Despite the calendar’s insistence that it’s officially summer, and even with our historically low snowpack, we’re not over it in northwest Montana. The Going To The Sun highway over Logan Pass in Glacier National Park gives a shortcut into the alpine where the snowfields are still holding on.
SALT LAKE CITY — One of the last ski resorts in the country to prohibit snowboarding defended itself at a federal appeals court Friday from a lawsuit calling the ban unconstitutional.
Utah’s Alta Ski Area argued in court documents that it’s made a business decision to lure skiers to the private resort east of Salt Lake City with the promise of a snowboarder-free experience, and its well within its rights to keep snowboards off the slopes.
“Quite simply, the Constitution … More
I caught up with Kalen over phone the other morning and, after a long discussion about the downfalls of drinking too many cups of coffee, we got into the nitty gritty of what she’s been up to this summer, and how—after spending all winter recovering from injury—she plans to go into this ski season with her best foot forward.
Turns out, the Salt Lake City-based 27-year-old has been busy.
She kicked off the summer with a hiking trip to the Na Pali Coast in Kauai, Hawaii, and when we talked, she had just returned from 10 days in Southern Utah with National Geographic Adventure. “We mountain biked, river rafted, did some canyoneering. I was psyched to explore one my favorite places,” said Thorien. “On Tuesday, I’m … More
Making a ski movie is a constant battle of conditions and terrain. Follow the team as they fight the elements to capture great moments. In the end we were rewarded with the most technical urban and big mountain lines that has redefined skiing to us.