We love a good story and some philosophizing. This film is not that. If you're in the mood for some good old fashioned ski porn with no talking, no story, just some mind-bending street and backcountry skiing this one is an absolute banger.

10/25/24 - This week’s stoke:

What we’re watching:

• Meaningfully Lost S1E1 - Some more grassroots stoke for you to start the season. You know we love the off-the-beaten-path ski adventures, these guys take the attitude of adventure to heart and add in some impressive production quality. In this first episode, the boys spend a week checking out the big snowy mountains in Montana. With no beta, no snow, and no trip reports they spend a week bushwhacking, skiing over rocks, and finding some powder. In a moment of wisdom (far beyond their years) they reflect on how adventure skiing breaks the mundane and makes life feel longer.

• "Deep" in Alaska - While we wouldn't quite call this deep in Alaska given half of it is filmed off Thompson Pass, this film from BD showcases what its like to spend a month in AK. Between falling in 'schrunds, deep bootpacks and epic spines this gets us stoked for chasing big lines

The Beta:

• Southern CO Spins First Chair, First Avalanche Reported - The first big storm hit the lower 48 with the large accumulation in southern Colorado. A skier triggered an avalanche near Silverton. There was enough snow for Wolf Creek to open, and it looks like folks even got some lift accessed pow turns in.

• Natural Selection Announces 2025 Ski Competition - We are so hyped for this. Natural Selection announced they would branch out into skiing. The roster to the AK backcountry freeride competition looks to be absolutely legendary including Sammy Carlson, Markus Eder, Chris Benchetler, and the GOAT Candide.

Elevating the Craft:

• Pieps Has A New Avalanche Beacon - Yep, we all know Pieps kind of blew it a few years ago with their handling of the fallout from Nick McNutt's near-death avalanche burial experience. Thanks to a design flaw with the mode switch on the unit's housing, his beacon turned itself off while he was getting flushed down a couloir in BC from moving snow, and it took a probe line to find him buried deep below, barely alive. That's the past, though, and Pieps is introducing a brand-new high-end beacon called the Pieps IPS Pro. It features an innovative new twin-antenna system designed to combat electronic interference from things like phones, radios, cameras, or heated gloves. There's also a Bluetooth app that lets users customize and test functions, and set up a beacon park with multiple IPS Pros to practice rescues with. Coming in at 212 grams, it’s comparable to most modern beacons.

Thanks for reading and see you next week,
Max Ritter and Andrey Shprengel