Tahoe Skier Uses Google Earth To Find Mountain He Saw In Video, Travels To South America & Skis It

Congratulations to Tahoe ripper Noah Gaffney who was inspired to travel to South America after seeing Adrià Millan’s footage skiing a jaw dropping chute in Argentina that earned him the GoPro Line of the Winter and a $10,000 cash prize. Noah used Google Maps to find the location and once he found it “I knew I had to go do it.” Super cool mission, looks like conditions were great!

NOAH’S LINE:

@noahskis
Skiing this line was a dream come true for me. After I saw Adria Millan’s GoPro Line of the Winter, I looked all over Google Earth trying to find this line. After I found it, I knew I had to go do it. I didn’t ski it how I wanted to, but for conditions to line up this well, I can’t help but feel grateful to have gotten to ski this. Conditions like these are rare in South America and I might never get to ski it like this again so I am satisfied despite my shortcomings. This trip was such an amazing experience! Thanks to everyone that made it happen and was apart of it! #skitok #fyp #yeahnoah #blizzardtecnica #smithoptics #flylowgear #olympicbootworks #gnar #powder #southamerica #argentina #cliff #freeride #summerskiing
♬ Outro – M83

ADRIA’S LINE:

About GoPro Line of the Winter:

We are on the hunt for the top ski + snowboard lines from this winter. Upload raw POV footage of your best ski + snowboard runs shot on any GoPro camera + post your line to your social media with #GoProLineOfTheWinter. Every month, Jamie Anderson, Tom Wallisch, Kai Jones, Sage Kotsenburg + Hedvig Wessel will judge + select their favorite clips. Awardees will be announced monthly on our Instagram page or the GoPro Snow YouTube Channel.

What’s at stake:

$80,000 in total monthly awards. 1 skier + 1 snowboarder each take home $10,000 a month (Jan – April)
$20,000 cash price each awarded for a skier and snowboarder announced as winners of the ‘GoPro Line of the Winter’

Judging Criteria: