Here’s a clip from the academy award winning documentary “The Man Who Skied Down Everest” in which skiier Yuichiro Miura skies down 6600 feet of the mountain in two minutes and forty seconds.
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1. Heliskiing heaven in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
Get set for heliskiing in superb Canadian terrain by enrolling in the Warren Smith Ski Academy’s Powder Ski Camp departing March 22 2017. This trip comprises two days’ powder skiing accompanied by Academy instructors in … More
If you weren’t already worried enough about the embiggening of American political egos, now we have expanding ski empires to worry about.
On Aug. 8, Vail Resorts, the biggest entity in North American skiing, announced that they have joined Whistler Blackcomb with Vail Resorts. For a reported $1.06B, they bought Whistler Blackcomb, the biggest resort north of the border, adding it to their kingdom.
They now operate four out of the five biggest ski resorts on the continent.
So, is this the “Walmartification” of skiing? … More