Backcountry Skiing Articles
La Grave Lessons: Skiing with Legends - Ptor Spricenieks, Chad Sayers, and others…
La Grave is a spirited place. It holds an energy that feels somewhat suspended in time. The attitude and outlook here harken another era in skiing, and though the French Alps are peppered with ancient villages giving way to modern ski lifts with enormous bountiful terrain, the trends and trivialities of our modern sport have managed to bi-pass this particular place.
A Locally Owned, Mom and Pop Storm
Adventure is up to you. There is no existing framework to sturdy it, no spider’s webbing of emotional infrastructure to tell you what newness and excitement must entail.
A Taste Of What’s To Come – January 10-13, 2012 – The Teton Sessions Season 2 Episode 5
It’s no secret that the beginning of this year’s ski season has been less than spectacular both here in Jackson and across most of the country. The lack of snow outstanding, we’ve slowly accumulated a solid and are perfectly poised for the major weather pattern change taking effect later this week.
New Years at Great Candian Heli-Skiing
Not much to say about Great Canadian Heli-Skiing. All the luxurious ameneties you'd expect and epic deep snow with great guides and sick terrain...
La Grave Lessons: Rope, Rescue, and Free Lunch
It took about two weeks of living in La Grave and some 10 days of skiing before getting to know some of the more prominent locals and feeling a bit more comfortable with the classic runs. The tiny ancient village, classified by the French government as a commune, holds a residency of about 250 people.
[Some] Snow Returns To Jackson - Skiing Teton Pass - The Teton Sessions Season 2 Episode 4
It’s been a slow couple of weeks here in Jackson, as we (and most of the country, for that matter) have been stuck in a high pressure cycle for some time now. This week, however, brought some relief in the form of 5″ of fresh between Tuesday and Thursday.
Chicks Who Rip Interview - Jasmin Dobson
I had to catch up with Jasmin after she told me that she never stopped skiing last summer yet she never left North America...
In-Bounds Avalanche at KHMR
With warmer weather and a lot of precipitation Kicking Horse Mountain Resort has being seeing an amazing amount of snow fall in the last 7 days. Almost 80 centimeters of beautiful interior pow! All time ski conditions.
La Grave Lessons - Day One, Run One
If anything will put you in your place when you’re skiing somewhere new, an avalanche on your first run of your first day ranks pretty high. I’m spending the season in La Grave this year; it’s something I’ve tried to approach with a healthy dose of humility. On my first run, the mountain here made it immediately clear how humble I need to be.
Go'Probe' Camera Recovered!
After a summer of hiking the hill searching, Pete “Speed Czech” Velisek recovered his helmet cam lost in early March last season.
