Mammoth, CA Report: Mini-Powder Day After 550-Mile Drive from Park City, UT Via The Clown Motel Report from May 2, 2023 On Monday, May 1, 2023, I drove from Park City, UT to Mammoth Lakes, CA. The drive was spectacularly gorgeous. Nevada is green, full of snow, and its dry lake beds have water. The view of the Sierra as you roll over the final hills is stunning. The White Mountains also took my breath away. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 2, 2023 0 Comments
Park City, UT Closing Weekend Report: Hand-Dragging a Slush Wiggle Paradise at 60ºF Report from April 29 & 30, 2023 Park City, UT’s closing weekend was a wicked scorcher. 60ºF? Warmer? But the snow was still good. The wiggle was crazy fun. Only 3 lifts were open and we stuck to Cresent. Cresent boasts 1,700-vertical-feet and quite a few options. Makes sense that it’s one of the only chairs left rockin’. The slush […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 30, 2023 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: 903″ of Snow Turned “Main Chute” Off 11,068′ Mt. Baldy Into “Main Bowl” Report from April 28, 2023 Yesterday, I drug my extremely tired keester up 11,068′ Mt. Baldy at Alta, UT to ski the legendary Main Chute. On Thursday, this hike took me 1 hour and 40 minutes. Yesterday, it took me 2 hours and 10 minutes… I was tired… I was so tired I even sat in my car in the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 29, 2023 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Legendary Little Chute Off 11,068′ Mt. Baldy Report from April 27, 2023 Yesterday, I slept in and felt damn tired after the previous day’s Pfiefferhorn mission. We’d heard rumors of of Alta opening to uphill yesterday, but we couldn’t confirm. Martin texted me at 7:35am saying that Alta had opened. I jumped out of bed and started my recovery process: Hot shower Big stretch Roller Theragun Breakfast […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 28, 2023 0 Comments
Solitude, UT, Report: Welcome to the 800″ Club Report from Tuesday, April 25, 2023 We’ll be talking about the winter of 2022-23 for a long time. After getting 11″ in 24 hours, Solitude Mountain Resort broke 800 inches of total season snowfall for the first time in its history. The high-density powder today was smooth, surfy, and skied superbly. When we got up there at 10 am there […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | April 25, 2023 0 Comments
Snowbasin, UT, Report: Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light Report from Sunday, April 23, 2023 All good things must come to an end. Before the winter of 2022-23, Snowbasin’s all-time season snowfall record was 475″. On closing day Sunday, the resort finished the season with 613″ of total snowfall and a 188″ deep base. If there was ever a way to end a winter season, Sunday was it. Rage, […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | April 24, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Scintillatingly Steep Ramps in the Valley of the Tusk Report from April 19, 2023 On Wednesday morning, we ventured straight into the Valley of the Tusk. The Tusk is an impossible peak that is one of the Big 5 of the Chugach Mountains, AK The Tusk The Sphinx Pontoon Meteorite Dimond We flew straight to the gorgeous and intimidating ramps on the west side of the Valley of the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 24, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Skiing 50+ Degrees on “The Real Pucker Face” Report from April 17, 2023 Last Monday, we got onto a beast. The Real Pucker Face in Valdez, Alaska. (the other Pucker Face is in Jackson Hole, WY) Our day started with gawking at the climax avalanche that occurred this week on Meteorite Mountain. After warming up on three mellower glacier runs, we got into the gnar. I knew it […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 24, 2023 0 Comments