In what has become an annual tradition, the discounted lift pass program to benefit the Utah Avalanche Center has begun. Participating resorts are offering huge discounts starting December 16 until the passes sell out (believe me… they ALWAYS sell out and fast). Read on for more info.
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Discount Utah Ski Resort Lift Tickets Benefit Utah Avalanche Center
Ski Acclimatization on Aconcagua, Part 2
Randosteve skis with glaciers in the Horcones Valley.
The weather forecasts we were getting off of the satellite internet connection at Plaza de Mulas continued to show unsettled weather for the upper elevations of Aconcagua. Unsettled weather means average winds at about 80mph, with stronger gusts, and temps rising to a maximum of about -5F [...]
Riding With the Shack, Part II – The Morning Before the Ride
One of the cool things about last weekend was that I had two people following me around most of the time — Glenn with his monstrously enormous camera for taking stills, and Daniel with his monstrously enormous video camera.
Thanks to them, I’ve got great pictures and video of the whole event, and didn’t have to [...]
The bender ender
(Note: A bookend morning of sunlight gave me one last day to bask in the mountains before a forecast storm dumps several inches of heavy snow on a really rotten surface layer, thus creating avalanche conditions that I’m not equipped to deal with. I sno…
Transition
Friday Weigh In: 173 lbs.
One of the most nerve racking moments of my first day backcountry skiing was the first transition from skinning to skiing. I fumbled around with my pack, bindings, gloves – I even took my skis off – before I actually figured out the best and fastest way to peel off the [...]
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