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For Max Martin, Every Day Was a Powder Day
Nothing but smiles for Max Martin after summiting Ferry Peak, south of Jackson, WY, with Luke Torrito and Veronica Paulsen in 2020. Photo: Luke Toritto Every ski town has its local hero. For the town of Jackson, WY, that person...
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I Wish I Was There
I’ll never forget the time I skied at Alta, UT. I was on a trip with my family almost 15 years ago, and we stayed in Park City, assuming we’d bounce around and ski a different resort each day. That is,...
Media Review
Tony Harrington's Defining Moments
When Tony ‘Harro’ Harrington told me he was dropping a copy of his new book, Defining Moments, in the mail for me in October, he warned me that I wouldn’t be prepared for what was about to arrive on my...
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Slingshot Dreams
Soft snow lingers in the shade while skiing some of the Portillo, Chile, classics, many of which dump out at the shimmering blue Laguna del Inca. Kylie Fly, Stephen Erikson and I landed at the airport in Santiago, Chile, in...
Locale
Room to Breathe at Powder Mountain
A friendly giant by the name of John Burrows greets me at the base of Powder Mountain, UT. Six-foot-something and impossible to miss in his bright blue jacket, it’s easy to see why he’s been tapped as the ambassador for the...
Core Creators
Mattias Fredriksson’s Timeless Pursuit
Every time I talk to Mattias Fredriksson I learn something new. It might be a ski resort I’ve never heard of, an underground athlete who’s been quietly crushing, a care I have to visit in western Norway, or a quiet...
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Madison Rose Ostergren's Creative Outlet
Madison Rose Ostergren goes 110% on most things. Often, it means skiing downhill at mach speeds or linking together big lines in Grand Teton National Park, WY. But most recently, it meant recording an entire album, “Good Enough For the Guys...
Photo Essay
Super Sessions
Summer skiing on Mt. Hood, OR, has been a tradition since Timberline launched summer operations in 1956. Back then, the bright-orange Tucker Sno-Cat shuttled skiers up the glacier until the Palmer chairlift opened in 1978, making nearly year-round turns accessible...
Media Review
Wade McKoy's Arc of Skiing
Few photographers have had an impact on the history of a ski area like Wade McKoy has had on Jackson Hole. McKoy moved to Jackson, WY in the winter of 1974, a 23-year-old from the deep south who’d just learned...
Event
Collaborative Energy at Natural Selection Ski
Twelve athletes spent two weeks in the Alaska Range for the first ever Natural Selection Ski. Photo: Chad Chomlack/Natural Selection Priority 1 is not for the faint of heart. The steep, spine-riddled face in the heart of the Alaska Range...
Travel
The Central Idaho Hat Trick
I rise before the sun at Tamarack Resort, a ritzy ski area in central Idaho’s Payatte River Mountains. My body must still be on East Coast time. It’s dry here. My partner, Isabel, and I are visiting from New York...