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Warpigsinfin: March 11, 2010 Uphill: 7,800 ft. | Downhill: 7,800 ft.

Yesterday I got to accompany the first female snowboarder to ride the Grand Teton. It was a great, memorable, exhausting day. Conditions? INTERESTING.We left at 2 am under a starry, windless sky. I...[view]
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Lukelubchenco: March 11, 2010 Uphill: 1,000 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.

Super sweet conditions! Epic powder and even more epic pictures and video. Gladed and super stable conditions led to a super safe and fun day in 2 feet of blower powder! Hiked over the ridge a bit mor...[view]
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Lukelubchenco: March 10, 2010 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.

Fantastic snow! the mountains here have been getting pounded and it's absolutely stunning. With the danger of close to 2 feet of snow hitting Monarch Pass we opted to ski a nicely treed section v...[view]

Darkstar: March 10, 2010 Uphill: 1,000 ft. | Downhill: 1,000 ft.

A couple of quick laps was all I could fit in today, but, absolute champagne blower off Becker was a nice choice, totally protected from the crazy winds of Monday....[view]

Powderjunky: March 10, 2010 Uphill: 800 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.

North facing side country skied really well. Great steep lines off in the Crystal Mountain sidecountry. First time in the area and love the possibilities....[view]

Powderjunky: March 9, 2010 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.

This was the quickest, most north facing option so we gave it a try. We were able to take our sled to where the snow actually starts, and the ride in was fairly easy. Once in the "snow zone"...[view]
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Darkstar: March 9, 2010 Uphill: 3,500 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.

A great Tahoe ski and surf day today, with 2 laps on Tallac, skiing the Cascade drainage pitch first, then the other n-face tree pitch, followed by some COLD waves in Incline Village. Needless to say,...[view]

Warpigsinfin: March 9, 2010 Uphill: 6,000 ft. | Downhill: 6,000 ft.

We went up to have a look at the conditions on the Grand Teton and to drop off a few ropes and other mixed climbing gear. We left the trailhead at 3 am in hopes of avoiding potential wet slides off t...[view]

Warpigsinfin: March 7, 2010 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.

Scratch my last trip report! The skiing in the Tetons is still good... and getting better.We left Taggart Trailhead at 9 with big plans that fell through. At 11:30 we found ourselves atop Shadow loo...[view]
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Skiing the Dream - Road Trippin Part 3

03/11/10 | by powderjunky

The  road trip for powder, Like the Rocky and Rambo movies, has become never ending. At this point it all blurs into one big pile of cold smoke.  As we drive deeper into the beast the more we embrace its call, and fortunately there are no roaming fee...Read Article | (1)

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Does the Snowpulse Avalanche Airbag Impede Your Vision O...

03/08/10 | by powderjunky

There is a lot of talk on blogs and forums these days about whether or not the Snowpulse Avalanche Air Bag blocks your ability to ski or see once it is deployed. In fact Lou Dawson goes so far as to say, "While an airbag that inflates around your hea...Read Article | (4)

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Lange Annouces New Backcountry Babes

03/03/10 | by powderjunky

In a marketing effort to increase sales, Lange has gathered a brothel of backcountry babes to help sell their new line of alpine touring boots. Lange, similar to Britney Spears, has successfully aroused the likes of young boys throughout the decades....Read Article | (5)

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2010 Skybox Pro 12

03/02/10 | by Ski Waheenie

First of all, if you don't have a rooftop cargo carrier to transport your skis & gear, you're missing out bigtime. It's so great to keep all that snow and dirt out of the car (not that my car actually stays clean, but...). When choosing a boxto...Read Article | (1)

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How to Upload Your Vert and Use our Vert Tracker

03/01/10 | by powderjunky

With our vert tracker you can keep a ski journal of your backcountry experiences and see how much uphill and downhill vertical you ski each day, month and year. Reading other's Trip Reports posted to the Vert Tracker expands your knowledge about cur...Read Article | (0)

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Snowy Range Backcountry, WY United States | 03/04/09 | by Swiss Miss

My alarm startles me from sweet dreams of big snow covered mountains and I roll over to look at the clock which reads 4:30 AM. I hit the snooze and turn off the light for five more minutes of precious sleep. I can't ignore it's obnoxious beeping again so I turn it off and struggle to find a matching pair of ski socks in the pile of dirty polypro on the cold wood floor. I find two, and though they don't quite match, they pass the smell test well enough and ...Read Article


I pull them on over my blistered feet and blackened toenails.After getting dressed, I stumble into the kitchen and throw a pot of coffee on while I go through the mental checklist... "skis, boots, poles, goggles, gloves, beacon, shovel, probe, water...". Next door I see a light flick on where my neighbor is going through the same groggy morning ritual; he has left his fat funshape skis on the porch for me to load up-- he must hope that the mountains got more snow than the quarter-inch dusting we got in town. A station wagon pulls up next to my well-loved old 4-Runner and out pop three scruffy caffeine-deprived dirtbags who will be joining us on our dawn patrol of Laramie's finest: Centennial Ridge. A 45-minute drive takes us to the tiny town of Centennial, nestled at the base of the Snowy Range and home to our beloved Bear Tree Tavern which we won't have time to visit before going to work. From there we drive slowly across cattle-guards on the public forest service road and past "No Trespassing" signs erected by shotgun weilding ranchers who "don't want no hippie ski freaks on their property" (which most of the time isn't actually theirs). The moon is nearly full, the snow is slightly better than expected, and we start up the skintrack sans headlamps.  Halfway up, the ever-present Wyoming wind slows our progress and drifts our meager snow onto the easterly aspects. 1200 feet of skinning brings us to the top of the "Question Mark" slope, where we are bathed in spectacular alpenglow while we sip more coffee from thermoses, rip skins, and tighten buckles. To the south we can see the Rawah wilderness and Rocky Mountain National Park, to the west, Medicine Bow Peak and Browns Peak; to the east Sheep Mountain and the Laramie Range. The snow seems... decent. For the Ridge, that is. The dust on crust makes for buttery-smooth, fast skiing down to the bottom of Powder Reserves where we skin up and do it all over again. Some of us hit rocks, some ski backward, and some make the less-than-graceful telemark faceplants after catching a tip on the half-buried sagebrush. It's all part of skiing in Southeast Wyoming... my neighbor likens it to Laramie's famous (or infamous?) Buckhorn Bar: "It's a little ghetto, but we love it anyway!" The Ridge is truly no Teton Pass or Little Cottonwood; it's little powder stashes are kept fresh by the little snow and lotta wind for the perhaps 15 or 20 people who ski it on a semi-regular basis. Few things feel as satisfying as putting in a little extra effort to earn a couple thousand vert before starting the day. Back in town we all rush to get to work or class on time, some of us stumbling in a little late still wearing ski pants and holding coffee mugs, blissfull smiles plastered to our goggle-tanned faces.
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Colorado, NM United States | 02/24/10 | by powderjunky

Epic days skiing the uncrowded dry desert powder of Taos grew on us like E.coli, and we were room temperature Mexican beef.  The dream came to fruition on a unlikely Monday when only trace amounts of icing on the old cake was predicted.  Having th...Read Article
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Doug Stoups Ski Cruise 2009, Antarctica | 02/19/10 | by Dark Star

In Part 1 of "Skiing the Frozen Continent of Antarctica", Dark Star gets the opportunity of a lifetime to go backcountry skiing in Antarctica.  Part 2 (The Martial Glacier) picks up with a ski report from his first turns of the trip in Ushuaia, ...Read Article
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2009 Down Sweater Jacket

02/18/10 | by Skater

The Patagonia Down Sweater is my favorite jacket. It is sleek, feminine, and warm without being bulky. It stashes easily in a pack, and has a great color....Read Article
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Skiing the Frozen Continent of Antarctica: Part 4 (Land Ho!)

Doug Stoups Ski Cruise 2009, Antarctica | 02/15/10 | by Dark Star

In Part 1 of "Skiing the Frozen Continent of Antarctica", Dark Star gets the opportunity of a lifetime to go backcountry skiing in Antarctica.  Part 2 (The Martial Glacier) picks up with a ski report from his first turns of the trip in Ushuaia, Ar...Read Article
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2010 Stoke Skis

02/13/10 | by powderjunky

I tested the Dynafit Stoke skis on firm pack and they were very agile and stable. If a ski skis this well on crap, you know it will dominate in the soft stuff. If you are looking for a one quiver touring ski, this is it. Its got rocker, its not heavy...Read Article
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Doug Stoups Ski Cruise 2009, Antarctica | 02/12/10 | by Dark Star

In part 1 of "Skiing the Frozen Continent of Antarctica", Dark Star gets the opportunity of a lifetime to go backcountry skiing in Antarctica.  Part 2 picks up with a ski report from his first turns of the trip in Ushuaia, Argentina.  Part 3 (bel...Read Article
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2009 Trinity Badlands Hardshell Pants

02/11/10 | by PorkChop

The GoLite Badlands Trinity is an extremely light, minimalist shell that is comfortable and affords excellent range motion with four way stretch construction. These would be a good choice for ski mountaineering races, light and fast alpine climbing, ...Read Article
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Aspen Buttermilk, CO United States | 02/10/10 | by TBG

Winding down the westward slope of I-70, mimicking the curvature of the frozen Colorado River, our destination was approaching after a swift drive from Boulder.  Road signs rushed passed as we neared the three and a half hour mark, and suddenly as if...Read Article
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Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, OR United States | 02/09/10 | by powderjunky

The rain spatters on the windshield in a hypnotic rhythm as we finally head east from Bend, Oregon. The pulse of the patter coupled with the closing darkness of nightfall sends my mind a drift into a comatose state of powder turns that will hopefully...Read Article
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Salt Lake City, UT United States | 02/08/10 | by powderjunky

Imagine living in a ski town and not being able to ski. The low pay, double jobs, the crowded housing, all for nothing. While in the U.S. we bitch about how fast the resort gets tracked up, or how crowded the backcountry is, in all our jaded anger an...Read Article
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