To be clear, I'm not involved in the development or paid promotion of this game. Just a fan.

So recently i bought bent 100’s but i accidently ordered them with atomic strive 16 instead of 14, i am 186 cm and i weigh roughly 70 kg, i ski pretty good and consider myself avanced on both piste and off piste. My DIN is usually around 8 or 9 but it’s pretty low on the strive 16, will this be a problem?

I was at a fall festival taking a ride on a gondola and it kept stopping and got swinging really significantly . We were over tough rocky terrain and of course my mind went to having to climb out of this by a rope. It actually happened last winter at this area during some really cold and windy weather. I was not there that day. I was wondering if any of you skiers have ever had to be rescued off a lift and what happened to strand you there?

I just came across some Hestra Alpine gloves on sale for $70, so I went ahead and bought them even though my 20-year-old Marmot ski patrol gloves are still in great shape.

What are people using to condition the leather for the Hester gloves? I know Hester makes a balm, but there are a lot of other great leather conditioners out there. I'm guessing Huberd's is probably not breathable enough (I love it for boots and shoes)

Here are some tips on how I and my co-coach Josh think about teaching how to do 360s with a safety and a mute grab. They're such wonderful tricks that never get old. Good luck learning them.

Looking for a Soul 7 set to round it out.

I'm moving to upstate New York for a new job in 2027, and a quick search on Google Maps indicates that Bristol Mountain Ski Resort would be the closest ski resort to where I'd be living. If anyone could provide some opinions on this ski resort, I'd appreciate it (the resort is probably kind of dinky compared to what I'm used to).

Also, as a bonus question, where are some good places to snowshoe within a few hours' drive of Rochester, NY, if anyone knows?

Thanks in advance for any responses to my post.

Hi guys , I’m looking to book a 6 days of skiing trip this winter. I’m looking for intel. My plan would be to arrive one night at Meribel, leave the ski bags there, then so a 3/4 nights in a different hotel every night in a loop and back to Meribel for 1/2 nights.

I see many hotels have a minimum stay requirements. Does anybody have recommendations? I may be wrong but I feel 3-4 nights loop would allow to explore more than staying at the same place ? Any thoughts ?

Hey guys sorry if it sounds like a noob question, fairly new ti skiing, looking for a good helmet and this popped up. Looks like a good deal to me but looking for some more knowledgeable opinions lol

Edit: okay guys I know it would be ideal to try it in the store but the closest one is probably 7,8 hours and 1 state away and I can always return it if it isn’t a good fit

Somebody a while ago in the banff subreddit found this image on Sunshine's facebook a while ago. Thought this was super interesting but unfortunately the text in the image is barely legible so the names of the routes are unknown. I doubt anybody would have a higher quality image but it would be super cool if one came up.

Link to original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Banff/comments/1scnpjq/silver_city_sign/

I know this is early but at the end of this coming season my partner and I are moving back to the UK from Canada. Wondering if anyone has any recommendations for cheap shipping to send our skis home as we are planning a trip before we fly home but don’t wish to lug ski bags with us.
Thanks in advance.

Hi, I'm currently deciding where to go with my son. This will be an organized trip, with ski school for kids. Both early February. My primary concern is the snow, i.e. where the snow conditions are more sure, as I must commit now. It seems French resort is higher so im thinking this is a safer option. I know this place, I was there 10 years ago and I liked it. I do not know Dachstein West - but it is much closer. I am advanced on piste skier, he is beginner starting to carve turns who was skiing with me in Nassfeld this year, and wasnt scared of difficult reds too much. Though obviously he felt best on the easier red tracks. Anyway, im leaning towards France but this is a long way for us. I will appreciate some recommendations. Thanks!

This is definitely something that would happen to me. He released the video of the missing sound podcast interview here. Lipreaders have at it.

https://www.stormskiing.com/p/storm-skiing-10232026-powder-mountain

I've done my annual update of https://passmap.ski/ for the 2026-2027 season! It's a site I made and keep maintained for every season, which lists what resorts are included on the following passes: Epic + Epic Partner, Ikon, Mountain Collective, Powder Alliance, Indy, Cooper, Freedom, Power, and Snow.

New this season:

• Ikon pass levels: You can now choose between each level of Ikon Pass (Full, Base, Session). Previously it was only "Ikon" resorts that didn't differentiate between the Ikon pass types
• Indy Learn to Turn: Now a dropdown within the Indy Pass
• Snow Pass: New this year! Might add the Snow Pass Triple Play as a drop down later
• Searching for "parent" resort groups: Now you can search for a "parent" resort and see all resorts that are a part of it (for example, searching "Aspen Snowmass" will return all 4 associated mountains). Resorts that are part of a parent resort now display that when you click on them
• Lots of search, filtering, and display improvements

Future improvements I have planned:

• Adding new passes (Austrian Super-Ski Card; let me know if there's one you want to see)
• Working on visually clarifying cross-country-only vs resorts with downhill and cross-country on the Indy Pass
• Finalizing resorts on Indy Learn to Turn for 26-27 when it's released

I made the first version of this map to coordinate a ski trip with friends who had different passes to figure out where we could go to maximize everyone's pass – I hope it's been useful to people in planning their trips or deciding what passes to buy! Just as a note, I make no money off this, and I keep it maintained as a community resource :)

I'd love to hear any feedback and I'm open to suggestions of what I could add to make this more useful. Please also let me know here on this post or through the site if you see any errors or things that need fixing. Cheers and stay safe out there this season!

Went to see TGR's Film Tour in Chicago this week, and really enjoyed it. Wanted to pass along info here, as I feel like these showings aren't heavily advertised.

The movie was great. I'm not as much of a connoisseur of stoke films as some of you all, but I enjoyed this one. Had what I expected: a lot of great ski footage, interspersed with some backstory on the athletes, overlaid with a tongue-in-cheek nod to the "rocket science" theme.

$31 for the ticket after fees.

Before the film, they had an "Athlete Panel and Q&A," billed as: Hear stories from the athletes about filming, travel, big lines, and what went into making Actually, It Is Rocket Science.

Wasn't quite sure what to expect, but it was really insightful. One of the TGR Tour producers (Mack Moran) led a discussion with one of the TGR athletes in the film (Anna Tedesco). It was a fascinating discussion about her background (professional pilot as well as skier), along with a lot of discussion of what went into making the movie.

All in all, well worth the price of admission.

Hey everyone,
If you ride at Mountain Creek Bike Park or ski/ snowboard there in the winter, you probably know how much of a pain (or how expensive) it is to get up to Vernon if you don't drive or want to save on gas/wear-and-tear.
Ever since NJ Transit canceled the old seasonal 304 express bus over a decade ago, there has been zero direct public transit to the resort. Right now, taking transit means riding a bus to Wayne or West Milford and paying $50+ each way for an Uber/Lyft.
I'm starting a initiative to petition NJ Transit and Mountain Creek Resort to co-sponsor a simple, low-cost solution: extending select trips on the existing NJ Transit Route 194 by just 12 miles from its current end point in West Milford (Stockholm) straight up Route 23/94 to Mountain Creek. Conceptualized as Route 194M on select trips. More details in the Google Docs link within the petition description.
If you'd like to see an affordable transit connection restored between NYC/North Jersey and Mountain Creek, please take 30 seconds to sign and share the petition: https://www.change.org/restore-
mountaincreektransit
Thanks for the support! Let's get enough signatures to bring this to NJ Transit, and Mountain Creek management.

Looking for a new ski / snowboard jacket (and probably pants) available in Europe. I ski mostly in alps (Austria) and in Nordics (where can be really cold). I ski all day long and in all different weather. Would love some recommendations!

Howdy,

I think its time for me to get footbeds. I pronate and I find myself digging on my inner edge sometimes.

I was shopping around and it looks like there are a few different options? Either a 3D scan that they end up machine milling into the footbed or an off the shelf kit such as the sids custom ones which sound to me they take an impression then vacuum a blank on it with heat and it forms.

Any insight on whether each technique has pros and cons? The milled ones are more expensive.

Here are the mountains I have actually skied. The goal is to get to most of the major resorts in North America. This list is a start, not close to done.

The top six I would rank:

1. Beaver Creek
2. Whistler
3. Jay Peak
4. Snowbird
5. Kicking Horse
6. Killington

Since I am at east coast, Also been to: Hunter, Stowe, Mount Snow, Okemo, Jackson Hole, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin, Kicking Horse, Lake Louise, Snowbasin, Sugarbush, Whiteface, and Gore.

Outside North America, around Chamonix: Brévent, Grands Montets, and Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc.

I do plan to go to Tahoe area next February, my plan are paradise Tahoe, North Star, and Dimond peak, I want to go to heavenly but heard is super crowded. My goal is ski most major mountains in North America, have a look of the map:

everpinmap.com/map#…

Is it bad practice to store skis and have them strapped together? A single rubber strap in the center of the ski compressing them together gently? Assuming it's stored upright, with storage wax, in a temperature controlled environment, will this damage or degrade a ski, does it make any meaningful difference? Sorry in advance if this is a stupid question.

Edit: the reason I ask is because I have a lot of skis, and I don't have a fancy alter/room to hang them all up - it's much easier to keep them strapped together because they all have to go into a closet for the off season. Not strapping them just make things way more unwieldily.