‘Quick n’ Dirty’ Squaw Valley Conditions Report: Rain to Snow “After what was probably the worst day of the season yesterday due to rain to the top of KT, I had very low expectations for today. Down low by Red Dog it was sheet ice, but up high the snow was surprisingly awesome. It was wind packed powder on exposed faces like the funnel and nice chalky snow all over […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | January 21, 2016 0 Comments
‘Quick n’ Dirty’ Squaw Valley Conditions Report: Best Day of the Season So Far “I have a feeling that I’ll be saying this a lot in the coming days – yesterday was the best day of the season. The upper mountain was closed (except for Gold Coast and Shirley), but KT, Red Dog and Squaw Creek had more than enough terrain to keep smiles on everyone’s faces. Fresh tracks will be had today on […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | January 7, 2016 1 Comment
Squaw Valley Looking Forward to Best Holiday Season in Years Squaw Valley USA is currently firing on all cylinders with a projected 100% terrain opening by this weekend. Yes, that includes Silverado. Yesterday (12/24), we saw moderate crowds with the entire upper mountain shut due to 4.5 FEET of new snow from the latest series of storms. With only KT-22, Red Dog, Squaw Creek and Far East running, there was […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | December 25, 2015 0 Comments
Squaw Valley Report – The Mothership Has Landed! Squaw Valley’s iconic KT-22 chair opened for the season yesterday and boy was it good. The lift was scheduled to pop at 1pm, but patrol and the ops team managed to have it ready for an early start and we were riding the chair shortly after 11:30am. My heart goes out to the few people who booked 1pm private lessons […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | December 16, 2015 2 Comments
Mammoth, CA Conditions Report: Bluebird Days, More Terrain Coming! Mammoth Mountain continues to deliver with phenomenal snow conditions and cover for November. I’ve seeing lots of familiar Tahoe faces around here the past 2 days which tells you something about how good it’s skiing out here. We ventured out a bit further today and found great snow under the Paranoids and some firm but chalky snow on Dave’s. Dropout […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | November 18, 2015 3 Comments
Mammoth Conditions Report: Great Coverage, Winter Snow After receiving 8-12″ of cold pow on Sunday/Monday, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area was ripping today. I thought the skiing would be decent, but underestimated the phenomenal conditions. The snow remained cold and chalky off piste most of the day and the groomers were absolutely ripping. It felt like we were skiing on cold, mid-winter snow all day. With so much terrain […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | November 17, 2015 1 Comment
Mammoth Opening Day Pow! Mammoth Mountain opened for the season today (November 5th) almost a week ahead of schedule. The original scheduled opening was November 11th, but thanks to a storm that dropped 30 inches on Mammoth earlier in the week, the lovely people at Mammoth Mountain made our powder dreams come true. They had 3 lifts spinning (Chair 1 – Broadway Express, Chair […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | November 5, 2015 1 Comment
Turoa, New Zealand VIDEO – Spring Skiing at its Best Turoa Ski Field in New Zealand has been having a spring to remember. With a solid base close to 3 meters for most of the spring, clear blue skies, and warm afternoon temps, this is some of the best spring skiing I’ve ever had. The groomers have been ripping in the mornings and the rest of the snow off piste is […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | October 22, 2015 0 Comments
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