Alta UT Conditions Report | Bi-Polar Days On December 22nd, Alta was windy as hell. The Wasatch had just received a total of 19 inches from a relatively warm storm which caused seemingly everything to slide. In addition to this, the wind was howling with gusts of up to 60 mph. Things were, to say it simply, extreme. As the storm broke, the sun peaked out beneath […] Conditions Report Bevan Waite | December 24, 2014 0 Comments
Know When to Say “NO”| Beans and Rice Telemark Video “Beans and Rice Freeride is back for a second season with more backcountry freeride action and humor. Episode one takes you into the winter day dream of a telemark skier who only cares about pow and skiing with his friends. Follow Jake Sakson and crew of freeheelers Morgan Boyles and Luke Lubchenco as they ski endless pow in the sick zones and secret stashes of Teton Valley. Beans and Rice Freeride – it is what hippies eat!” This is a good video. Powder, Tele-triples, face shots and stomps.. But it’s not the content that I am overwhelmingly moved by. What speaks to me most is the message this video conveys about knowing when to say no. […] Backcountry Bevan Waite | October 30, 2014 0 Comments
2014 Telemark Season Highlights | PNW-Wyoming-Whistler As many of us experienced, skiing powder last winter was a struggle for those seeking refuge on the west coast of the US. California was hit hard, but Oregon and Washington also suffered from meager storms that infrequently deposited snow. By the time spring rolled around, I had skied less than 5 powder days, 3 of which were in Wyoming with a bunch of hooligan Tele skiers at Targhee’s 2014 Big Mountain Tele comp. It snowed a foot of fluff ever day I was in the Tetons. In fact, so much so that the event was cancelled due to zero vis […] Bevan Waite | October 17, 2014 0 Comments
Free Your Heel-Huck For Real | 17 Year Old Telemark Skier Hucks 50 Footer See 50 footer @ 2:20 Tucker-the-hucker just finished high school and simply rips on his tele skis. The Park City local began his quest for the best after turning 9 and finding some ol’ telemark boots small enough to hold his feet in place while dropping a knee. Like many of us tele-wackers, he quickly caught on to the addiction […] Bevan Waite | September 12, 2014 0 Comments
Whistler-Blackcomb Report: Bluebird Saturday Shred Fest In the days leading up to this last weekend, the weather window between spring storms at whistler shifted in our favor. Saturday and Sunday were projected to have mostly bluebird conditions with a shallow dusting of wet spring pow. The lower portion of Blackcomb was either overcast or a complete white-out, and the snow was quite possibly the worst sticky wet snow I’ve ever skied. The upper lifts took a good hour to open after the gondolas started loading people up, so we got stuck skiing the leftover sloppy sludge practicing our face-plant skills. In order to avoid further slush […] Conditions Report Bevan Waite | May 13, 2014 0 Comments
Whistler-Blackcomb | Powder Skiing | April 27th Whistler has been hit with a more than decent amount of snow this spring. Last Sunday was a classic pseudo powder day at whistler. I say “pseudo” because in the morning, it was really more like deep dust on crust. The snow was so darn light, even with fat sticks, you would plunge through to the rain crust underneath. Nonetheless, the weather warmed up and settled the fluffy […] Bevan Waite | May 1, 2014 2 Comments
Spring Break at Whistler | Peak Chair Madness Late March was a great time to be up at Whistler. There were quite a few epic days both in bounds and out. The video above is of my last day in Whistler, and my first day skiing in the actual ski area since I was 6 years old… Lets just say it was the right day to shred! […] Conditions Report Bevan Waite | April 8, 2014 3 Comments
Grand Targhee Big Mountain Telemark Competition | Full Report: For the last 3 years, the Grand Targhee Big Mountain Tele-Comp has been hit by boat-loads of snow before and during the competition leaving feet of snow to cushion massive hucks, stomps, and violent tomahawks by the competitors. This year’s comp, held last weekend, was hit so hard with snow and white-out conditions the weather became a limiting factor of both the ability of the judges to judge, and even at times the ability of the athletes to adequately navigate their lines. Regardless of the limited visibility, the snow conditions were so incredible, and the venue was so filled in, […] Conditions Report Bevan Waite | March 6, 2014 0 Comments
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