Video from last spring of an early morning run down Riva Ridge. Crispy. More or less top to bottom in two minutes…now, can you do it faster?
Well…. What can we say here at EVI, except what a difference a year makes. The Christmas crush is on here at Vail and I truly feel for our VA worker bees at the moment. With limited terrain to operate with and a full Christmas crowd they have their hands full, good luck to the folks in [...]
Hey all, Headed out into the bluebird Wendsday afternoon, eager to escape the groomed confines of early season Vail. I decided to head to the emptiness of EV. I skinned up Sourdough and headed past Two Elk, where the workers were just starting to pull out the picnic tables from the stacks. The back was empty [...]
Still in the midst of the waiting game, Wednesday November, 30th was the perfect opportunity to dust the cob webs off the ‘ol Avi gear and put the “Avalanche Thinking Hat” back on to go poke around in the Vail Pass Backcountry. The week was full of sunshine and moderate temps that kept the somewhat [...]
Its December and there’s finally snow on the ground in Vail. A classic Vail 9″…aka, more like 6, but hey, we’re not complaining. Haven’t ventured out to the chutes just yet, but we did have time to enter our 2012 Preview video in the “Local Hero” contest going on over at the Snowbird Facebook page. [...]
Taken from Uneva Peak, this shot was submitted from one of our FB friends Lucas. Thanks! A beautiful view and with December coming, we’re staying positive for snow!
New video is live! Some of our favorite hits from last year and a few bits footage left on the cutting room floor. Big air, cliff drops, deep pow, and tight trees…all the usual fare from us. We put this up to get psyched for the 2012 season…here’s to hoping it’s a lot like last [...]
Well the one two punch that the weather service called for last week was a swing and a miss. A few inches of the funkiness up above 9000′ lots of graupel and dense wet snow, otherwise the system that was supposed to dump eight to sixteen limped on through. Ever notice when they call for 12+ inches we usually [...]
Coming at ya! Absolutely pouring down rain here in Tacoma, WA. Should be coming your way in Colorado over the next few days. Something you all should know about me, pretty much whenever I fly into Denver or drive back up from the airport…there is a huge snow storm. Last time I can remember, we [...]
Well, I broke down. I couldn’t wait any longer and the eight inches of light density snow were enough to get me out of bed at six a.m. and to the bottom of the Vistibahn by seven to meet my freind Brenden. Time to get a run up on the frontside of Vail mountain to kick my ski season off. [...]
Snow is falling. Martineast is skiing. I’m in Tacoma, WA on a little last minute R&R before the the season grind starts up. Anyone at Mt. Baker wanna host a ski bum for a day? Haha. Anyways, had been doing some local ski conditioning classes in Vail as a final prep for the season, and [...]
Next storm rolled through, dumped a few coveted inches on top of our much maligned basal layer. Came in warm, started as rain and cooled off as the night progressed. Nice to wake up to the first day of work at Troy’s Ski Shop to snow. Doesn’t seem right when you’re mounting skis in warm sixty degree weather. In keeping [...]
Everything is right with the world. Late October and the first of the storms that will constitute the beginnings of our snowpack has rolled through and given way to clear and sunny skies before we get our next storm. This is fairly typical for the late October snows, although last year was an anomaly as the [...]
Five thirty in the morning and I’m headed in the darkness to the small town of Paia on Maui’s west side, across from the legendary windsurfing mecca of Ho’okipa beach. The Fuji road bike is assembled and ready for the ride that starts here, climbs up country through the ranch towns of Makowao and Kula [...]
We are coming down to the wire with the training as the slide toward ski seson nears its finish. To me it’s the most impatient time of year, waiting for the first big storm to erase the six months of off season. I know that the lifts are open at certain areas, but I’m not [...]
After a weather hold, training is back in full swing, with a sweet dusting up on the Gore Range for inspiration. Feeling pent up after days of rain / snow? Had two Red Bulls and don’t know what to do with yourself? Can’t find any moose to chase? Try this bike ride to work off [...]
The recent below freezing temps allows me to bring up something i’ve wanted to talk about for quite a while…thermal training and weight loss. I first came across the concept reading Tim Ferriss’ book The Four Hour Body. If you haven’t read it yet and you’re interested in fitness, it’s worth a read. Specifically, he [...]
Welp…it’s snowing. A lot. Wolf Creek opened today with 12+ inches of pow pow on the ground. But we’re still training around these parts. We’ve got some posts backed up the pipeline from the past couple weeks, which we’ll probably share in one comprehensive blog with a big photo gallery and training tips…coming soon. That [...]
Caught this early this morning on my way over to summit county…could be a good year.
Okay, so if we haven’t hammered home the point yet…you gotta get up to get down. Hike up, walk up, run up. Go up. Anybody can take 12 hours to get up the mountain. But we’re training to get first tracks in EV on a powder day. So, now that you’ve hopefully been getting out [...]