Yodel
Love Letters to the Skis of My Life
It's easy to get caught gazing in the ski shop or in the lift line—the latest and greatest new skis, stunning in all their colorful, flawless glory. But every once in a while, the fond memory of an old beloved...
Video & Contest
'The Arctic 12' with Jackie Paaso
Video supported by Picture Organic Clothing . In April 2021, a team composed of two couples—professional big mountain skiers Jackie Paaso and Reine Barkered, and IFMGA guides Erin Smart and Benjamin Ribeyre—set out on a 415km traverse above the Arctic...
Contest
Win a Mt Baker Seasons Pass: Artist Point and Shoot 21 || 22
Win a season pass to Mt. Baker Ski Area! Artist Point and Shoot is an amateur photography contest. Here’s how to enter: post a photo of yours to Instagram taken at Mt. Baker during the 2021-2022 season, follow and tag...
Interactive Feature
Mt. Baker Opening 2021
View Interactive Feature Some believe the practice of being fashionably late originated with the grand balls held by French aristocracy in the late 18th century. The idea was that hoity-toity fancy-pants hosts would wait for a large crowd to gather...
Profile
TOM WALLISCH
For over 15 years, Tom Wallisch has been the benchmark for style in freeskiing. From his earliest East Coast park edits to the X Games podium to a new era in freeski filmmaking, The North Face athlete has helped bring...
Straight Line
Avy Dogs Start 'Em Young
It’s a hot summer morning at Alta, UT—idle chairlifts, parked snowcats, and wildflowers in bloom on now-verdant ski runs. Dozens of dogs gather in a large circle at the base of the Albion chair—mostly labs with some Weimaraners in the...
Crux
FIND A WAY
It was my birthday. The date had snuck up on me so fast that I’d nearly forgotten about the streak. For the past few years, I’d made it a point to go skiing on November 15—a luxury, I recognize, but...
Culture
Stay Golden
Michelle Parker was 17 years old when she got her big break. A former racer who’d turned to freeskiing contests at 15, Parker was invited to appear alongside her idols in Freeskier’s 2004 “Women of Freeskiing” issue. The exposure could...
Crux
GUINEA PIG
Every crew has one. Whether attempting a black diamond for the first time or speed-checking the road gap, there’s always the first to drop, send or otherwise attempt the once-unattainable. And while there are many names for this O’brazen One,...
Culture
The Snowcat Doctor
It’s mid-summer in Salt Lake City, UT and the heat is oppressive. Dan Gates sweats as he wrenches on a 1979 Thiokol Imp Snowcat, the smells of engine oil, axle grease, and diesel fuel thick in the air of his...
