Recent content by Staley

Photo from today of Marte—needs some digging out!

Snowfall in this past storm at the top of Leñas is anyone’s guess, but if it snows a meter at the base (and from reports from friends, it did), 2.5 meters at the top is not inconceivable. There’s so much snow at the bottom of the Marte that it’s requiring a lot of digging out at the end of...

Haven’t posted in a while, but figured I’d give a plug to Mammoth because it’s skiing incredibly well right now and lift lines are no longer an annoyance on the weekends. I started at 7:30am this morning for Early Ups and despite not getting very cold overnight, everything has refrozen. The...

I’m wrapping up my third day in the Dolomites right now; was based in Arabba which I think is ideal for skiing, although some other towns may be more exciting (especially if you don’t do a hotel with half board). All pistes are perfectly covered and have great snow quality in the morning. By...

I think I may have mentioned WePowder last year, and in any case, I’m hoping to pick up the book this year. I suspect it’ll be useful to have for my trip that begins Jan 1st, but Morris from WePowder indicates it won’t arrive in the US by then. So I’m looking into getting it shipped to some...

I'm not sure exactly when Dave's opened, but it was open the entire weekend of December 2-3 and I know it had been open and skiing well at least a few days before as well.

Coverage is steadily improving—good to see. This past weekend was surprisingly good with Chair 22 providing a lot of fun on Saturday. The chair shut down around 10:30am, and with the wind refreshing the Avi Chutes, it made for untracked laps all afternoon for those willing to make a 4 minute...

That halfpipe is for Olympic qualifying, event begins December 6.

I didn't realize mist fell on Monday--the mountain was skiing incredibly well on Saturday and Sunday. Drop Out and Wipe Out were extremely smooth and had nice soft snow. The Face of 5 had 2-3 inch deep wind buff at all times. Unfortunately, to protect the groomed runs below the top, Mammoth...

I visited Stowe over MLK weekend, my first time ever skiing in the East. This is one case where I think a Vail acquisition would be good. The conditions were horrible, which Vail couldn't totally fix (anything ungroomed was closed due to ice), but everything controllable was terrible. It took...

The terrain there really looks incredible, great pics.

Plenty of convex rollovers as well to serve as weak spots in a thin snowpack. There are lines on that mountain that look flat enough to be safe (lookers right to left on top of the spine/ridge with the cornices in the left third of the photo would be my preferred line), but I agree with Admin...

Thanks for adding this year's calendar, Tony. I have a hotel booked in Verbier for March 5-10, which looks like it should be pretty ideal crowd-wise. Only potential issue I see is non-North faces being in the awkward transition to spring snow--do you know how much of the best terrain faces north...

The Banana: Torrecillas from above, 3cm day: Torrecillas from below: The final Entre Rios run:

First time on Entre Rios this trip: Looking back at Entre Rios: Overview of Entre Rios: Collar, with a view of coverage on Marte prior to the storm we got: