#skiing-traditions

#skiing-traditions

Takasu, Japan, features superpipes with walls often cut to 23 feet, providing extra amplitude for training. The region's snowfall and grooming ensure consistent transitions.

The race is a 7.3-kilometer race that combines a downhill component with uphill sprints and an obstacle finish at the end, attracting 555 skiers and snowboarders.

The horses were in full view across the resort boundaries, even getting pretty close to the lifts, captivating skiers with their unexpected presence.

The Canterbury region woke up to the coldest day of the year so far, with windchill making residents wonder if it's time to turn on the heating and bring out the winter bedding and heated blankets.

"The glacier itself has since 1996 melted continuously. Today the glacier is 300 meters (1,000 feet) from the original lift entrance, and there is now a large lake between the glacier and the original entrance. You would need a boat to access it in summer."

twIIgs feature a 105-140cm adjustable length and 7075 aircraft-grade aluminum, keeping them lightweight and high strength. That's all great, but it's not what makes these poles so unique.

The ongoing Sunday night into Monday storm across the central Andes keeps producing mainly upper-mountain snow through Monday before tapering out by Tuesday morning, April 21. A realistic near-term outcome is about 16-20 cm at Las Leñas, 9-11 cm at Valle Nevado, and lighter 5-8 cm amounts around El Colorado, La Parva, and Portillo.

A superpipe is a halfpipe that is about 64 feet wide and typically between 400 and 600 feet long, with walls approximately 22 feet high. The walls of the pipe are near vertical, with a smooth transition that allows riders to carry maximum speed.

Both avid and casual skiers know that winter requires preparation. If you want to ski as many days as possible, you must have a game plan. After all, skiing is an expensive sport, so budget is typically one of the top considerations. But before you book flights, hotels, and lift tickets, or decide if you want to invest in an Epic Pass or Ikon Pass, you'll need to identify which ski resorts you want to explore over the course of a few months.

If you grew up in a region that received snow, you're probably familiar with the multitude of skiing superstitions. Whether it was wearing your pajamas inside out or flushing ice cubes down the toilet, every kid had their preferred method of playing with fate to force a snow day. Skiers, however, have taken snow superstitions to the next level. A common superstition in the skiing world is the refusal to call the last run, as doing so can apparently heighten your risk of getting injured.

There are a lot of different types of crowds you can find on the mountain, but it's not as hard as it might seem to avoid packed areas if you know what you're doing. The video outlines 7 main factors that cause ski resort crowds. Lift infrastructure can create crowds through limited uphill capacity, poor line management, flashy lifts, and more. These can be avoided by staying on expert or less-popular lifts early or late and planning end-of-day routes ahead of time.

Tense altercation from an undisclosed European slope where a skier confronted a snowboarder and threatened physical violence after getting sprayed with snow by the snowboarder while standing in the middle of the slope. Much can be made about ski resort etiquette when it comes to guests pulling up and taking breaks in the middle of runs and it is not conclusive that the snowboarder's actions were punitive against the much frowned upon behavior.

Part of the opinion here might stem from growing up in Colorado. Where, up until this year, the snow was always good and skinny skis made up a nice decoration in the garage. When snow days would come by during my high school days I would always be ecstatic to strap on my 118 underfoot skis and ride from first chair till last.