“If you want someone who can splint a femur in the dark during a blood-moon eclipse while training a rookie on a 50-degree slope and backboarding the guest into a toboggan to be belayed and skied out, you’re going to need someone with more than two years of experience,” says Brianna Hartzell, a former ski
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(From Issue 18.2, hitting shelves now!) We only have one shot at introducing a new column into the world, so we thought it was best if we turned things over to Pat Moore. Pat is about as pro as they come in terms of delivering the goods. He actually even sent a box of
Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. In the backcountry, there are times when the light is so flat you have to feel your way down. We call this skiing by braille, but what if that was your actual baseline? For Tyson Rettie, it is. The 30-year-old heli-ski guide from
words: Mary T. Walshphotos: Mark Clavin It was a balmy six degrees outside, but inside the Roxy house just down the road from Copper Mountain, the fireplace was crackling. Faux plants flanked the sides of a dark leather armchair. Annika Morgan sat in repose, a mug of hot cocoa in her hand. She turned toward
Some of us shred the gnar all day and hit the sack by 9 p.m.to do it all again in the morning. Others shred the gnar all day, then the bars until last call—and still do it all again in the morning. While the nightlife scene at most ski resorts isn’t quite back up to
Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. This gear and more like it is now available in the new Outside Shop, where Outside+ members receive a $50 discount on qualified purchases of $100 or more*. Learn more about Outside+ here and join now. Thankfully, many base lodges are once again open to
Plucked from the latest Uninvited project, Laura Rogoski’s full part is strong enough to be a stand along, probably on account of Laura being one of the strongest people in snowboarding. Enjoy her most recent offerings above, and read about her battle back from injury and what she has been up to here.
It’s safe to say that most of our readers, alongside the snowboard community at large, understand central concepts of sustainability. The core theme of sustainability is concentrated around meeting our needs without considerable exploitation to our future resources. Now, when that comes to consumerism, this all becomes a bit nuanced. The snowboard industry is easy
Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. December snow totals at the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab reached 202 inches today, far exceeding a 1970 record of 179 inches, and making this month likely the third snowiest since then. The snow lab, located at Donner Pass, received 47.3 inches
Let’s be clear from the outset: The 2,000 or so words you read below will not provide a roadmap to ski heaven. This isn’t another ranking of the best ski towns; it’s a collection of the best ski cities. We did this on purpose because the reality is, most of us can’t and don’t live
Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Is there anything more enjoyable than sitting down with an action-packed ski tale while the snow swirls about outside and the coming days bring potential ski adventures of your own? Of all of the stories we produce here at SKI, from invaluable gear
Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Whether you’re traveling far and wide and need a durable ski bag to protect your precious skis and boots, or just looking for a bag to schlep all your gear from A to B, these travel bags get the job done. Each is
In this modern era of snowboarding the word “talent” is thrown around too easily. When it is possible to literally learn every trick ever imagined by jumping into foam pits or airbags, while every binding click and goggle fix is broadcast on social media, it’s fairly easy to be oversaturated with a constant stream of
Since its inception, Never Summer has made all of their snowboards out of their Denver, Colorado HQ. Attached to the offices and showroom is the factory, which is open to the public for tours during business hours. Mary Lenefsky, assistant marketing director at NS, takes us through the factory and all the stages of making
Louif Paradis, Toni Kerkala, Mark Wilson, and Phil Jacques in front of the lens, Jon Stark behind it. Who needs an obscure title when you can go right at it, Louif has been at the top of the game longer than your grandmother’s Hosta has been sitting in the front flower bed.
Long before 19th century European miners founded Rossland, B.C., the indigenous Sinixt people called it kEluwi’sst—a word that means “up in the hills.” It’s such a perfect description of the otherworldly realm the town occupies and it calls out the inadequacy of the English language. Try to name a place where fences are made of