Amazing Andes Skiing, Boot Fitting, Sniagrab Gone Forever?
Credit: GoPro
This week we continue our summer theme of “remembering snow” with a truly incredible video clip from GoPro. Featuring four pro skiers, GoPro takes them into the high Chilean Andes and drops them via helo and off they go. Worth a watch if you are trying to beat the heat.
Also, we are lucky to have boot fitting expert Steve Hines give us some clear and useful tips on getting the right size hiking boots. Some of his tips are pretty nuanced, but if you miss them when you buy boots, you can be in for some uncomfortable steps. Incidentally, this post was shared quite extensively already on Facebook.
Our ace correspondent Harriet Wallis marks the passing of Sniagrab, a Salt Lake City Labor Day tradition that is or rather was a pivot point in a skier’s year. What’s Sniagrab? Read on.
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Last week rocked down under, too. Perisher, an Epic resort now owned by Vail copped 70cm natural snow and huge snowmaking, with good falls predicted this week, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVqv5CR-rKA