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...
Yodel
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...
Adventure
Tajik Dream
Curling west off the mighty Himalaya, Tajikistan’s snow-cloaked Pamir Mountains exist in relative obscurity. Reaching higher than 25,000 feet, they stand at elevations comparable to the world’s tallest range, yet, perhaps due to an absence of English guidebooks and documented...
Video Exclusive
Into the Deep with Tom Wallisch and Maggie Voisin
They say it’s just a little deeper in Terrace, BC. After a strong February storm cycle swept across British Columbia’s Interior and Coast ranges, TSKJ Photo Editor Andrew Marshall linked up with Maggie Voisin, Tom Wallisch, and cinematographer AJ Dakoulas...
Interactive Feature
Mt. Baker Opening Days 2020
View interactive Feature “It’s science, but it’s not rocket science.” Gwyn Howat, the CEO of Mt. Baker Ski Area, addressed the crowd. “We’ve been working for two months to get here. Our ability to operate is reliant upon you.” She...
Adventure|Interview
Bird Gets Steep in the Cascades
The arrival of COVID-19 this spring effectively kiboshed the final third of the Northern Hemisphere’s ski season in 2020, a period usually characterized by stable snowpack and ambitious projects in the mountains. Trips were cancelled, expeditions evaporated overnight, and dreams...
Locale
The Definition of Happiness at Island Lake Lodge
“Would your ten years ago self be happy with where you’re at in life, right now?” Conor Pelton took me by surprise with the question. It may have been New Year’s Eve, but it hadn’t really dawned on me yet...
Culture|Rewind
Skiboarding: A Eulogy
In a spread eagle world, Mike Nick was throwing 720s. Nick had just topped the Winter X Games podium for the debut of skiboard slopestyle, and it was clear to everybody watching the event on TV: this sport was unlike...
Photo Essay
Giving a Huck
A huck differs from any other form of gravity-defying travel. A flawless Hugo Harrison stomp in the middle of an Alaskan line or a Bobby Brown’ed switch double 1440 over a 120-foot table top are by no means hucks. A...
Culture|Interview
Caroline Gleich Talks Adventure and Activism
The last few years have been big for Caroline Gleich. In 2017, she finished her five-year project of becoming the first woman to ski all 90 lines in The Chuting Gallery, Andrew McLean’s famous guidebook of the steepest lines in...