The Rainier 9000: Summit to Paradise Ski Descent With the return of spring weather to Washington (no rain?!) the conditions in the mountains went from sketchy to primed. After allowing a few days for recent snowfall to settle or slide it was time. Ditching the 90 degree heat in Seattle, two buddies and myself decided to have a go at Rainier on Thursday Morning. We pulled out of Seattle at 6am on Wendesday and headed South to Rainier. After securing climbing permits and sorting out all our gear we left the lot around 10am. The temperature was easily in the 50’s as we worked our way up to Camp Muir. For anyone who has done that tour […] Chaz Diamond | May 16, 2014 2 Comments
Markus Eder Heli Skiing Turnagain Arm Who Is Markus Eder? Markus is a 23 year old Italian who, apparently, rips! This preview for Matchstick Productions upcoming film Days of My Youth and snowcases Markus skiing in AK with Chugach Powder Guides out of Girdwood. Markus has what it takes to hold his own, throwing high speed 360’s down AK spine lines and launching off massive diving boards into bottomless gullies. Chaz Diamond | April 5, 2014 0 Comments
Do Action Cameras Cause Injuries? | From ‘REC’ to Wreck Well, do they? They seem to be ever-present in any extreme sports group, from freeskiers, to B.A.S.E. jumpers, to kiteboarders and mountain bikers. It has never been so easy to self-promote, to show your buddies exactly how rad you get. […] Chaz Diamond | April 4, 2014 1 Comment
Why We Ski the North West| Ode to Rain, and Bottomless Pow, and Spring Skiing North America has endless terrain options. Except for the Mississippi River Valley you can ski coast to coast. From the weathered Southern Rockies to the rugged Northern Rockies, West past Utah all the way to California, East and North to the tip of Maine, the options are endless. After sampling the goods in various […] Chaz Diamond | April 1, 2014 2 Comments
Sleeper Pow Day | Crystal Mountain Conditions Report 3/28/14 What is hot pow? The best answer we could come up with was ‘something like cheese on yesterday’s pizza after it’s been micro-waved for too long.’ Doesn’t sound fun. With temperatures hovering just below freezing for the past few days, we heard Crystal was getting the goods, but who actually knew. Maybe it rained to 6000′, maybe it was pow? You don’t know unless you go, so we went. Arriving at the Crystal Parking lot to find snow in the trees was a awesome and set […] Conditions Report Chaz Diamond | March 29, 2014 0 Comments
Brothers Brower | Back to the Backcountry, Exploring the Explored Words by the brothers: “It seems that when on the road and visiting new places it’s easier to find things to ski because there are no preconceived opinions about certain lines or features. For this video we went to a usual zone but forced ourselves […] Backcountry Chaz Diamond | March 28, 2014 0 Comments
Brain Post | Measuring Mountains How do we know how tall mountains are? Two answers: in modern times GPS measurements can be made to an accuracy of a few centimeters. Before GPS, trigonometry (just like in high school) was used to estimate the height of peaks. Not surprisingly, the British, measurers, organizers, and classifiers of […] Featured Article Chaz Diamond | March 25, 2014 0 Comments
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