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HIKE WEEK: SPA Trip #11: Secret Hike

Filed on: August 3rd, 2010 By: Porter Haney

I love shark week. I mean HIKE WEEK.
Since FamousInternetSkiers.com decided to dedicate an entire 7 days to hike week, the Utah crew felt obligided to show off some of it’s best secret locations.  I know I was “carried” along …

HIKE WEEK! Carried (Away) Up the Trap Dike

Filed on: August 2nd, 2010 By: Greg

As mentioned earlier today when I first put up the report about our ascent of the Trap Dike, we decided to bring Porter and Dwyer (long time friends, and chief executive directors of the FIS Utah Headquarters) along for the …

Carried (Away) Up the Trap Dike

Filed on: August 2nd, 2010 By: Greg

As mentioned earlier today when I first put up the report about our ascent of the Trap Dike, we decided to bring Porter and Dwyer (long time friends, and chief executive directors of the FIS Utah Headquarters) along for the …

Unbusted

Filed on: July 9th, 2010 By: Porter Haney

For the past 98 days I’ve had one thing on my mind.  “When was I going to be able to get up into the Argenta slide path of Big Cottonwood Canyon and rescue the ski I’d lost there in my ankle …

Slackfest 2010: A(n[OTHER]) Trifecta

Filed on: June 1st, 2010 By: Greg

Slackfest has always been a strange ritual for me. Last season it took me 9 pages of rambling to write a trip report about it, and I still don’t personally believe that it gave a nice conclusion to the “primary” …

Comp’d

Filed on: March 22nd, 2010 By: Porter Haney

The Western Bureau of FIS jumped into the weekend with a round of extreme skiing, and spectating.
The Super Final of the Free Skiing Word Tour was in town, and we were firmly lodged in the snow bank to take account …

Rise ‘n Shine Pow

Filed on: March 17th, 2010 By: Porter Haney

Woof.  A week or two of silence from the FIS western contingent.  Fear not, we’ve still been sleuthing around, snarking pow.
Yet, for us working bums, we have to get a little sneakier to find our snow.  Most often this results in a …

This weekend was the venerable Stowe Derby: A race from near the summit of Mount Mansfield, Vermont all the way down to the town of Stowe. Needless to say, each and every one of the Famous Internet Skiers was eager …

Alta Headwaters

Filed on: February 28th, 2010 By: Porter Haney

While the east coast team (and Dwyer, the most illustrious curry chef this side of India) was creating their own Stowe Derby, the west coast team was inventing their own resort assisted fun.  For those familiar the terrain, this route …

The (Other) Stowe Derby

Filed on: February 28th, 2010 By: The F.I.S.

(Authorship Note: Words & Story by Greg, photos and photo captions by the credited photographer) This weekend was the venerable Stowe Derby: A race from near the summit of Mount Mansfield, Vermont all the way down to the town of …

Little Superior SE Face, UT

Filed on: February 16th, 2010 By: Greg

I was hoping to somehow thread my day skiing Little Superior–what was undoubtedly one of the most incredible ski days I’ve ever had–into a wider yarn encompassing a nearly-month-long trip I took in UT/WY/MT, but I can’t really figure out …

Posters & Prints

Filed on: June 12th, 2009 By: Greg

Here are a few of our favorite shots that you may enjoy displaying on your (ski tuning room) wall.
If you are looking for our panoramas and action mosaics click here.
If you would like the prints WITH the border and …

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