Backcountry

The reports from home were grim. After four snowy weeks skiing in Alaska’s Chugach Range it sounded like more people were psyched to mountain bike than ski in the Sierra. … Read More

Check out this video that Brandon Gust and Dorian Densmore put together for Freeskier Magazine’s Ticket to Tailgate contest. It features some solid riding from the Tetons this season, and some really interesting camera angles. See if you can figure out how they filmed the shots at 0:42 and 1:03….

Enjoy!

Thanks to Antti Ruohonen, Molski Pictures and All I Can’t Productions for putting together this video from the second half of January in Hakuba, Japan.  This edit features awesome ski movie parodies, copious amounts of slow mo action, car chases, and deep powder skiing. At 12 minutes, it is a long one, but worth watching through for the hilarious spoofs and endless POV shots. Enjoy.

Every experienced backcountry skier should be carrying an essential pack for their time out in the wilderness, something along the lines of a: beacon, probe, shovel, energy bars, water, phone, lighter, and … Read More

  State legislators in Wyoming have proposed a bill that will give sheriff’s the capability to bill people for search and rescue (SAR) missions. Last ski season alone the state had over … Read More

This is a film out of Austria from a group of rippers. May be hard to understand some of the talking, but the riding speaks for itself.

Skiing is back in Tahoe, and it is good!  With a rather cold storm for this time of year, the skiing high up was top notch, while the skiing down below was full blown combat skiing (the sun is still strong, and most non-north facing aspects have burnt out since the last storm).   The top of Sugar Bowl received easily 10-14″ depending on  what aspect you were skiing.  I found North-North East to hold the best snow.  It looks like the snow should continue into the weekend, and another cycle for the middle of next week.

Ladies and gentleman, the storm door has swung open!

A few more images from the morning’s adventure:

This is a teaser for the latest and greatest from K2 Snowboarding, a webisode series titled “Our Backyard”. This series shows the K2 team riders living the Mt. Baker dream.  Word on the street is there will be new clips every other tuesday until the first week of January.  From the look of it, it features some Mt. Baker shenanigans, as well as the fabled Mt. Baker road gap at (1:05).

From K2 Snowboarding:

“Snowboarding is passion, snowboarding is inspiring and creative; it’s high fives and powder mustaches. Many of the best days to be had are in white out conditions, in the heart of the storm, yet fully comforted by the solitude of the trees. This is snowboarding in the Pacific Northwest, in our own backyard. 

The true beauty of snowboarding, though, is that every person has they’re unique outlook and whether your backyard is Mt. Baker or a golf course in West Virginia we encourage you to explore that territory and reacquaint yourself with the comfort that snowboarding brings. The friendships that it strengthens and the excitement it instills.

Follow along as we portray our season every other Tuesday from now until the start of January. This is “Our Backyard,” where’s yours?”

 1. BCA Tracker2 Beacon The BCA Tracker2 is the most intuitive and simple to use beacon on the market, and with a thinner profile and lighter weight than the original … Read More

                          Jeremy Jones has been nominated National Geographic Adventurer of the Year! Swing over to National Geographic and vote … Read More