Freeride World Tour Stop #2, Ordino Arcalรญs: Results + Winning Runs The Freeride World Tour is finally off and running! With two stops in the last week in Ordino Arcalรญs, it is just great to see the highest level of big mountain skiing and riding back again. The first competition saw some new and old faces take the top spots in each respective category. The second competition, held on the same […] Industry News Ryan Flynn | February 25, 2021 0 Comments
The Alta Environmental Center: A Model For The Future Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Alta Ski Area recognizes the importance of sustainability in the ski industry. The mountain created the Alta Environmental Center (AEC) in 2008 to guide sustainability efforts and look after the natural environment in which the ski area operates. As the volume of skiers increases, the Alta Environmental Center strives to continue minimizing the […] Featured Article Ryan Flynn | February 4, 2021 3 Comments
The Abandoned – Snoqualmie Ski Bowl, WA In this week’s edition of The Abandoned, we will take a look at one of Washington’s old gems: the Snoqualmie Ski Bowl. Last week we went over Cuchara Mountain Resort in south-central Colorado. You can check that article out here: The Abandoned – Cuchara Mountain Resort, CO Snoqualmie Ski Bowl was the first ski resort on Snoqualmie Pass, a major […] Brains Ryan Flynn | January 25, 2021 9 Comments
The Abandoned – Cuchara Mountain Resort, CO In this week’s edition of The Abandoned, we will take a look at one of the more famous abandoned Colorado ski resorts, Cuchara Mountain Resort. If you missed last weeks edition, check it out here: Related: The Abandoned – Iron Mountain, CA Cuchara Mountain Resort was located in south-central Colorado, roughly a 78-mile drive south from Pueblo. The mountain began […] Brains Ryan Flynn | January 14, 2021 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO Conditions Report: Beautiful Weather and Low Tide This report is from Friday 8th January 2020 and brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Arapahoe Basin has started to open up more terrain over the last couple of weeks. Knowing that there was the option to ski some real bumps and steeps, my friend Ryan and I took a trip up to Arapahoe Basin yesterday. We were treated […] Conditions Report Ryan Flynn | January 9, 2021 2 Comments
The Abandoned – Iron Mountain, CA In today’s mega-resorts/mega-passes era, it almost seems as if some of the big resort names in the ski industry could never fail as a business (excluding if mother nature has something to say about it). This was not always the case. For most of the ski industry’s time in the United States, resorts closing their doors were more common headlines. […] Brains Ryan Flynn | January 4, 2021 19 Comments
Video: New Pallavicini Lift Opens At Arapahoe Basin, CO [arve url="https://youtu.be/hMhtGl4H0K0"] Ryan Flynn | December 23, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
The Kangaroo Kicker – The Shortest Lived Kicker In Resort Skiing Squaw Valley, CA is known for its abundant big mountain terrain. No matter where you go the mountain, you are a couple of carves away from either technical steeps, big cliffs, or a mixture of both. The one thing you do not get to see very often at Squaw is a wind lip, even though they have one of the […] Ryan Flynn | December 21, 2020 0 Comments