Rain in the Forecast for Tuesday, Feb 7 | Hakuba, Japan

It is hard to think about rain while it is currently puking snow outside. However, it looks like we can expect temperatures to rise over the next couple of days, … Read More

Another Avalanche Death | Selkirk WIlderness, British Columbia

Another avalanche fatality occurred today in British Columbia’s interior mountains.  A group of ten skiers accompanied by two guides were on a cat skiing trip organized by Selkirk Wilderness Skiing. According to a statement released by Selkirk: “the skiers … Read More

Stowe Conditions Update: What constitutes a Powder Day??

  It rained at Stowe on Wednesday, which sucked!  Puddles of melted snow filled the streets and gloomy attitudes filled the streets. Fortunately, on the back side of this storm, … Read More

Squaw’s Latest Video Makes Squaw Look Sick Right Now

Squaw Valley just put up this video to entice the weekend crowds.  It would work on us.  They make it look sick.  It is pretty fun if you know where … Read More

Soft Snow and Blue Skies at The Snowbird | Conditions Report Feb 3rd, 2012

Powder conditions ruled today at The Snowbird with left over snow from yesterday still in full effect. There was deep snow in the Mid Cirque and Hanging Bowl all day … Read More

Conditions Squaw Feb. 3rd 2012 | Eerily Similar to Conditions on February 2nd.

We seem to be in a holding pattern at the moment here in Squaw Valley. Blue skies, cold snow, good groomers, rough and frozen off piste conditions. The new snow … Read More

How to Tap a Keg on Super Bowl Sunday

We know that a lot of you are staying home for Super Bowl Sunday instead of skiing.  Thus, this piece of informative keg tapping information should be extremely useful. Devin … Read More

Top 10 places to go BALLS DEEP

Mr. T sporting the Balls Deep T by Doglotion.com Top 10 Places to go Balls Deep Lake Louise ( I mean Lake Disease) Highest STD rate in Canada Whistler ( 2nd Highest … Read More

Groomers and Park Take the Cake | Unofficial Mammoth Conditions Report | February 3 2012

Cool temps, blue skies and a solid base of real snow equates to great skiing and snowboarding at Mammoth right now. Admittedly, much of the off-piste snow has been affected … Read More

Yosemite Time-lapse | The Range of Light

Yosemite is real.   This video makes it look like a fairy-tale, but it’s real.  We’ve been there.  You been there?  If not, it’s time to go.  It’s one of … Read More

The Art of Skiing | Killer Compilation Ski Video

This video is a fantastic compilation of all the best moments in all the best films of 2012. “We’ve mixed up some of the best skiing moments whitch we have … Read More

History of North Cascades Ski Mountaineering /// Lowell Skoogs’ Projects

Lowell Skoog /// History of the N. Cascades The Alpenglow Gallery Lowell Skoog has been working over the past decade or more to collect and document some of the accomplishments … Read More

Tahoe Forecast Looks Dismal | No Significant Storms Thru Mid-Feb…at least

6-10 precipitation map shows low precipitation probability for Tahoe They are talking about a small snow storm on Tuesday.  They were talking about it being a decent snow maker, but … Read More

Sidecountry Sessions Ep. 4: The Tiny House stays another week in Whitewater, B.C.

skip to 1:30 – to get to the skiing Outdoor Research and the Tiny House team have released the fourth installment of the Sidecountry Sessions series. In this latest episode, … Read More

Smith Stance Goggles || Gear Review

The Smith Stance goggle is a strong goggle that won’t let you down in the clutch.  Trying to live in the shadow of the I/O and I/OS goggles the Stance … Read More

Your Feet Deserve Better After Skiing | Try A Superior British Sock

Ski socks are numerous and varied. Huge amounts of research and development go in to creating the perfect ski sock fabric and shape that is comfortable, dry, warm, and the … Read More

Featured Local Photographer /// Garrett Grove

Garrett Grove is a photographer that calls Bellingham and the Northwest Home.  With a recent cover shot in Powder magazine and several other ski publications, Garrett is bursting on to the … Read More

Bluebird Powder Day at Hakuba Cortina | Feb 3

Cortina is probably Hakuba’s worst kept secret. It gets more snow than anywhere else in the valley, it has fantastic tree skiing, and it is the only resort around where … Read More

The Line of the Week !! – Where’s the Powder?

 The Line of the Week Cornudella de Montsant, Spain Where’s the Powder? So, I’ve been out of the loop. I was going stir crazy and had to jump ship. I … Read More

Peak To Valley Race | Whistler Mountain

If you live in Whistler then chances are good that you have raced some friends from the peak to the creek. Different variations exist between different posses; some are no-holds-barred … Read More

MSP’s “YearBook” Intro | Remember Funny?

  Remember when MSP had these quirky fun introductions?  When Shane was around and fun was poked at everything skiing?  We do too.  We miss those good times.  MSP, can … Read More

ASC Alpine Meadows Freestyle | Revelstoke Road Trip Stoke

There’s just so little to tell you about at Alpine Meadows these days. The groomers continue to ski like they always do. Off piste the chunder is still tooth rattling. … Read More

The Worlds Most Remote Places | Mapped

From our sister site gCaptain‘s archives… We lifted this map off our sister site, gCaptain.com a website for professional mariners that was founded  in 2007. gCaptain’s CEO, Captain John Konrad, is the author … Read More

Hawaiian Pipeline Pro Highlight Video

The drop in at pipe still blows my mind.  These guys are the best in the world and even they get hung up on the drop in and go over … Read More

Jackson Video, Jan 22-24 | Sweeter Than Saccharin + Way Healthier

First thing- when watching this video, you should just go ahead and pretend you’re a hip little 16 year old starring in an iPod Touch commercial. Especially if you are, … Read More

Rahlves’ Banzai Tour 1st Stop of the Year | Kirkwood, CA February 11-12

“It’s not a niche. There’s not one set of skis that work. There’s not one type of skill background that’ll put you on top.” – Daron Rahlves