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The Mount Baker Valentine’s Day Slide
Loading ...On February 14, 1999, a skier and snowboarder were killed in a massive avalanche in the Mount Baker sidecountry, adjacent to the resort’s slopes. Instead of preventing future sidecountry access, the resort chose instead to educate its customers on snow safety and require a basic level of knowledge before allowing them to venture beyond the boundary ropes.
The Classics: Backcountry Skiing, Mt. Baker
Loading ...In the Pacific Northwest, the dreams of skiers and snowboarders are filled with the face shots and untracked lines of Washington’s Mount Baker and its surrounding Sidecountry. In this first post from our series on The Classics, Outdoor Research rippers Zack Giffin, Molly Baker and Chris Tretwold tear up the bottomless Mount Baker snow.
Sidecountry Sessions: Whitewater
Loading ...Tiny house gets a "guard" dog, though we think Zoe looks pretty sweet.
When you find a place that’s good, stay there. The ski dream tells you that traveling from snowy destination to winter wonderland is the guaranteed way to find powder. Yes, you may see the world of ski areas and communities. Just make sure [...]
Sidecountry Sessions: Whitewater
Loading ...Whitewater is a mythical place for an American skier. Not too distant, but yet so far out of reach. How does an American stay in Canada, land of epic powder for the winter? Or even a lifetime?
Sidecountry Sessions: Sun Valley, Idaho
Loading ...On Main Street in Sun Valley
No stranger to ski history, Sun Valley, Idaho is a living, breathing museum of the North American ski timeline, dating back to the 1930’s. On the other hand, it is an ageless place. While hosting the birthplace of some of skiing’s favorite young pros (such as Picabo Street, Lynsey Dyer [...]
Sidecountry Sessions
Loading ...“The opportunity to explore the accessible powder stashes with the most passionate locals is the mission. Getting it the best we can is our objective.” This winter, Neil Provo, Molly Baker, and Zack Giffin are subscribing to the gypsy life and taking off on a two-month tiny house road trip in celebration of a passion-driven, low impact, ski bum lifestyle while searching for fresh talent to add to the OR athlete roster. Follow along, here on VertiCulture.
Cerro Vespigniani
Loading ...Molly on the 6+ hours up
We had seen Fitz Roy posing out there in the distance, like a monument to adventure, as we made our way further south on Argentina’s Route 40 to El Calafate.
Our group had recently covered 1600 kilometers (994.19 miles) from Bariloche to this Southern Patagonia region with our captain, Rodrigo Harding, [...]
Sano y Salvo: A Patagonia Ski Adventure
Loading ...I’m not sure how many times it will take before I learn that I am not cut out to be a ski guide. A misjudgment I frequently make is that everyone’s idea of fun is the same. I think it was that expectation that got me into trouble this time.
Santi Sabe
Loading ...“There are no ski bums in Argentina. They just don’t exist.” So, the preface had been set, as told by Argentine skier, Santiago Guzman. This was the first night he stayed with us in Glacier. The first of twelve nights of ski bumming.
