No matter what kind of skiing you prefer to do, every skier is concerned with the weather. The weather can make a good day great, or make a great day turn
dangerous in a matter of minutes. Knowing what to expect so you can time your skiing right is incredibly important. Fortunately for us, there are people like Joel Gratz who does a skiing specific weather forecast on his Colorado Powder Forecast website (www.coloradopowderforecast.com). Continue Reading

Regardless of how much you ski in the backcountry, it is important for you to understand at least a little bit about the dynamics of temperature and snowpack stability.  In the previous articles you learned a few of the very basic snow pit tests, so now it is time to start talking a little bit of “snow science” to bring things together. This will lead to your ability to understand weather and PREDICTING when and where to see avalanches. Continue Reading

It’s the little things that make skiing great.  Continue Reading

Winter. Snow, ski season, and getting sick.  Whether it’s the common cold, the flu, or something worse, not feeling your best will put a damper on your ski season  Nobody wants to spend a day out in the snowy cold if you’re feeling ill.  Continue Reading

Surface Hoar is the bane of many avalanche forecasters.  It is responsible for more deaths than any other mechanism of avalanche failure.  Thus, it is important that we understand it so we can try to PREDICT and AVOID it. Continue Reading

It’s a jungle on the mountain.  Here’s a few suggestions to keep a smile on your face and make sure your ski days are great: Continue Reading

Interview with Dean Cummings: How to prepare for heli skiing. Continue Reading

By Palmer Hoyt

Ski boots are footwear-torture.    These ski boot suggestions can make the wonderful world of high-density plastic a little more bearable.   Continue Reading

There are a lot of words thrown around when describing skis.  It can be confusing knowing which word relates to which part of a ski.  Here’s a list of common ski construction terms and their explanations: Continue Reading

Ski boot tips – the mysteries of ski boot management explained. Continue Reading