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Super tragic story. So many things wrong. I only read portions of it, but the kid had his entire identity wrapped up in being/becoming...

Not nearly as good as expected. After a cold and snowy week that brought 18"+ to Abasin I had expected a lot of soft and fun...

Apr 1-5, 2025 in the Wasatch has been wonderful. Winter came back with 20" new, powdery snow at many resorts on Apr 1, then there was...

Today was very cold for April (10F start, 21F departure). Final day of training for Jr which ended early so we pulled the plug early too...

Wow, been a while since I posted to this thread. Nothing big, but a fair bit of small new snows over the past 7 or 8 days. Looks quite...

The Sierra storm this week was first predicted to last most of the week, but when it was revised to wrap up by Wednesday we decided to...

Weather forecasting is usually good for storms, but not so much for wind and cloud cover. Today was predicted 50% cloud in the morning...

Vail Chopping HR to the bone

Talk about lucky... Keeping those pockets zipped seems easy enough. Looks way too similar to 2nd Notch at ABasin I'm all about effort...

Kirkwood, CA April 2, 2025 Friend whose place I stayed at was moving a little slow and when I got to my SUV to get out skis out, shuttle...

Thus why I've been doing Mustang in recent years. So many convoluted reasons over the years. If you go way back I used to have an...

I have no idea how I pulled off the near perfect logistics for Val d'Isere. We stayed at Hôtel Les Crêtes Blanches which is across the...

That's so sad. Somewhat surprising that they were waiting for pickup vs so many avalanches caused by the act of skiing/boarding.

I'm not a local, but I'm pretty sure that's not possible. My preferred route in Hanging Valley is skiers R side of Headwall, then hard...

While I think some of James' pics are more spectacular, I have a soft spot for Heavenly when it comes to lake views. Once upon a time...