[VIDEO] Odyssey of Loppa: Traversing an Arctic Peninsula | Full Film Rab athletes Thea Kopala Røhme and Lisen Strøm embark on an epic four-day ski touring mission across a remote arctic peninsula in northern Norway. Navigating temperatures as low as -30°C while carrying 30-kilogram packs, the team faced challenging conditions in an area with no official ski touring guidebook. “I guess that was the whole exciting part about this trip, we […] Backcountry SnowBrains | March 5, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Skiing “Alaskan Velvet” In Terrific Terrain A Week After The Storm Report from March 3, 2025 Yesterday, Marco and his buddy Shanty took me to a new side-country area at Courmayeur Ski Resort in Italy. The zone holds nothing but couloirs. It hasn’t snowed in a week but this zone is holding delectable Alaskan Velvet (recrystallized snow). We got excited as we started up and felt the good snow. Our original […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 5, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Amazing New Terrain, Powder, Wind, & Old Friends Report from February 26 & 27, 2025 Thursday and Friday at Courmayeur Ski Resort, Italy, were powder days. Thursday we ventured into a new sidecountry zone I hadn’t been to before. Twice! Friday we returned to that zone and went back to our old side-country zones only to find them getting blasted by 50mph winds. Thursday was surprisingly deep in […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 2, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: The Craziest Thing I’ve Ever Done = My First & Last Time Ever Speed Flying Report from February 27, 2025 On Friday, we headed up the Skyway Monte Bianco in Courmayeur, Italy in the afternoon. My old California Ski Team buddy, Big Z, was in town. He’s a professional tandem speed flying and paragliding pilot. He talked me into a speed flight with him which is completely against my rules. No human flight. I’ve just […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 2, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Powder Skiing in Terrain that Dreams are Made of Report from February 26, 2025 Yesterday was a powder day here in Italia. We started the day with 2 lower mountain runs on the spectacular Skyway Monte Bianco. Skyway was fun but the upper mountain was fogged-in and the lower mountain was deep dust-on-crust. From there we hopped the fence over to Courmayeur ski resort and found good powder. Then […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 27, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: Deep Dust on Crust On Spectacular Terrain At The End Of The Storm Report from February 26, 2025 Yesterday morning we awoke to new snow in Courmayeur, Italy We elected to start on the legendary Skyway Monte Bianco hoping for a bit of sunshine. The mountains had other plans. The upper mountain was socked in so we snuck out of the mid-station for a lower mountain lap. We tried the Val Veny side […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 27, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Dealing with Rockfall and Ice after Skiing Through a Natural Arch | Hidden Faces Ep. 22 After seeing an inspiring Instagram post, we (the Hidden Faces crew) became curious about the location of this incredible natural arch. A bit of research on online maps led us to it—deep in the Swiss Alps, surrounded by massive glaciers. We took on the challenge of skiing this long couloir and, along the way, attempted to ski a steep north […] Backcountry SnowBrains | February 27, 2025 0 Comments
Christina Lustenberger and Guillaume Pierrel Make History by Becoming the First to Descend the South Face of Mount Robinson, BC Mount Robson is a prominent mountain in British Columbia, boasting the highest elevation in the Canadian Rockies and a rugged nature. The mountain has an impressive elevation of 12,972 feet or 3,954 meters, located in the Rainbow Range in a remote part of British Columbia. Earlier this month professional backcountry skiers Christina Lustenberger and Guillaume Pierrel conquered this feat on […] Industry News Anders Henrikson | February 25, 2025 0 Comments
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