Aaron Rice Just Skied 2.5 Million Human Powered Vertical Feet In a Year December 29th is a date Aaron Rice will never forget. It sounds crazy. But he did it. It took him 364 days to ski 2.5 million self-propered vertical feet. He just showed the whole world that if you have an objetive, and you work hard to get it done, nothing can stop you. “5 Winters ago I skied ~75,000′ vert, […] Matias Ricci | December 30, 2016 10 Comments
Fernie, BC Conditions Report: 10” Overnight, Sunshine and All Terrain Open Still dark out there when the first rays of gold started to appear over the Fernie, BC mountains. 10” of fresh snow overnight. 38” over the last week, and almost 13 feet this winter already. Numbers talk by themselves. Today was going to be a good day. And it was. Sunshine and a temperature of 23ºF made it even better. All the terrain […] Conditions Report Matias Ricci | December 30, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Fearless Sam Anthamatten Transforms a Labyrinth of Crevasses and Seracs Into a Playground The North Face describes him as a “fearless freerider skier”, and they couldn’t be so right. It’s already known that Sam Anthamatten likes to go big, but this video borders on the impossible. “Free-skier Sam Anthamatten was born and raised in Zermatt. Discover how he transforms the labyrinth of crevasses and seracs into a playground that only seems possible in video games”. […] Matias Ricci | December 26, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Dave Treadway Overcomes His Fear And Skis Huge Wall March 2016. Stellar Helli, BC, Canada. Henrik Windstedt, Matilda Rapaport, Dave Treadway and a huge, spines wall that stands out. It wouldn’t be crazy to think its Alaska. But it’s not. And there are no excuses for Dave not to ski the line. He takes his time, but finally drops in. The rest… well, just watch the video. “It just caught my […] Matias Ricci | December 23, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: The TGR Girls Go Big at Jackson Hole TGR’s Tight Loose, the movie they released this year in order to celebrate their 21st birthday, was really, really good. And this 3-minutes of pure female action isn’t an exception. Hadley Hammer grew up in Jackson and had been waiting for years for the best conditions to ski some classic, iconic lines. Last year, after some fresh and stable snow, she called her friend, […] Matias Ricci | December 21, 2016 0 Comments
A Kayak Adventure from the Pacific to the Atlantic, through the Patagonian Ice Field. The Andes is the longest mountain range in the world and boasts some of the highest peaks. Glaciers, below-cero temperatures, extreme winds, huge waves, and hours and hours of walking were some of the challenges that these two Argentinean friends faced during their 50 days journey. Leonardo Proverbio had this idea on his mind for more than 20 years. He wanted to cross […] Matias Ricci | December 8, 2016 0 Comments
WATCH: Dorian Densmore’s GoPro Edit in Las Leñas, Argentina The Santa Rosa storm dropped some inches of snow in Las Leñas, Argentina last weekend. Yesterday it was a good day, and Dorian Densmore just uploaded a video that proves it: [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdorian.densmore.5%2Fvideos%2Fvb.1163945540%2F10209841668696091%2F%3Ftype%3D3&show_text=0&width=560″] “New Video! This is my gopro film from yesterday, the first and only day on skis in more than 6 weeks, because my ankle has been doing bad this […] Matias Ricci | September 7, 2016 0 Comments
Las Leñas, Argentina Conditions Report & Photo Tour Definitely we do not handle the same level of powder Bariloche does right now. However, today was one of those days in Las Leñas. Not a single cloud in the bright, blue sky. Sunshine all day long. Perfect temperatures. No wind at all. All lifts operating, and almost all the terrain opened. What else can you ask for? A big, […] Conditions Report Matias Ricci | August 21, 2016 0 Comments