Alyeska Resort, AK, Report: The Most Snow in North America and Stunning Views Above the Clouds Report from Monday, January 31, 2022 Alyeska Resort, AK, was shrouded in cloud when we arrived last night, and we still couldn’t see the top when we awoke this morning. The tram operator said it had been like this for three days, but we would get a surprise at the top. And boy, did we. As the tram broke through […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | January 31, 2022 0 Comments
Gear Review: Wildhorn Outfitters Delano X2 Snowshoes – Premium Product at Low-End Price Last weekend was Martin Luther King weekend, one of the busiest weekends of the year at a ski resort. Living in a ski town means I’m lucky enough that I can pick and choose my ski days, and a busy holiday weekend is always one to avoid. But the weather was beautiful; the temperatures perfect, the sun shining, and fresh snow […] Gear Steven Agar | January 20, 2022 0 Comments
I Will Not Ski a Single Day This Year – And That Hurts This is the first year for as long as I can remember that I won’t ski. I will not get a single day of skiing this winter season. It hurts even to type that. For the previous decade and more, Winter Park, CO, has been my winter solace, my escape from ‘real life’ in the UK. The reason I would […] Steven Agar | March 6, 2021 15 Comments
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When Lightning Strikes: This Simple Advice Could Save Your Life Lightning strikes the earth 45 times every single second (that’s 1.4 billion flashes a year). According to the NOAA, the United States averages 51 lightning strike fatalities every year, second only to flooding for deadly weather. Ten times that amount are struck but survive. The odds of becoming a lightning victim in the US in any given year is 1 in 700,000, […] Weather Steven Agar | May 19, 2020 0 Comments
Eldora Mountain Resort, CO Report: Fun in the Sun! Report from 21st February 2020 Spring had sprung early at Boulder’s closest resort today, as temperatures in the 40s and glorious sunshine baked this fantastic and fun little resort. Taking advantage of our Ikon Pass (don’t @ me…), we arrived mid-morning to find the parking lots pretty full. As we started walking an unknown distance towards the resort, a cute […] Steven Agar | February 21, 2020 0 Comments
Copper Mountain, CO Report: Ripping Good Fun in the Glorious Sunshine Report from 20th February 2020 For some reason, we’ve never skied Copper before. We’ve been in Colorado 10-years now and hit almost all resorts, but Copper has eluded us, until today, when we found out what we’d been missing. A few inches of fresh snow overnight refreshed the conditions, and the snow was fast. We took the new gondola up, […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | February 21, 2020 0 Comments
Black Ops Valdez Heli-Skiing is Perfectly Situated to Offer Unparalleled Alaskan Skiing Experiences Brought to you by Black Ops Valdez Located in the middle of the eastern legendary Chugach Mountains surrounding Valdez Alaska and Thompson Pass, Black Ops Valdez are in the prime position to offer you the ultimate in Alaskan heli-skiing. With a huge operational area, over 2,500 square miles of the world’s finest mountains and glaciated terrain perfect for skiing and […] Steven Agar | January 30, 2020 0 Comments
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