Archive for the 'Skiing' Category


East Coast Snowpack Update
December 19th, 2010 | By:  Greg | 3 Comments


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Snow packs are beginning to build across the northeast. As we all begin to poke around the backcountry, please remember to be avalanche smart this winter. While a glisse line may look glorious, please educate yourself about avalanches, and use that information to help make decisions about whether a slope ... ...Read more


Weekend Snows to Affect Wasatch (UPDATED ..WITH TOTALS)
December 18th, 2010 | By:  Lionel Hutz | 5 Comments


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TOTALS THROUGH TUESDAY: I told you FEETS: Sorry Cottonwood peeps.  I haven't been rejecting you.  Just with all the silly messy snowy and active weather on the East Coast it's been hard to turn my attention elsewhere.  But with a cold high pressure and light snow snowers settled into the East Coast ... ...Read more


SPAM #10: Magic Powder Turn
December 16th, 2010 | By:  Greg | 8 Comments


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As a follow up to our analysis of the magic behind a powder turn in The POWstige earlier this week, we've got a fresh SPAM for your viewing pleasure. Today we've got several shots taken during a Vermont dawn patrol hot on the heels of VTah Part V. KC and ... ...Read more


The POWstige
December 12th, 2010 | By:  Greg | 16 Comments


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Are you reading closely? Every powder turn has three parts... or acts. The first act is called "The Pledge." In order to get a powder turn, the glissader gathers something ordinary: potential energy. They do so by either motorized, or self-propelled (backcountry.com link) means, but either way it requires some commitment, ... ...Read more


SPAM #9: Putting the “V” in VTah Part V
December 9th, 2010 | By:  Greg | 3 Comments


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The SPAM Series returns after a brief hiatus here on FIS! This week we've got some follow-up coverage from the completely absurd, completely over the top powder skiing in Vermont featured in our most recent TR: VTah Part V. Here's Ben on day two of the event schussing his way ... ...Read more

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