Smith Optics has a private backcountry zone and a snowcat near their headquarters in Sun Valley, Idaho. Episodes 1-4 featured snowboarders in their exclusive playground--in episode 4.5, the skiers take over.

Chris Benchetler's 2010 self edit. Pow, pillows, and more.

...the narrow passages and steep fall lines of the Jane have never lent themselves to grooming. As a result, skiers have found that our pitches lead to the growth of a brand of mogul absent at nearly every other resort. We laugh at Vail’s “morale bumps” and thumb our noses at A-Basin’s paltry Pallavicini. We have exposed roots and double fall-line. And a trio of fixed-grip doubles to escort us there...

Gondy-access groomers vs heli-access spines--are they really all that different?

Whistler, BC -- Check the latest offering from Voleurz out of Whistler, "Look on the Bright Side". It's a ski/snowboard/skate flick, and features much of the Vernon crew featured in the current issue of The Ski Journal...

Though it has been several years since Warren Miller has produced a movie, narrated one and/or has been on a film tour, you could’ve sworn the 86-year old ski sage had just rolled in from Alta and had a dozen more stops to go. In a first-ever of it’s kind, Warren Miller took center stage last night at the elegant Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle and brought a rapt audience to tears...

An inspiring short feature with Utah brothers Ian and Neil Provo cruising spines in the red rock canyonlands of Southern Utah.