Arapahoe Basin on October 18, 2012
Snowmaking operations have begun in Colorado and Arapahoe Basin and Loveland ski areas are open for business.
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Sikorsky Skycrane at Squaw Valley 10.15.12
A Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter visited Squaw Valley yesterday to haul towers from the Squaw parking lot to the location of the new Big Blue Express lift. The impressive aerial workhorse had the entire project done by lunch. Less than a minute in and out except for some of the larger towers. The Big Blue Express will improve traffic flow and mid mountain access at Squaw and starts where the old High Camp loaded and unloads near the top of East Broadway (neither lift exists anymore).
Himalayan Ascent, one of the many teams on Manaslu in 2012, has released it’s summary of details surrounding the deadly September 23 avalanche.
Manaslu incident summary
Glen Plake talks with CNN’s Anderson Cooper about the experience of being caught in an avalanche on Manaslu, the worlds eighth highest peak.
An avalanche struck Camp 3 on Manaslu in Nepal this morning, killing nine people. A crew of Dynafit athletes were making their way up the 8,156 meter peak when a serac fall caused the slide. Glen Plake and Greg Hill survived.
Widely known for ski film appearances in the 80's and 90's, Glen Plake is an accomplished ski mountaineer. He is reportedly in good condition after surviving an avalanche on Manaslu in Nepal.
Big mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones’ latest film “Further” premiered in front of thousands at Squaw Valley last Friday. Further was shot over the last two years and focuses on accessing and riding remote parts of the planet. The movie also features time-lapse footage from local photographer Grant Kaye. Seth Lightcap gives us the scoop on this special night in Squaw.
PlumpJack pool party on Sunday, August 19.
The PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn hosted it’s second and final pool party of the season last Sunday. DJ Pumpkin from Los Angeles rocked the house while partygoers ate, drank, danced and chilled on the PlumpJack pool deck. Tahoe DJ’s Grant Kaye, Michael Okimoto and Justin Levi also manned the decks earlier in the afternoon. Many thanks to ARCADE and PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn for collaborating on this very special event.
The PlumpJack pool deck felt a little bit like Las Vegas on Sunday.
Pocket Underground DJ Pumpkin from Los Angeles.
In Squaw Valley? Really!?!
The PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn hosted its first pool party of the summer on Sunday, July 15th. The party featured Pink Mammoth DJ’s along with food and drink specials. It was a blast! Pumpkin plays the next one! Don’t miss it: August 19th from 1 to 5pm.
DJ Nasty Nate
It’s not often that you get a bike workout at the same time, in the same place as your kid does. Amazingly the new Truckee Pump Track lets you do just that — you’ll get your heart going and start sweating as you pump through the bigger features, while your little one rides his push-bike or mini two-wheeler around the outer ring or on the smaller features on the other side. Check in on the platform and drop in again!
The new, professionally-designed Truckee Pump track opened on June 10th, less than a year after Brooks McMullin and Mark Featherstone got the $45,000 project approved by the Truckee Recreation and Park District and the Truckee Sanitary District. Read more about the Pump Track at Moonshine Ink. Then, go check it out for yourself. Get there early to beat the crowds and watch out for the sprinklers! A little warning alarm for them would be a nice touch….
Pumpin it
Gettin low
Riding the outer track
The ramp
Hanging on the platform
On Saturday June 9, hundreds turned out for the grand opening of Woodward Tahoe. Dubbed “The Bunker,” the new 33,000 square foot indoor action sports center at Boreal is open to skateboards, BMX bikes, roller skis and boards and inline skates. Tony Hawk, Tanner Hall and a host of other pro athletes came out to greet packs of fired-up locals and demo the new facility.
The facility features 6 Olympic sized trampolines, a super tramp, two Skatelite ramps (one into a foam pit), a mini ramp, 3 foam pits, a pump track, bouldering wall, tumbling track and a skatepark, with spring floors throughout.
Outside of the Bunker, action sports vendors displayed their wares, while a BBQ fired on the upper deck and skiers and riders hit the Superpipe and terrain features on the surprisingly snow-covered hill above.
Boreal on June 9th
Foam Pits at Boreal
Woodward Skate Park
Skier Flipping into Foam
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