Jackson hole, Wyoming (February 25, 2010) - Imagine a contest based around sliding a beer down a table with the object being to drink as many beers in the shortest amount of time possible.

With Olympic mayhem going full throttle in the Pacific Northwest, I decided to avoid the media frenzy and search for snow. So, I arrived in Jackson Hole today to blue skies--a quick hike to Four Pines confirmed my decision and revealed the goods. Powder Magazine just so happens to be in town for the Powder Week and annual ski test. I'm looking forward to exploring Jackson Hole, rapping with fellow media and testing out next year's product. Sounds rough I know...stay tuned for the next transmission from Jackson.

What do you do at the end of January, when it hasn't snowed in weeks and temperatures are brushing 50-degrees? You go on an adventure, dammit!

Friend of TSKJ Tyler Horne takes you on a speed flying mission just outside the boundaries at Jackson Hole.

3 Speed flights Just outside the JHMR gates from Tyler Horne on Vimeo.

With expectations of heinous traffic and hours of border lineups, we still went to Whistler to watch the women's downhill. Instead it was smooth sailing, sunshine, fast ladies, and fresh turns in seven inches of new.

Just two weekends ago at Big Sky, friends and supporters of the Billy Poole Memorial Fund got together to remember Billy Poole and teach Montana youth about skiing and enjoying the outdoors.

People will stand at the top of Chair Eight at Mt. Baker to watch this guy ski lines off the Shuksan Arm. Arriving from Gold Hill, Colorado, Zack Giffin and his brothers showed up in Washington seven years ago, not to become local celebrities, but to ski a place that gets more snow than anywhere in North America. After working in the park and patrolling, Zack now spends most of his time shooting with local photographer, Grant Gunderson, or skiing the resort’s extensive sidecountry. We caught up with him in between trips to Mt. Shasta and Nelson, after a day of schralping the holy ground.