New Ice Grip Symbol For Winter Tires Using the proper tires is essential for safe driving in snowy conditions. In North America, determining if a tire is suitable for winter use can be challenging, if not impossible, and the new Ice Grip emblem seeks to address that. It shows that a tire has undergone testing to demonstrate safe levels of traction on bare ice when displayed on […] Industry News Alfred Arnaud | January 8, 2024 0 Comments
Where Will it be Deep This Week? These are North America’s Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of January 7-16, 2023 It’s always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or simply love seeing where the snow is falling so you can live vicariously through others, this is your list of resorts that will be the deepest over the next week and beyond. The forecast comes from OpenSnow’s Top […] Weather Brent Thomas | January 8, 2024 0 Comments
U.S. Ski Racer AJ Hurt Wins First-Ever Podium at Slalom at FIS World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia On Sunday, January 7, 2024, U.S. ski racer AJ Hurt skied to her first-ever career podium at the FIS World Cup in Kranjksa Gora, Slovenia. For many skiers, it was a difficult day, with many top skiers eliminated, including Mikaela Shiffrin, who straddled a pole and was thus out of the race on run 1. Run 1 Run 1 saw […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 8, 2024 2 Comments
With the Yen at Multi-Decade Lows, Now is the Time to Book a Ski Trip to Japan Monetary policy and weakening currencies aren’t usually how I decide where to take my next ski trip. But, this year, the weak yen keeps coming up. At ¥141 to $1, the cost of a trip to Japan is at an all-time low. The cost savings are significant! Japan is a bucket list destination. Social media would have you believe there […] Mike Humphrey | January 8, 2024 0 Comments
BC Hut Trip Report – Day 3 – Pillow Powder Day With a Nasty Darkside Sun-Kiss Report from January 7, 2023 Today was a pillow powder day. We got out early and headed straight for the pillows. The sun was out a bit in the morning and just there being some blue skies brightened things up and made the skiing better via greatly improved visibility. It’s record low tide here right now so we tread lightly. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 7, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Blessed With 17″ Fresh Snow Palisades Tahoe, California, was blessed by Mother Nature with 17 inches of fresh powder in the last 24 hours, the most in California. Sunny skies are in today’s forecast, calling for a beautiful bluebird day, and it looks like another storm is on its way later in the week. Related: Maximize Your Time at Palisades Tahoe, CA, With the Palisades […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 7, 2024 0 Comments
BC Hut Trip Report – Day 2 – Pillows, Poppers, Shifties, Spread Eagles, Blower Powder, & A Header In The Creek Report from January 6, 2023 We flew in here to this remote hut in British Columbia yesterday afternoon. It hasn’t snowed up here in a long time and they’re experiencing a record low snowpack. We were worried… After we arrived yesterday, we quickly got organized and ran out for a quick run before dark. We went for a nearby Southeast […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 6, 2024 0 Comments
Marco Odermatt Dominates at Giant Slalom FIS World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland & River Radamus Skis to Personal Best 4th Place Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt won the Giant Slalom at the FIS World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland, on Saturday, January 6, 2024, after leading the field after run 1 by more than a second. Odermatt’s overall dominance at the event was only beaten by America’s River Radamus, who managed to put down the fastest second run of the day with 57.79 seconds, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 6, 2024 0 Comments
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