for choose skiing during most of the worlds summer months. The skiing … Read More

Today Scott, Greg and myself skinned to a out of bounds area called La Officina, or the office.- Most of the lifts were shut down for the day due to high winds.- On our way out we ran into the Oakley crew consisting of Seth Morrison and Kye Peterson…

Today was a great day of skiing in the Las Lenas Valley. Kick-Ass Blasters Scott Hanichen, Jackie Paaso, Tim Dutton, Mattias Sullivan, Greg Martin and Tim Konrad were out getting … Read More