Ready to leave the resort boundaries and explore untracked slopes in Utah’s backcountry? Well you better get educated about avalanches first. One way to get started is by attending the Backcountry 101 course at Brighton. This course is geared toward skiers and snowboarders who are brand new to off-piste riding who need to learn how…
Tag: Skiing
Mountain Hardwear Minalist Jacket review
Repels water and breathes – that’s all I want in a ski shell. Whether backcountry skiing in the Wasatch, or going bell-to-bell at Alta, a shell’s technical performance can make or break your day. So when I got the opportunity to test the Mountain Hardwear Minalist Jacket, I was totally game. Why? Because the shell…
Backcountry Skiing Whitewater, British Columbia
One of the greatest joys of being a skier is the ability to explore mountain ranges you’ve never been to before. Sometimes the only way to rediscover your home range is to branch out and get lost in a new, wild place. So myself, along with Adam Symonds and Jon Strickland, loaded up the Yurt…
Enter to win the Jans Ultimate Powder Cats Sweepstakes
Want to go powder skiing from a snowcat for free? That’s every skier or snowboarder’s dream, right? Well, here is your opportunity as our friends at Jans in Park City is holding their 3rd annual Ultimate Powder Cats Sweepstakes. Here’s how it works according to Jans: one winner, and one very lucky friend, will experience…
Enter the Alta Peruvian Lodge Video Challenge
If you ski or snowboard and have some modicum of video shooting and editing skill, then listen up! The Alta Peruvian Lodge, in conjunction with Discrete, is hosting a contest like no other. The Alta Peruvian Lodge Video Challenge is your change to show off what you got both on the slopes and in the…
Snowbird ski racer, Bryce Astle, killed in Austrian avalanche
It is a very sad day for the Utah ski community, as one of our own, Bryce Astle, was killed in an avalanche while skiing in Austria. According to the U.S. Ski Team, Astle was freeskiing with a group of six at the Austrian resort of Soelden. The slide killed Astle along with fellow racer,…
Snowmageddon 2014 shuts down Utah ski resorts
To much of a good thing? Not if you’re talking about snow… unless that snow shuts down ski resorts. Salt Lake area resorts in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon are in clean-up mode after a massive winter storm blew in with wet snow measured in feet, 100-per-mile-an-hour winds, and high avalanche danger. But while Solitude…
Mountain Hardwear Compulsion OutDry Glove review
Gloves are perhaps the most important bit o’ gear you can wear when skiing. Why? Because if you have cold, wet hands, your entire day is ruined. Nothing will send you back to the lodge or scurrying to the heater vents in your car faster than frozen digits. Personally, I have issues with cold fingers…
Video: One Run with Pep
Alta is a magnet for some of the best freeskiers in the world. Guys like Pep Fujas and Sage Cattabriga-Alosa have made Alta their home. With so many huge and gnarly ski resorts in North America, why are they in Alta? One look at this POV video from Cattabriga-Alosa, and it’s pretty clear – Alta…
Salomon Q-LAB ski review
Last year, I was over the moon for Salomon’s Q-105 skis. I found them to be awesome as daily drivers at Alta with enough float for powder days and carve-ability for groomers when it hasn’t snowed in a while. Well, the Q-105 has been dethroned, as my NEW favorite ski, the Salomon Q-LAB, is far and away…