Adventure
The Blank Side of the Mountain - Ushba
It all began with a photograph. During an expedition to Russia five years ago with snowboarder Xavier De Le Rue, photographer Tero Repo spotted an image of a mountain in Georgia he’d never seen. The peak was stunning, its craggy...
Event
The Sorry Game
ABOVE Elyse Saugstad and Ingrid Backstrom run through the basics of an avalanche rescue search with participants. Yoga begins at seven. Fifty women move in unison, following the directions of the instructor. Michelle Parker is here, along with a handful...
Video and Photo Feature
Mt. Baker Opening Day 2017
View feature It only took a minute of standing outside the car to get caked in a thin layer of white, prompting us to gear up quick. The Heather Meadows lot at Mt. Baker Ski Area, WA was filling up...
Gallerie
John Fellows Gallerie
A photo of John Fellows as a young boy sits above his well-used work desk. The boy is wearing a red knapsack and crouches in a Sound of Music-esque Swiss mountain field, feeding a cow adorned with a traditional bell....
Straight Line
What He Sees
above The Adair family at the 2017 Outdoor Retailers Show where Zac, executive director of the National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education, was a finalist for the Individual Outdoor Inspiration Award. I am setting up fences around the magic...
Straight Line
Aging but Resolute
It’s been nearly a decade since K2 Sports moved its operations from Vashon Island, WA, in the heart of the Puget Sound, to the hustle and bustle of Seattle. But it’s not hard to see the roots the company left...
Interview|Video
Meet Ski Chef
Owning an expensive camera doesn’t make you a filmer, just as buying a fancy knife doesn’t make you chef. Each is just a tool, and to lay claim to either title you have to learn to use them. Matt Cook...
Video Exclusive
It's Just Us
The Ski Journal is proud to present "It's Just Us," a video exclusive documenting Vancouver Island's Mount Cain Alpine Park, presented by 10 Barrel Brewing. Tucked deep in huge coastal mountains and run almost completely by volunteers, there are few...
Video and Photo Feature
Mt. Baker 2016-17 Recap
View Feature A December to remember. Then, a March miracle. Powder aplenty in between. La Niña delivered as promised during the 2016-17 season at Mt. Baker Ski Area. With an unprecedented cold snap before the holidays, we were treated to...
Yodel
An Issue of Priorities
It is Thursday night. My phone rings. It is Ian demanding I come over. I have an 8 a.m. test the next morning, and finals week is quickly approaching. But his roommate has white chocolate covered Oreos hidden in the...
Event
HELLA NOSTALGIC
View Feature The dream of the 90s is alive at Mt. Bachelor. Remember the 90s, those halcyon days of snowboarding’s youth, that movie Ski Patrol? Slick Willy was playing Sax on SNL, your Mom had those Lee jeans and there...