Jones Pass, CO, Backcountry Report: Deep Turns and Icy Beards Report from Sunday, January 19, 2025 A beautiful sunrise was breaking the horizon as the four of us huddled in the car to capture the last bit of warmth before we set off for the day’s tour. The plan was a quick tour, about two miles and 1,200 vertical feet. We set off from the Jones Pass trailhead near Berthoud […] Backcountry Luke Guilford | January 21, 2025 0 Comments
BC Backcountry Hut Trip Report Day #3: “The Bubbles” & “The Dark Side” Report from January 5, 2025 On day #3 of our BC hut trip we had a plan. Ski “The Bubbles” in the sunshine, then drop into “The Dark Side.” “The Bubbles” are fun pillows we can see from the hut that receive photons directly from our closest star. “The Dark Side” is a long, steep, scary, hard-to-find chute feels big […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 17, 2025 0 Comments
British Columbia Backcountry Report: 1,000-Vertical-Feet of Pillows, Fear, & Joy Report from January 13, 2025 On Monday Dwanis and I battled out into the British Columbia backcountry. Things started flat and mellow, then quickly escalated into a full-blow BC bushwhack switchback into the steeps… Pillows and steeps. Pillows and steeps and logs. Pillows and steeps and logs and trees. It was rough going. 4 hours later, we poked out into […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 16, 2025 1 Comment
Revelstoke, BC, Report: Tree-Bomb Sidecountry Powder With Local Legend JJ Vinet Report from January 16, 2025 Today I bumbled out into the Revelstoke, BC, sidecountry in a snow squall with local legend JJ Vinet. At times it was snowing and blowing hard but it didn’t last. We scooted out to the selected zone and things looked fun. JJ guided me around showed me the goods. Tree-bombs had littered the landscape making […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 16, 2025 0 Comments
Revelstoke, BC, Report: Long Groomers, Stellar Sidecountry, and “C’est Magnifique” Burgers Report from January 14, 2025 Yesterday we rolled out to Revelstoke at about 9 am. The Selkirk Sea (low river valley clouds) was kickin’ down low and thin clouds were driftin’ up high creating a classic BC cloud sandwich. We were skiing some glorious groomers inbounds when we saw a big hole developing in the upper cloud layer to the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 15, 2025 0 Comments
Revelstoke, BC, Report: 5,620-Vertical-Feet of Hell Yes Report from January 11, 2025 Yesterday we got out at Revelstoke Ski Resort in British Columbia, Canada. This is one of my homes away from home. I’ve spent many months here over the years and just being here makes me happy. We rolled onto the hill about 9 a.m. yesterday. They saw about 4 centimeters of new snow overnight. The […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 12, 2025 1 Comment
BC Backcountry Hut Trip Report Day #2: Overly Fast Pillows & Dark Side Chutes Report from January 4, 2025 Day #2 of our BC hut trip brought mostly cloudy skies, mild temps, low avalanche danger, and the unknown. We fell into our normal default of skiing trees and pillows below the hut. The snow is fast and loose here right now we quickly realized that skiing pillows was not gonna work… The snow was […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 8, 2025 0 Comments
Kicking Horse, BC, Report: 4,133-Vertical-Feet of Chutes & Powder Report from January 2, 2024 On New Year’s Eve 2024, I went for the longest run of my life. 10K for the Women’s Sports Foundation. On New Year’s Day, I went for the longest drive of my life. 927-miles 13.5 hours Park City, UT, to Golden, BC Today, I went skiing at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in British Columbia. This […] Backcountry Miles Clark | January 3, 2025 0 Comments