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Normally I'm not the type of guy who believes in love at first sight but the first time I laid eyes on Mt. Shasta my heart melted. I had been driving for 12 hours straight, making my way from Missoula to Northern California.

When it comes to skiing and snowboarding in California there’s no doubt about it, Mammoth Ski Resort reigns supreme. For many decades skiers and snowboarders from all over the globe have flocked to Central California in search of Mammoth’s diverse terrain, amazing weather, and abundance of après...

The time of year we have all been waiting for is finally here, ski resorts across the continent are beginning to spin their lifts. After receiving 5 inches of natural snow over the weekend Killington Resort in Central Vermont will open for skiing and snowboarding beginning this Tuesday, October...

Cover Photo Courtesy: Tim Swartz - @timswartz https://www.instagram.com/p/BLPOFdKgOkJ/?hl=en So far the month of October has been a very rewarding one for big mountain skier Owen Leeper. On October 4th, after a 17 inch dump, Owen was lucky enough to make the first turns of the season at...

The winter of 2015-2016 was amazing in Lake Tahoe. Day 1: Starting off a road trip on three hours of sleep is never ideal but unfortunately that's exactly how this one began. After tossing and turning all night, fantasizing about the upcoming week's adventures, my alarm rang and the moment I...

About a year and a half ago I posted my first story on Newschoolers. I had just finished my first ever skiing road trip and all I wanted to do was share my new found love for road trips with everyone in the community. To my surprise the story did well, so a few weeks later I wrote another one...

Cover Photo Courtesy: Tim Swartz Back in the summer of 2014, during a slow night at work, I stumbled across a big mountain edit that completely changed the way I wanted to ski. The film which was titled, "Pow"nded, featured a skier named Owen Leeper who completely tore up Jackson Hole. After...

In this day and age advances in modern technology can make it easy for anybody to snap an amazing picture. A little editing here, a slight touch up there and just like magic you have yourself an Instagram worthy photo. Thankfully, there are still a few real photographers out there and...

No matter what resort you're skiing at chances are you'll pass at least one or two trail maps as you make your way down the mountain. Providing us with valuable insight on the tricky trails below these maps have been around just as long as the resorts themselves. Have you ever wondered what your...

This past weekend marked the end of ski season for a majority of the ski resorts around North America. Unfortunately many of these resorts have closed down even though there is still plenty of snow available for skiing on. A handful of resorts across the map will continue to operate on weekends...

After debuting a new and unusual slopestyle course design at it's most recent World Cup event in PyeongChang, South Korea, the FIS provides us with another creative course for its season finale event which will take place this weekend in Corvatsch, Switzerland. Hundreds of athletes from around...

Women's Podium - Photo Courtesy: FISfreestyle Twitter This weekend in PyeongChang, South Korea the FIS held it's second to last World Cup slopestyle competition of the season. Athletes from around the globe gathered in PyeongChang to try their hand at an innovative course which was designed by...

Money Booter - Photo Courtesy: Henrik Harlaut For many years now slopestyle competitions have been extremely influential on the world of freeskiing. Fans of the sport have watched it progress further than anyone could imagine thanks to the successes of the skiers who compete in these events...

During the winter of 2010-2011 the Lake Tahoe region received an astonishing 800 inches of snow and the future never looked brighter for skiers and ski resorts in the area. That winter proved to be the fourth snowiest in the history of the region and no one expected that the area would suffer...

A bad season for the east coast continues to get worse as two resorts in New England are forced to stop running their lifts. Mad River Glen based in Fayston, VT and Bromley Mountain located in Peru, VT have suspended operations this week with plans to re-open this weekend. So far this winter...