It’s been 1 week since we landed in Winter Park for SIA’s (Snow Sports Industry) on the snow demos of next season’s gear. It’s been a whirlwind, fun packed week – we’re pretty wrecked at this point. We’re finding that skiing all day and editing videos all night is hard work. But it’s been rewarding. A quick recap (more details and video gear reviews coming later this week):
Dean Cummings bending his Karen'cito's -his skis of choice for big 1st descents
Days 1-2 Winter Park- we were fortunate to have not only demo’ed skis but see them in action with some of the industry’s greatest athletes. We skied with 2 big mountain icons and World Champion Extreme skiers: Dean Cummings to check out his H2o Outdoor Gear and Chris Davenport and his Kastle skis, etc.
Scott Rove Helmet $90, Scott Fix Goggles $99.99, Arc'teryx Alpha SV Jacket $599, Dalbello Virus Tour Boots $749, Kastle BMX 128 $1179, binding adjustment by Chris Davenport: priceless.......
There was major buzz about the weather in Winter Park -known for cold winters with its base elevation at 9000+ ft- folks were saying it was about 60degrees warmer than last year when it was negative double digits during the SIA demos.
The big storm that dumped around 2ft in Denver totally missed the mountain resorts which only received a couple of inches at most. Such a bummer. But snow was good and coverage decent with clear skies in Winter Park.
Ditto at our next stop on days 3-4: Steamboat (aka Ski Town, USA), where we got to ski with Kelly from Olympian Chad Fleischer’s shop and a legend, Billy Kidd. Sting got a private ski lesson from Billy. TNT appeared on Steamboat TV18 – if you missed that, see the post below.
Jackson Hole's backcountry
Temps dropped drastically as we crossed the border into WY on days 4-5. Anna of Jackson Hole Mtn. Resort and her friend, Allie, were our gracious mountain guides at Jackson Hole. The Tetons are amazing. So much to ski/see there, so little time!! Ran into friends from the past: Derek of Spring Creek Ranch and John, JH Patroller. Derek invited us to a Superbowl party where we met Leif Nelson, former Speed Skiing legend who mached 200km/h.
Day 6 was a big day: Teton Pass in the a.m. with Matt, friend of Moment Ski-E.O. for some backcountry turns. Then, met up with Backpacker Magazine’s photographer, Josh Meyers, for a half day at Grand Targhee on the other side of the pass – the mountain was empty. It gets our vote for best kept secret and drop dead views.
Wait until you see the rest of our pics. There is so much to do in this zone – plan on a month next time. We’ll bring you all the details and videos as soon as we can (stop skiing)….should be soon as we’re missing Trooper dog who we couldn’t fit into the car. Figure next time we should be ok strapping him to the top of our car if we’re driving through Mormon country. You know we’re kidding – we’re dog lovers.
View of Tetons from top of Grand Targhee
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