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GearQuick Tip: Quick Edge
Quick Tip: Quick Edge
Everything you need to know, from tools to technique. ...
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SkiMaking Sense of Rocker
Making Sense of Rocker
Squaw skier Timy Dutton demonstrates how rocker works. Photo by Keoki Flagg. Click on either image to enlarge. Traditional cambered skis are great on hard snow (they glide well and distribute edge pressure), but problematic in softer conditions, where they dive beneath the surface. Reverse camber, or rocker, skis solve this problem by curving upward at the tip and tail, popping the ski to the surface. The technology turns tricky…...
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Culture
Talking With Nancy Greene Raine
Talking With Nancy Greene Raine
Skiing is the story of Nancy Greene Raine’s life. At three years old, she stepped into skis at Red Mountain, a resort in British Columbia where her parents helped to build the first chairlift. She competed at Olympics in Squaw Valley, Innsbruck, and Grenoble—bringing home gold and silver medals in alpine skiing from France. On a trip home to Red in 1968, Greene Raine won her second World Cup championship (she won the inaugural World Cup in 1967). Retirement from ski racing meant a second career in ski resort development, at Whistler Blackcomb until the mid-1990s, and…...
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CultureUpdate: To Link or Not to Link?
Update: To Link or Not to Link?
The proposed route of SkiLink, running from The Canyons in the northeast to Solitude in the southwest. Click on the map to see a larger image, and visit skilink.com for more information on the project. This story first appeared in the Mountain Logbook, our weekly email newsletter that delivers news, gear reviews, video tips, and more to your inbox. Sign up to receive it here. Many a chairlift conversation in Utah this winter will revolve around SkiLink, the proposed—and suddenly controversial—eight-person gondola connecting The Canyons in Park City to Solitude in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Last week, The Canyons…...
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Gear
Quick Tip: Ski Boot Insoles
Quick Tip: Ski Boot Insoles
Bootfitter Larry Houchen offers advice on selecting an insole that will increase your comfort and fit with ski boots. Visit larrybootfitting.com for more information on Houchen, who’s spent 25 years as a bootfitter, and click here for more Quick Tips on getting ready for ski season....
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ResortsSki Season Starts Now
Ski Season Starts Now
UPDATE 11/23/11 Storms, halfpipes, and holiday deals—it’s all happening at ski resorts around North America. Mammoth Mountain in California opened its 22-foot halfpipe today, the first super pipe ready for skiing and riding in North America. Need motivation to get off the couch after all the holiday feasting? Vermont’s Killington Resort got 11 inches of snow in the last 24 hours. That’s equal to 30 centimeters across the border, which how much fresh snow fell at Lake Louise, Ski Banff, and Sunshine Village in Alberta. Anyone out in Utah for the holiday will have plenty of options for skiing, too, with…...
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CultureEarly Season Wake Up Call
Early Season Wake Up Call
Kent Scheler digs a pit to assess snowpack layers in The North Face’s “Know Boundaries” web series on avalanche safety. The rising fever of winter anticipation broke abruptly on November 13 with the death of pro skier Jamie Pierre. The father, husband, and new ambassador for Moonlight Basin in Montana triggered a slab avalanche while snowboarding at Utah’s Snowbird Resort. Pierre suffered fatal trauma after being swept 700 feet over rocky terrain. The ski area had not yet opened for the season. Pierre and a friend wereriding in uncontrolled, backcountry conditions. The Utah Avalanche Center reported 17 other avalanches on…...
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CultureChairlift Food Doesn’t Have to be Miserable Stuff
Chairlift Food Doesn’t Have to be Miserable Stuff
So here’s the deal on chairlift eating, gleaned from my years of reporting on sports nutrition and skiing through lunch. Those sugary gel blocks and gooey energy shots that provide instant power when you’re biking or running at high intensity are of little value when you’re at the ski area. It’s pretty simple really. When the body is at its aerobic limit, most of us just can’t stomach the fats and proteins of real food. And even if we can keep such food down, it doesn’t make much sense to divert energy to the digestive system when we should be…...
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CultureAccess The Goods
Access The Goods
Alaskan skiing pioneer and one-time extreme skier Dean Cummings stopped off in Boulder this week to talk about his heli-skiing operation, H20 Guides, his new film, The Steep Life, his traveling avalanche education program, Be Snow Smart, and his latest venture, a line of skis dubbed Access The Goods or ATG. We caught up with Cummings at a coffee shop—though he doesn’t seem to need caffeine as it is. One moment he’s shuffling coffee cups and press materials to build a working model of an avalanche slope complete with safety zones, the next, he’s running to the car for a…...
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Gear
Quick Tip: Hot Wax
Quick Tip: Hot Wax
Mountain‘s Marc Peruzzi demonstrates how to give your skis a hot wax. ...
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Gear
Quick Tip: Ski Socks
Quick Tip: Ski Socks
Larry Houchen has more than 25 years experience in bootfitting. For more from Larry on how to size ski boots, click here. You can visit Larry in Boulder, Colorado or at larrybootfitting.com. Editor Marc Peruzzi also has early-season advice: Click here to hear from him on removing burrs from your rock skis....
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CultureA New Plan for the Ski Industry
A New Plan for the Ski Industry
Members of the MRA pick a line on Manitoba Mountain, Alaska. Photo by Tom WinterFounded in 2010, the Mountain Rider’s Alliance is a company focused on building ski areas owned and operated by skiers and riders. That’s not all: Founder Jamie Schectman wants these mountains to produce their own energy, create jobs, and access great terrain. It may sound too good to be true—but Shectman and the MRA are in the process of making it happen at Manitoba Mountain in Alaska. Pick up a copy of Early Winter for more on that project, and keep reading for more from Schectman…...
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CultureLooking Further
Looking Further
Forrest Shearer talks Further in Denver last week. Photo by Johnny GreenhamA preview of the Jeremy Jones snowboarding film Further, slated for release in 2012, brought a crowd to Denver’s Patagonia store last Wednesday night. Snowboarder Forrest Shearer—who also appeared in Deeper, Jones’s first human-powered snowboarding film—introduced the Teton Gravity Research trailer and two webisodes filmed in Japan and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Watch the Further trailer here, and it’s pretty obvious that the boundaries of backcountry adventure will be pushed once more next fall. In Japan, high winds and sketchy weather conditions challenged the TGR crew. In Wyoming, Jimmy…...
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EnvironmentAnother La Niña?
Another La Niña?
This is what La Niña looks like at Squaw Valley. Photo by Keoki FlaggWhen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released information in early October stating that the water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean were cooler than average, powder fiends across the northern tier of the United States rejoiced. What do the ocean temps in the Pacific have to do with getting fresh tracks on the hill? “La Niña means that water temps in the Central Pacific Ocean are below normal,” says Joel Gratz, a Colorado meteorologist who operates opensnow.com. “This matters because it’s a big area. Water temperatures in…...
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BikeThis Just In: The All-Season Base Layer
This Just In: The All-Season Base Layer
The Claim: New to the U.S., RACE is an Italian brand of technical apparel and accessories. They claim that because their RACE All Season Base Layer Top features a combination of hydrophobic polypropylene and non-static carbon you can use it year-round to help keep your body temperature constant. RACE also makes a bold claim about the fabric’s anti-odor capabilities. The Trial: RACE sent us the top to try out around the time of the first cool-weather bike rides of the fall. I wore it on three consecutive outings with temps mostly in the 50s. I didn’t wash it…...
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Gear
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Quick Tip: Sizing Ski Boots
Quick Tip: Sizing Ski Boots
Larry Houchen shares his tips on sizing ski boots, and what can happen if your boots are too big. Houchen has 25 years of experience in bootfitting. Visit Larry’s Bootfitting in Boulder, Colorado or his website to learn more....
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ResortsThink Snow, Plan Ahead
Think Snow, Plan Ahead
The scene at Winter Park Wednesday morning after 15 inches of snow fell overnight. The resort opens November 16. Photo by Tana HoffmanWinter might not be on your doorstep quite yet, but now is the best time to plan a ski vacation. Resorts around North America are offering deals that expire by Halloween or Thanksgiving. The bargains can be partly attributed to ripples from a 2010–11 season that saw record snowfall and record skier visits at many resorts. “People want to keep skiing and resorts are responding by offering bargains, deals, and packages that resonate with their guests,” says…...
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