Salt Lake City, UT - October is the time of year when skiers’ minds turn towards their winter trips. However, no one needs reminding that the winter of 2011-12 was one of the worst on record. Snowfall was down across most U.S. ski regions and skier visits plummeted. In response, it appears that many skiers…
Editor’s Note: Yes, we realize that we’re a ski and snowboard periodical. This trip, however, relives an epic journey that would please any outdoors-oriented person and has thus been chosen for publication at First Tracks!! Online. Moab, UT – The jet boat weaves from one shore to the other as its captain seeks out the…
Salt Lake City, UT – It’s that time of year again. Winter is just around the corner and skiers and snowboarders are beginning to book their winter getaways. Most homeowners and real estate agents are focused on getting their properties ready for the busy ski season ahead. Understandably, the rental agreement they use to rent…
Ishpeming, MI - Located on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the U.S. National Ski & Snowboard Hall of fame is pretty far from just about anywhere. With parameters set on my recent trip to the region that included holidays and family reunions, the prospects of visiting the Museum and Hall of Fame looked rather bleak. But then…
A Near-fatal Avalanche on the Grand Mesa Thunderbird Couloir Grand Mesa, CO - It might have been the only chance in decades to ski the Grand Mesa Thunderbird, my life-long passion which almost no one else seemed to share. I’d end up skiing the couloir face first, sans skis and wrapped in an avalanche. The…
Warren, VT - When Dave Frendel entered both he and his son, Myles, in this year’s Sugarbush Spring Mogul Bash, the 12th annual 250-meter mogul race down a ski trail called The Cliffs, it wasn’t so they could both take first place in their respective categories. That was an unexpected bonus. It was so a…
Stratton Mountain, VT - Everyone has their reasons for skiing or snowboarding. Some want nothing more than to carve perfect c-turns down a groomed trail, while others dream of floating through deep, untracked powder. There are those who think of nothing other than zipper lining moguls or straight lining steep pitches. Many spend entire days…
New York, NY - Downhill skiing continues to be one of America’s favorite winter pastimes, attracting nearly 20 million participants to the snowy slopes each year. Snowboarding is gaining popularity too, as recent reports found more than eight million Americans participate in the sport each year. Yet, along with the excitement of a day on…
Salt Lake City, UT - Each year, avalanches claim more than 150 lives worldwide, and many more are caught in the “White Death” but survive. In recent years, these numbers have been increasing due to the boom in outdoor recreation. Skiers, snowboarders, hikers and other backcountry recreationists are drawn to the mountains, where they can…
Salt Lake City, UT - It may be hard to think about frostbite and hypothermia as summer chugs onward, but winter isn’t far off and brushig up now on how to deal with hypothermia and frostbite could make all the difference once the snow starts flying. Hypothermia, the result of the inability to overcome heat…
