Interview
It Ain't Over Yet
Lifts may be shutting down, but no one told Brooks Curran. Or, at least, he’s not trying to hear it. For the last few years, the Vermont-based pro has made a name for himself when the goods go bad, connecting...
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Mt. Baker Ski Area 2020-21
View Interactive Feature Boots? Check. Jacket? Yup. Worries? Leave those at the door. We’re headed to Mt. Baker. During times of challenging uncertainty, it’s hard to imagine a better escape than the mountains. Skiers and snowboarders’ collective experience has consistently...
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Short Hills, Hot Laps
The ski club bus sat idling in the Bittersweet parking lot for five hours. The driver read mystery novels. We lapped a burner of a run called Hawthorne. 200 feet of pure Michigan vert, wide as a football field, and...
Profile
Vasu Sojitra
The ink is only a few months dry on Vasu Sojitra’s first tattoo. Black lines carve a striking form against his chestnut-brown skin, etching an intricate five-inch lotus mandala in mehndi design. A nod to Vasu’s Indian heritage, the piece’s...
Culture
Ski-In, Skiers Out? The Struggle to House Skiing’s Workforce
A slopeside room on the cheap is a ski bum equivalent of the American Dream, though an increasingly elusive one. High costs of living in mountain towns is nothing new, but other challenges—like the lack of available housing inventory and...
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Logan Pehota
This April, Logan Pehota bought his first dirt bike. Within a month, he was leading his local pack on some of the gnarliest trails in British Columbia—weighting his foot pegs like a seasoned pro while jumping every hip and tranny...
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Once in a Lifetime: Street Skiers Descend on Spain
Jonás Bel was a few blocks from his apartment when he heard the unmistakable sound of skis cutting across frozen granular. It had to be a mistake, right? This was Madrid, the landlocked Spanish capital far from anything worth skiing,...
Interview
Catching Up With McKenna Peterson
Fishing boat captain by summer and pro skier by winter, McKenna Peterson finds balance between the two distinct aspects of her life. Despite minimal early season snow at her home in Sun Valley, the 33-year-old is still logging days and...
Culture
Out the Gate: Avalanche Safety in the Age of COVID
Editor’s note: On Saturday, February 6, an avalanche in Utah’s Millcreek Canyon buried seven backcountry skiers. Four of them died, making the incident the deadliest avalanche in Utah since 1992. In total, the mountain community lost 15 people to avalanches...
Culture
Home is Where You Park it
For a lot of us, our vehicle is a whole lot more than just a ride to and from the mountain. A ski rig can be a safe-haven from the cold, a mobile kitchen to avoid ponying up $15 for...
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The Powder Pig
“If there wasn’t powder, I probably would quit skiing,” says my 78-year-old neighbor Curtis Thompson as he carries his skis downstairs onto the cabin’s wraparound deck. “For me, it’s that thrill when you can’t feel the bottom. It’s hard to...