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1 week ago | 
freeskier.com | Erin Spong
Feautred Image: Oskar EnanderNorwegian freeride force Hedvig Wessel is a competitor to her core. Just ask her, and she’ll tell you that competition is an essential part of sport, having competed in every sport she’s ever tried.
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1 week ago | 
freeskier.com | Erin Spong
Featured Image: Courtesy of CDOTThere are no ifs, ands or buts about it, I-70 is a royal pain in the you-know-what on weekends during ski season. What should take just under a couple hours to the many resorts along the Front Range corridor can take up to five or six hours—depending on how many accidents and other motor vehicle conundrums occur along the way.
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3 weeks ago | 
freeskier.com | Erin Spong
Featured Image: Rachael ZimmermanHere at FREESKIER spring corn skiing comes second only to bottomless powder days. The snow is soft, the vibes are high and the parking lot après hits just right. While spring may mean the end of winter, there’s still plenty of snow to slide on well into the summer months, depending on where you are in North America.
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4 weeks ago | 
freeskier.com | Erin Spong
Featured Image: Steve Shannon / Skier: Jason Remple / Location: Stellar Heli Skiing, Kaslo, BCIt is with incredibly heavy hearts that we report the deaths of three industry staples—Jeff Keenan, Jason Remple and Alex Pashley.
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1 month ago | 
freeskier.com | Erin Spong
All images: Courtesy of Taylor Brooke Lundquist Taylor Brooke Lundquist—or TBL, as she is affectionately known—has achieved many firsts in the world of freeskiing, including the first female skier to compete in X Games Real Ski and the first female to be awarded Newschooler’s inaugural “Skier of the Year.” It’s never easy breaking trail, literally or figuratively, and no one knows that better than TBL.
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1 month ago | 
freeskier.com | Erin Spong
All Images: Courtesy of High Fives Foundation When Roy Tuscany fractured his T-12 vertebra and spine from a ski accident in 2006, the aspiring pro-skier was overwhelmed by the generosity of his community to help both physically and emotionally, but also financially. The support he received in all facets allowed Tuscany to focus solely on his recovery, which in turn inspired him to start the High Fives Foundation just three years later in 2009.
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1 month ago | 
freeskier.com | Erin Spong
It’s been a minute since our last State of the Snowpack, so allow us to recap. When we left things about a month ago, the majority of the Mountain West was going through a high-pressure dry spell. Temperatures remained cold for much of that, creating massive amounts of surface hoar which is admittedly really fun to ski through—some call it recycled pow—but is also fragile when loaded.
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1 month ago | 
freeskier.com | Erin Spong
All Images: Justin BefuMolly Armanino has made huge waves in the ski industry the last few years, stomping onto the scene at Kings and Queens of Corbet’s in 2022, placing third on the women’s side and qualifying for the Freeride World Tour in the same season. In the years since, Molly has solidified herself as a fierce competitor on the tour, stacking herself up against the best freeride skiers in the world.
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2 months ago | 
freeskier.com | Erin Spong
Featured Imagery: Sam Egan, Courtesy of Sun Peaks When my partner, Sander Hadley, and I pulled up to Sun Peaks earlier this month the clock was approaching midnight. The village at the base of the mountain still lit up like Cinderella’s fairy godmother added her special touch, not a pumpkin in sight. We checked in and unloaded our gear as quickly as possible, knowing we had an early wake-up call for our first day skiing at the new-to-us resort.
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2 months ago | 
freeskier.com | Erin Spong
Feature Image: Courtesy of WSSF, Oisin McHughSpring skiing is one of our favorite seasons over here at FREESKIER. The days are longer, the sun is out more often, the snow softens to that buttery corn consistency, and the après parties hit just right. While you can find an après scene at just about every ski resort, no matter the time of year, spring in Whistler is arguably unmatched—especially during the World Ski and Snowboard Festival (WSSF).
