Kiss-a-Bear: 20ft down box 15ft down rail 15ft f/d rail mini stall wall South 40: 30ft flat box 15ft d/f/d rail 30ft street style tower tube 30ft c-box 20ft u/f/d rail small jump 30ft staircase with down bar and down box Urban Hip 30ft c-box Updated Operating Schedule November 1 ? 4 3:30 ? 9pm* [...]
With expected warm weather this week we are staying open NIGHTS ONLY this week Monday-Thursday. We want to offer the best conditions possible and this provides the best chance to preserve the snow for the best conditions possible. Plus, no need to call in sick this week! Hopefully snow making conditions will return later in [...]
Boreal Opening Day 2010 from Jon Slaughter on Vimeo. produced by Logan Knutzen
Never thought we’d see the day that there was an opening day park on Kiss-a-Bear. The snow making opportunities this fall have been short, warm and with winds blowing the opposite from the ideal direction. It was a good thing we installed a new snow making pipeline under the Nugget chair this summer. That upgrade [...]
thank to Jason Graves. The man skis all day, then edits all night. Boreal Opening Day- Oct, 29 2010 from Jason Graves on Vimeo.
The terrain park crew is working all-day to get the mountain ready. Below is a photo of some of the features we are planning to get onto the mountain and plus a few more if everything goes to plan. In case you did not hear… In addition to the Nugget Chair which will open at [...]
We’ve been hard at it farming snow on Castle Peak. The east winds really blew the snow far from where we wanted it tuesday night. Good news is that we’ve been able to farm alot more back onto the run than we thought was possible this time yesterday. So what that means is that the [...]
The snowmaking conditions were prime for laying down snow on the mountain. Cranked up snowmaking at 6pm and went full-force until about 10am. Looking real good for a Friday opening with at least Nugget chair and a terrain park.
Last night the temps were prefect for snowmaking. We were able to crank up the full system top-to-bottom beginning at 6pm last night. The guns are still blasting the mountain as we speak.
Ok…here’s the scoop. Everyone is itching for the season to start and we are super pumped to get snowmaking fired up. As soon as the temps drop it’s a sure thing we will have all guns blazing and be working in overdrive to get open as soon as possible. The forecast looks promising to start [...]
Snowmaking system is 100% ready to go to get us shredding again for the upcoming season. Park crew, Stu and Julian, have been busy putting the system through it’s preseason tests the last two weeks. Today every machine on Castle Peak and Nugget passed their final pressure tests with flying colors. We are set up [...]
Continuing with our commitment to high powered and fully automated snowmaking, Boreal took delivery of the first 5 SMI PUMA snow machines in North America today. These next generation SMI machines are sweet. The PUMAs produce more snow at warmer temps using less energy then earlier SMI fan snow machines. These 5 machines are portable [...]
These 3 boxes are the latest beat up, busted, twisted features to get a new lease on life. These used to all be flat boxes. Nothing new as we’ve been doing this for the past 6 yrs…but now all the FrakenFeatures get a hot new recycled logo. Some of our favorite jibs started life as [...]
Here’s the run down of all the prep work we’ve put in so far getting the park ready for winter. There is still a lot more on the way so check back for weekly updates on the park, opening day, JPI6 and the 2nd annual Team Video Challenge….it’s all just right around the corner! JIBS [...]
Videographer:Billy Durden Skier:friends Location:Boreal
If not for the classic footage of Craig Kelly and crew.. at least check out this flick for a good laugh waiting for winter to return.
Happy Thoughts (Full Movie) from bHappyFilms on Vimeo. bHappy Films presents “Happy Thoughts.” Our second full length free online video. With riding from: Sammy Spiteri (4:20), Ian Bigley (6:21), Cole Atencio (12:02), Zander Blackmon (10:53), Colton Morgan (1:49), Dylan Thompson (6:56), Benjamin Strause (18:10), Brent Oftedal (15:19), Durell Williams (16:33), Joshua Parker (14:15), Sean Anderson [...]
Trent Palmer was the mastermind behind Team Moment’s winning JPI video last fall. Unbelievable what he is up to these days. Could be a game changer if he takes these skills to filming on or rather over the snow this winter. Trent Palmer Aerial Reel from Trent Palmer on Vimeo.
For those of you out there that didn?t already know, Lane Knaack came on board last season as our Park Supervisor. Lane rules and has been in the game for what seems like forever. Don?t let time fool ya cause he has still got the skills to pay the bills. Check him out in the America?s Next Top Pro Model spin to Win contest courtesy of Snowboarder Magazine.