December 2013 archive

Sugar Bowl offers FREE Uphill Pass

  Sugar Bowl has taken the lead in California by offering an official, free (uh, not as of 19jan14), Uphill Pass to all skiers interested in skinning in-bounds at their resort. All anyone needs to do to obtain it is to go to Sugar Bowl special tickets and sign a waiver agreeing you’ll use common …

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BCTalk: Conditions in Alberta

…skiing conditions these days appear to be character building…

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Review: G-Form Knee Pads

updated 3may14 When you’re the minority player in the arena, you work with the leftovers and adapt products from other sports that are more popular. Such is the case of the telemarker looking for knee pads. When you’re dropping a knee, it’s not a matter of if you bash your knee on a rock, stump, …

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BCTalk: Valdisease 13/14 De-Mechanized

  Forum member Valdez Telehead sends this existential scene in by way of his Valdisease 13/14 De-Mechanized thread. Skinning solo was brutal with a catchy ice crust just under 12-16″ of dry powder for the first mile or so into the “Worth-it” Glacier. Valdez has been nuked with snow as we are 68″ for November, …

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Tahoe snow miners strike gold

  This season has taken longer to engage than I would like, but when does winter ever start on time? More specifically, what is on time? In my dreams it would kick in mid-October, as soon as the wood was done, and it did, but the wood wasn’t done. Nor did it last. With luck …

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BCTalk: Crested Butte, Colorado TR

  Enroute to the summit of Mt. Emmons, Crested Butte, CO

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