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Heavenly Opening Weekend Run - Fall 2020

by peakslopecontent
Nov 2020 - 372 views

A run down Heavenly's High Five and Double Down trails during opening weekend 2020. These trails are typically groomed during the core season, but they were left ungroomed today. Conditions were thin cover but excellent for early season.

See our detailed take on this day here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/observations-from-heavenlys-opening-weekend

Heavenly is a ski resort located in South Lake Tahoe, California and Stateline, Nevada. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/heavenly

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Northstar Early Season Vista Run

by peakslopecontent
Nov 2020 - 703 views

A run down Northstar’s Sidewinder trail, off the Vista Express, during opening week. During the regular season, this trail features a Burton Progression Park and always remains groomed. The early season presents a unique opportunity for some bump skiing here.

Northstar is a ski resort located in Truckee, California near Lake Tahoe. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/northstar

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Snow King S-Chute Run

by peakslopecontent
Dec 2020 - 606 views

An afternoon run down one of Snow King's S-Chutes — a rare tree-cut ski run that requires hiking to get to. The resort hadn't gotten any new snow in days when this run was recorded, yet conditions were still powdery.

Snow King Mountain Resort is a ski resort located in Jackson, Wyoming near Jackson Hole. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/snow-king

Snow King's ambitious master plan has the potential to substantially transform the resort. See our deep dive here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/master-plan-deep-dive-snow-king

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An Early Season Lap Down Squaw's Lower Dog Leg

by peakslopecontent
Dec 2020 - 473 views

A run down Squaw Valley’s Lower Dog Leg trail, off the Red Dog and Far East Express lifts, during Thanksgiving Weekend. Conditions were typical of the early season, with thin cover and protruding shrubs in many places. Wind levels were relatively high on the day of this recording.

Squaw Valley is a ski resort located in Olympic Valley, California near Lake Tahoe. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/squaw-valley

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A Run Down Beaver Creek's Expert-Only Royal Elk Glade

by peakslopecontent
Dec 2020 - 689 views

A journey down Beaver Creek's long, precipitously-pitched Royal Elk Glade on Grouse Mountain. Runs like this contribute to the resort's very high challenge score in our ratings. This clip was filmed over President's Day Weekend 2020, and conditions were normal for the time of year.

Beaver Creek is a ski resort located in Avon, Colorado—about two hours west of Denver. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/beaver-creek

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Northstar Highlands Gondola Experience

by peakslopecontent
Dec 2020 - 528 views

Northstar's Highlands Gondola services village condos and parking, offering direct mid-mountain access. But this pulse gondola uses fixed-grip cabins rather than the detachable grips found on a typical gondola, resulting in an experience that may surprise some first-time riders.

This lift tops out at the mid-mountain Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe and was built as part of the hotel development.

Northstar is a ski resort located in Truckee, California near Lake Tahoe. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/northstar

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Big Sky Triple-Black-Diamond Run: Hell's Half-Acre

by peakslopecontent
Dec 2020 - 1.1K views

A run down Hell's Half-Acre, an extremely demanding high-alpine run within Big Sky's Headwaters area. Reaching this line requires one of the most technical hikes we've done anywhere.

This run was recorded in February 2020. Thanks to recent snowfall and the lack of crowds up here, snow quality was outstanding.

Big Sky is a Montana ski resort located in the Northern Rockies near Yellowstone. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/big-sky

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Chairlift Interview #1: Averi from South Lake

by peakslopecontent
Dec 2020 - 578 views

Welcome to the first in a series of PeakRankings chairlift interviews, where we highlight locals across North America's ski resorts.

Today, we talk to Averi Haugesag, a midwestern-reporter-turned-Tahoe-local, on Northstar’s Vista Express lift. Search her name on Google for some quality news-reporting footage!

Northstar is a ski resort located in Truckee, California near Lake Tahoe. See our full mountain review here.

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Corridor: A Trip Down Northstar's Most Technically Challenging Pitch

by peakslopecontent
Dec 2020 - 513 views

A run down Northstar’s Corridor trail in December 2020. From a strictly technical sense, we feel this is Northstar’s most challenging marked run (other black-diamond trails feature fewer obstacles but boast much longer pitches). Thanks to its location below the Comstock Express chair, locals refer to this run as the “Hollywood Line.”

Still, this pitch is nowhere near as formidable as those offered by competing Lake Tahoe resorts. While Northstar receives a 6/10 for challenge in our ratings, this is much lower than the 8/10s earned by Heavenly and Sierra-at-Tahoe—and substantially inferior to the monumental 10/10s boasted by Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, and Kirkwood.

Relatively early-season conditions still existed on the day of this clip, but the obstacles we navigated stay present throughout the season.

Northstar is a ski resort located in Truckee, California near Lake Tahoe. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/northstar

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Mountain Review: Beaver Creek

by peakslopecontent
Jan 2021 - 521 views

An in-depth video review of Beaver Creek Resort, a ski area located in Eagle County, Colorado, about two-and-a-half hours west of Denver.

Overall Mountain Score: 77/100 — #2 (tied) of 10 in Colorado
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Snow: 8/10
Resiliency: 8/10
Size: 7/10
Terrain Diversity: 7/10
Challenge: 9/10
Lifts: 9/10
Crowd Flow: 8/10
Facilities: 9/10
Navigation: 6/10
Mountain Aesthetic: 6/10

See our full resort breakdown and written review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/beaver-creek

See our Mountain Score criteria:
https://www.peakrankings.com/content/mountain-score-thresholds

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Squaw Valley Expert Emigrant Run: Break It Out

by peakslopecontent
Jan 2021 - 604 views

An afternoon run down Squaw Valley's Break It Out, a technical run with obstacles such as trees, rocks, and cliffs. Located on the Emigrant backside and also accessible from Granite Chief, this run takes a bit of effort to find and rarely sees high traffic.

Squaw Valley is a ski resort located in Olympic Valley, CA, near Lake Tahoe. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/squaw-valley

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Big Sky Sandwich Run: Snake Pit

by peakslopecontent
Jan 2021 - 833 views

We assess a panini special from Big Sky's Uncle Dan’s Cookies (with locations at the bases of the Powder Seeker and Six Shooter lifts) while exploring the expert Snake Pit run.

This run was recorded in February 2020. Snow quality was very good at the time.

Big Sky is a Montana ski resort located in the Northern Rockies near Yellowstone. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/big-sky

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Heavenly Intermediate Glade Run: The Pines

by peakslopecontent
Jan 2021 - 529 views

Heavenly’s Olympic area boasts some of our favorite intermediate glade terrain in the Tahoe area. But be sure to cut out at the right point—or you’ll be subject to advanced pitches and a painfully slow lift ride.

Run recorded in March 2020. Conditions were slightly below average for the time of year.

Heavenly is a ski resort located in South Lake Tahoe, California and Stateline, Nevada. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/heavenly

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Kirkwood Top-to-Bottom: Cornice-Side Wagon Wheel Bowl to The Drain

by peakslopecontent
Jan 2021 - 471 views

A top-to-bottom run in Kirkwood's Cornice area, starting at the Wagon Wheel Bowl and filtering into The Drain.

Unfortunately, this run was recorded in March 2020 (and not during today's epic pow day). Conditions were below average for the time.

Kirkwood is a ski area located about an hour south of Lake Tahoe in Kirkwood, CA. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/kirkwood

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Homewood Quail Face: A Run Down Tahoe's Most Astonishing In-Bounds Run

by peakslopecontent
Feb 2021 - 819 views

A POV run down Homewood's expert Quail Face, including a time-lapse of the (relatively lengthy) catwalks to get in and out. This astounding run is arguably the most beautiful trail in Tahoe, at a resort we already rate a 10/10 for Mountain Aesthetic.

Run recorded in March 2020. Conditions were slightly below average for the time of year.

Homewood is a ski resort located on the west shore of Lake Tahoe in California. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/homewood

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Timberline Magic Mile: Early Season Rock Warning

by peakslopecontent
Feb 2021 - 552 views

A run down Timberline's Magic Mile area between Gordo's Mile and Otto Lang. During our visit, a new layer of powder masked some hidden obstacles, such as rocks, on ungroomed paths.

Timberline is a ski area on Mount Hood about an hour east of Portland, Oregon. We haven’t fully reviewed this resort yet, but see our initial impressions on Timberline and the other Mount Hood ski areas here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/initial-impressions-mount-hood-resorts

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Squaw Valley Opening-Weekend Silverado Run: Trail 90 to Billy's

by peakslopecontent
Feb 2021 - 515 views

A run down Squaw Valley’s expert Silverado area, starting at Trail 90 and filtering into Billy’s, just two days after it opened for the season.

Silverado requires a substantial base to open, and the area typically isn’t up and running until quite late in the winter. This territory didn’t open at all during the COVID-curtailed 2019-20 season.

Squaw Valley is a ski resort located in Olympic Valley, CA, near Lake Tahoe. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/squaw-valley

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A Run Down the Expert Park City (Canyons) 9990 Area

by peakslopecontent
Mar 2021 - 808 views

A line down the expert Ninety-Nine 90 area on Park City's Canyons side, starting at 94 Turns, jumping into the woods and chutes to the left of that trail, and popping out on the lower half of Moraine. All of these trails are designated as double-blacks, although several were rated as single-black before Park City and Canyons merged in 2015. Run recorded March 6, 2021; cover was below average for the time of year.

Park City Mountain Resort is a ski resort located in Park City, UT, about an hour east of Salt Lake City. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/park-city

Context on Fatal 9990 Backcountry Avalanches:
https://www.parkrecord.com/news/summit-county/longtime-park-city-resident-killed-in-backcountry-avalanche-saturday/

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Copper Intermediate Bump Run: Little Burn

by peakslopecontent
Mar 2021 - 483 views

A run down Little Burn at Copper Mountain, an intermediate trail that seldom receives grooming. This run is a great place to practice bumps with little consequence (except potentially making a fool of yourself in front of lift riders).

Copper is a ski resort located in Summit County, Colorado, about an hour and a half west of Denver. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/copper

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The Snowbird Peruvian Tunnel Experience

by peakslopecontent
Mar 2021 - 729 views

A ride through Snowbird's Peruvian Tunnel magic carpet, an engineering marvel that considerably improved access from Peruvian Gulch to the Mineral Basin back side. As of today, the Peruvian Tunnel is the only ski tunnel in North America.

Snowbird is a Utah ski resort located in Little Cottonwood Canyon, just outside Salt Lake City. It's known for having some of the best quality snow in North America. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/snowbird

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Idiot's Delight: A Run Down a Truly Extreme Alpine Meadows Chute

by peakslopecontent
Mar 2021 - 799 views

A run down Idiot's Delight at Alpine Meadows, a truly extreme run with a mandatory drop-in off a cornice and filtering into a perilously tight couloir with no room for error. This line takes a 2-5 minute hike to reach from the Summit chair.

Idiot's Delight filters into the Wolverine Bowl, which comprises solid high-alpine terrain. This area then leads to the Face, a short but steep mogul run.

Alpine Meadows is a ski area located near the north shore of Lake Tahoe, California. While technically part of the same resort as Squaw Valley, the two are separate mountains and are connected by a shuttle service. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/alpine-meadows

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Jordanelle Trail: What the Bottom Half of Deer Valley’s Vertical Drop Is Really Like

by peakslopecontent
Apr 2021 - 568 views

A run down Jordanelle, an advanced-intermediate Deer Valley trail that stretches 1,380 feet down the resort's lower half. Starting at Little Baldy Peak, the run extends down to the resort's very bottom elevation at the Jordanelle Ticket Office. Filmed in March 2021; conditions were early-spring-like at the time.

Deer Valley Resort is a ski resort located in Park City, UT, about an hour east of Salt Lake City. Snowboarding is not allowed. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/deer-valley

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Alta High Rustler Run

by peakslopecontent
Apr 2021 - 759 views

A run down the Alf's High Rustler trail at Alta, a demandingly steep run that requires lengthy traversing to reach. Access comes through one of two sketchy, thin-cover entries.

Alta is a Utah ski resort located in Little Cottonwood Canyon, just outside Salt Lake City. It's known for having some of the best quality snow in North America. Snowboarding is prohibited.

See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/alta

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Why 4/30/2021 was the end of an era for Squaw Valley

by peakslopecontent
May 2021 - 747 views

We visited Squaw Valley's KT-22 area on its 2020-21 season closing day—the last day of skiing in the area before the new Squaw/Alpine Base-to-Base gondola cuts through the terrain. In this video, we explain some of next season's expected changes as well as the potential pros and cons of the new setup.

Filmed on April 30, 2021 under very warm, late-spring conditions.

See our full resort breakdown and outgoing written review for Squaw Valley here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/squaw-valley

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Mammoth Rock Avoidance Challenge: Dropout Chutes

by peakslopecontent
May 2021 - 617 views

Is it possible get down Mammoth’s double-black Dropout Chutes during the peak season without hitting a single rock? We find out.


Filmed on February 28, 2021; conditions were very firm at the time but not quite icy. This run is serviced by Mammoth’s Chair 23, which is known for its demanding expert lines.

Mammoth Mountain is a ski resort located in California's Inyo National Forest. See our full resort breakdown and written review for Mammoth here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/mammoth

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Why You Should Wait Till a Powder Day to Do Park City’s Murdock Peak Hike

by peakslopecontent
Jun 2021 - 723 views

A run down the expert Murdock Peak area, via the High Peak trail, on Park City's Canyons side. Getting to this above-treeline area—one of the few at Park City—requires a 15-30 minute hike from the top of the Super Condor Express chairlift. The bowl exists at the far end of the Canyons side and can take up to 2.5 hours to travel to from the Park City side base.

Unfortunately, conditions on the day of this run were less-than-ideal. Run recorded March 2021.

Park City Mountain Resort is a ski resort located in Park City, UT, about an hour east of Salt Lake City. See our full mountain review here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/park-city

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Mountain Review: Mammoth

by peakslopecontent
Aug 2021 - 816 views

Imagine most of you know this mountain quite well, but here's an in-depth video review of Mammoth, a large California ski resort located in the Inyo National Forest.

See our full resort breakdown and written review for Mammoth here.

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Industry Update: Squaw Valley Gets a Name Change

by peakslopecontent
Sep 2021 - 471 views

To go along with their new gondola connection, the two areas formerly known as Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows now have a new name: Palisades Tahoe. This name change comes in the wake of calls for businesses to remove emblems of past minority oppression, with the word “squaw” having been used as a slur against Indigenous North American women.

Officials say the name change was heavily influenced by the extreme terrain features the area is known for. Unsurprisingly, the move has been met with some controversy.

See Palisades Tahoe's full press release on the name change: https://www.palisadestahoe.com/new-name

See our full resort breakdown and outgoing written review for Squaw Valley (the Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley side) here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/squaw-valley

See our full resort breakdown and outgoing written review for Alpine Meadows (the Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows side) here: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/alpine-meadows