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“ It is mostly staying local.”
er runs of skis. Kinda just like last year, just feeding the locals, the Boise guys and sending decks up your guys’s way. Two sizes on the skis, but pretty limited runs of production. There will be a 42” tapered reverse camber and then the 51” like Eric is riding in the ad. That’s about the gist of it. Are you recording this?
Pillow line by Eric. Photo by Leavitt.
Yeah. There is a 38” and a 36” top deck and they are 9 3/4” and 9 1/4” widths. So are you guys making complete boards? I’m making trucks, skis and decks. I’m not making a ton of stuff. It is mostly staying local. Who’s gonna take credit for the sweet grip that is the product of the year, Chiller or Florida Powder? Is that the product of the year?
Interview with Mark Edmundson What’s going on at Chiller Skates this year?
Mm mm. OK. Just doing boards. You know just do-
ing top decks and then I will be doing some small-
Yeah although it doesn’t seem to have a name. Yeah it is a five pound... I don’t know... It’s funny because Ambition Snowskates sent me a link to that company like
“It’s hard to get too excited about selling a bunch of grip.” three years ago. And I was like “I don’t know. I’ll just buy this hydro foam shit.” The stuff with the diamond pattern on it? Yeah the really bad stuff. I got that stuff because it was smaller. Then I ordered up the other stuff and as soon as I got it I was like this is great. So I called up Adam at Florida and right away he put in a big order. So we are both running that grip. Industry grip, six pound grip. I don’t know what you call it. Where can people buy it? Well...I guess, Boyd Hill has got a bunch of it on their web site. I don’t really sell the grip solo. Well, I do. If people call me up then I will send it to them but I usually just get enough for my boards. Is Adam selling it?
He’s got it. It’s hard to get too excited about selling a bunch of grip. What do you think that stuff would cost? I don’t know. So if you want the sweet grip you have to get a Chiller Board? Yeah. I will be making Subs, Decks and Trucks. Do you want the prices? Yeah I want the prices. I’m still working on that... Decks are 100 bucks all gripped out. There is gonna be some cheaper ones too with recycled graphics for the people trying to get a deal. How do we get the deal? E-mail me or go to the blog.
Interview with Kevin Brennan What sizes of skates are you offering? Do you have photos? Last year we made a mold for large top-decks, which produced decks in the 38" to 41" range. These decks received great feedback from various riders, so this monster deck will be back in the line-up. We also have a smaller mold that will make a contemporary skateboard deck at 32"-35" long, which will be perfect for smaller riders or someone who likes a smaller bideck set-up. What kind of skates are you making? Top decks? Skis? Powder surf/skate?
...This past off season we have been focusing on ways to speed up our SINGLE snowskates production. Our energy will go into producing a classic urban or park style single deck designed to shred cold snowy streets. Our stock model will be an 8 ply "channelled" maple deck laminated to state of the art sintered bases at 35"x 8.5" in size. In addition to that, we are so stoked to offer a powder single surf skate... with a soul of a surfboard and a body made from laminated maple and p-tex. This "FISH" shaped snowskate is intended to surf
through feet of deep powder "strapless"....this "surfboard of the snow" has been tested and the ride defies description.. 50"x 12" What are you doing for grip? All of boards will be offered with EVA foam or hydro turf grip or a combination of both. Where can people get
them? How much? Currently people can get info and boards from the blog: decembersnowskates. blogspot.com or e-mail directly at decembersnowskates@gmail.com
Heel Flip by Adri Barat.
“Hopefully kids will start riding binding free” free will be welcome at a specific resort… Hopefully kids will start riding binding free more than before thanks to proper equipment (un-
Interview with Mike Stienhauser What’s new at 0910 for 2011? We are excited to bring our snowskate trucks to market. We feel the style, quality, and fine detail definitely set us apart from other brands. The trucks will be available for purchase the 1st of November on our web site (www.0910snowskate. com) along with our new complete snowskates. What sizes of boards do you offer? The snowskate size remains the same as last year, being 34. 25 inches (87 cm) long and 4.93 inches (12.5 cm) wide for the sub deck and high concave, 33 inches
(83.10 cm) long and 9 inches (22.85 cm ) wide for the top deck. We are working on a few different kinds of grip. At this point we still do not know which one we are going to offer, but it is going to be something new in the market. Is snowskating growing in Europe? About snowskating in Europe, the sport is still rather alternative comparing to snowboarding and skiing. There are a few hardcore teams in Switzerland, France, Germany and Austria who push snowskating for ward but there is plenty of room for growth for sure.
available in the past) and thanks to the internet (damn I wish there were We are going to set up a snowskate videos widely snowskate Jam in France available back in the or Switzerland this days). winter but we are not sure about the date and Where can people get the location yet. We will them? make sure to keep you guys informed. Our web site is going to be fully packed Do most resorts allow with fresh content and snowskating on their new products starting lifts? November 1st 2010 - make sure to check it Some resorts allow out then. snowskates on their lifts and some don’t. One love. There is really no general rule about this. So if any one is planning a trip to Europe, you should ask around (send an e-mail or call the resort) to make sure that binding Any events or contests?
Tom Currier
“We can’t offer you a million bucks but we are getting somebodies pro model out“
last year with wider t win tips and we couldn’t keep them going straight. It wants to wash around backwards but the tapered side cut is working great and we are gonna do the big mountain one this year as well with a tapered side cut similar to a Florida Powder Skate. Where can people get your boards?
Interview with Bry What’s new at Boyd Hill?
which with the tapered subs makes way more sense than the fat Lib Tech hole pattern.
Trying to have one of everything so we are a full ser vice snowskate supply. Top to bottom, leashes, What sizes of subs do skates, trucks and decks. you have? Are you making all this stuff yourself? Yeah pretty much, the leashes are brand new. They are ours, we’re growing now. We got Rocker Trucks so everything is Rocker compatible. Our skis have the 1.625 hole pattern that is the narrower one like Ralston uses.
The main production one we have right now is a 53” or 109cm. It is a tapered sub with hand made poplar cores. We are shaping the profiles of our cores all here at the shop and they are super duper Ollie machines and all mountain carvers, super strong, ollie poppers.
The same hole pattern Ralston uses?
Lots of people seem to be going to that tapered shape.
Yeah the narrower 1.625,
Yeah, it makes more
sense. If you look at t win ski technology... our main builder TJ is the guy who invented the t win tip ski. It’s documented he built the first t win tip ski in the early 90’s and back then he was making shorter t win tip skis but... even if you look at t win tip skis now they are all tapered. They are all tapered because they don’t want to wash around backwards. If they are the same width in the front as the back they will want to wash around backwards. So to have a snowskate be tapered like a ski, it will track for ward properly in all conditions. You have to have a tapered edge. We experimented
Everything is available at boydhill.com. Everything is pretty much direct from us right now. Are you guys selling the 6 pound grip that is the product of the year but nobody seems to have a name for it? Yeah we have sheets in like three different colors. Does it have a name? Yeah it is all Boyd Hill Grip. Any ways the cool thing we are doing before I forget we are doing a “Pro Search” this year. So just like your chance to be a pro snowskater. So whoever wins the pro contest - you know, best footage, best photos, best potential and best ambassador of the sport. The next model we make is gonna be an enter your
name here model. Whoever is taking the sport to the next level. We can’t offer you a million bucks but we are getting somebodies pro model out next year. Are you guys doing any events next winter? Yeah we help out Chiller Decks with the Chiller
Cross at Schwietzer and then we will have an invitational on the actual Boyd Hill like a small local contest and then there are a couple of other mountains in the area like Silver and Mt. Spokane and I think we are gonna team up with Chiller Decks and host a couple of more Skate Crosses.
What’s new at Lib Tech? Still making stuff, we are still doing it. We’ve been pretty swamped because everybody wants Lib Tech stuff right now and we have been making lots of skateboards. Then all of these little kids all of a sudden want banana snowboards in little sizes. So it has been pretty nuts for the guy that makes the little things at Mervin’s world. C- Box Pop Shuvit by Dane. Photos by Leavitt.
“They are selling faster than we can make them.”
Interview with Shag
How many skates are you guys making? Plenty of them, but they are selling faster than we can make them. Pretty much the same as last year but a little smaller? Yeah the smaller one with the new graphic. It is
like the updated Toronto with the C2 and everything Lib Technology has to offer.
“We should also be talking Pete into backing the race at Snoqualmie, the Massacre and What are you doing for start backing that shit up.” grip? It’s the same old foam grip. With Bent Metal Trucks?
Yeah... and you can put “Sigh” in there, the same old Bent Metal Trucks. If I had my way everyone of those things would come with Rockers but that is a whole different issue. What is the best way to get a new Lib Tech skate? I noticed that a lot of stores don’t have them.
Ecology drop by Jake. Photos by Leavitt.
much the exact same as last year except it will have C2 and new graphics and I am trying to push an updated version of the Powder Skate. Well, it is kinda a powder skate... more of an all terrain ski. Hopefully we can get that out sometime.
So the best place to by one is from a They don’t have them yet Lib tech because we are making dealer, so many skateboards. not a web We are just barely in the page? last few weeks getting into making the If you snowskates so you will can, buy definitely have them in them in the stores by Thanksthe shops. giving. They will be if you can officially out. Then the find them in 43” ski will be available the shops, supas a separate unit. So if port the shops. you are a fan of the 43” But if you really ski, now you can get it want one, just get separate. Then the 48” it however you can. ski is gonna be pretty
Are you guys backing any contests this year?
Ted Shredly Photo by Corey McDonald.
I don’t know. That is a question for Pete Saari because I have no idea. Probably the Olympics I would assume because we always back the local stuff and we should also be talking Pete into backing the race at Snoqualmie, the massacre and start backing that shit up.
Interview with Jake
Photos of the new Rocker Factory taken by Corey McDonald
Knowing that Rocker Trucks has a strict no camera policy. Starfish headquarters dispatched our new senior photographer Corey Mac Donald to the new factory in south Auburn.
Corey returned with this crappy interview and three quality photos. Two of the factory and one of Jake’s dog Taya right before
she was released by the guards and bit Corey on the ass. Ripping his pants and giving him 3 stitches. What’s new at Rocker Trucks? Just write something dude. I don’t care. What? I don’t know just write something. I don’t really have anything to say. Hopefully I will have a new web site before the Winter starts. What about the new factory? Oh the factory? Yeah we got a new factory. It’s big as fuck. (laughter) What about Ted showing back up? (Laughter) I have no idea. Believe it when you see it. silence I don’t know man I don’t have much for you. Just write some bullshit. As long as I don’t slander anybody.
Frontside monster by Hurlbut #3 in the World. Photo by Corey McDonald.
I start making boards then I get distracted by riding. Then I make a few more and that is how it goes. I am definitely doing a low production, I hate mass produced shit. Like I said I am the worst business man of all time.
Pole Jam by Byorn R-G. Photo by Owen Ringwall. Courtesy of Corey Mac and High Cascade Camp.
But you guys have one of the best teams? Yeah, we do. Can anybody buy these boards? Are they available?
Interview with Jordan Armstrong What’s going on at Circuit Skates? Are you guys still in business? Do you make anything? Yeah, I am definitely the most horrible business man of all time but that is OK. I am starting out by trying to influence the coming season by making boards for the deepest powder and then gradually going to boards for hard pack. Hopefully this will influence the upcoming season. I’m going to make some powderskates, just working on some new
“I barely make anything. I start making boards then I get distracted by riding.” shapes for the 140cm Powder Surfer and maybe a 145 skate. What exactly is a powder surfer? The single deck. The simplest board you can ride with no straps for your hands or feet. What kind of grip are you riding on that thing?
That’s all? I got a custom pack so it is like one solid piece of Extreme Grip. Does it cover the whole board? 36 inches. So you are cutting down on your production of shorter boards for hard pack?
EXTREEME GRIP! I barely make anything.
Mainly in Nelson (BC) and online. If someone went online and bought one would it really show up? It will. (Laughter) Well not at the moment. You just contradicted yourself. If you went to buy it in the near future... I’m building them right now give me a break. Alright good enough.
Interview with Kurt Zapata What’s new a t Minus 7? I got a new production facility up at the top of the Summit on highway 80 , the Kingvale off ramp at the top of Sierra Nevada. Basically gonna have the presses and assemble all snowskates at the facility there. We are basically gonna have a shop devoted to snowskates. We will sell some crap to the tourists also, gotta fleece the tourists for some money. But we are gonna try and focus on snowskates and snowskate manufacturing so I am real excited about that. We are also partnering with the Kingvale Terrain Project. They are gonna
have some snowskate friendly terrain up there. We are trying to branch out from the Summit, the Summit on down we are gonna be at Boreal, Kingvale and as always the Donner Ski Ranch. The first weekend in April , once again the Minus 7 Melee 3rd annual. Wow you already answered all of my questions. You have been preparing. Excellent! I could kind of hear Jill chiming in back there but I couldn’t really hear her. The real next thing is we
“Right now we are gonna see how many Gordini goggles and plastic sleds we can sell to morons.” are basically pressing our own top decks and we can make custom shapes. We are working with Pilot Snowboards to make the subs. We still have Jake’s Minus 7 Rockers we are putting on there. I’m stoked on Rocker’s product. LET’S BE HONEST WITH EVERYONE, so we are proud to have the Minus 7 Rockers on there. We are gonna be doing a park ski, the symmetrical top deck/truck/ski. We are also working on a mid mountain board and we
definitely have a powder ski coming out. We are gonna be working all of the areas we can. Head up to Kingvale and you will see our shop. It will say Minus 7 on the side of the building. You can see Highway 80 from our doorstep and they can see us as they go by. What are you guys doing for grip? Basically 1/4 inch neoprene with adhesive back. It has a skate aesthetic you know. It
“if they want it we will sell it and if they don’t know if they want it we will push it on them.”
looks like grip tape. It is a little thicker and softer than most and I prefer it. When it gets Icy you can crack the ice off and it really grips your shoe but you can still move them around. Is your shop going to have shoes? It would be nice. Right now we are gonna see how many Gordini goggles and plastic sleds we can sell to morons on Thanksgiving, Then yeah, heck yeah. But we gotta fleece the tourist for awhile. The Minus 7 Cartel? That’s right, if they want it we will sell it and if they don’t know if they want it we will push it on them.
Paul Elkins methods in the Olympics. Photo by Eric.
“In a big factory in Ching Chong China.”
With the Flat Decks I’m not sure if you heard this yet of not. The deal is not sealed but a certain company in Canada is going to be making our Flat Decks. That’s in the works and it is probably gonna happen. They seem to make the best flat decks around and I am sure they are going to be quality. What are you guys doing for grip?
Interview with Paul Elkins What’s new at Fuse? Well we have diversified as you know. We are making all different kinds of snowskates. Flat decks, 4X’s of course and what I have been calling the 1X which throws a lot of people off but it goes with the 4X idea. Basically a BI-Deck and everything is moving for ward with that. I am starting with a bigger model for pow. Some of the stuff I had last Spring for samples seemed to work pretty
good. I t weaked a couple of little things and am basically running with it. A 115 and a 116 with a lot of shape. Wide nose, wide tail, lots of side cut and pretty soft with rocker nose and tail. It is surprising how well it works in deep ass pow. Where are you making all of these boards? Those, in a big factory in Ching Chong China. It
is not that technical and they can turn them over pretty quickly. That is where those are going. The shorter ones, The General, which is like a 38” ski is being milled right here in Crested Butte in a ski factory. They have my mold for the ski that I had last Winter. I’m gonna t weak the shape but the profile is going to stay the same, more shape, more width for those but a little bit shorter because it is a 38”.
Pretty much the EVA foam with Fuse Spikes. I think the plastic spikes work good. You might have to cut them in half to make it fit on a wider deck. Are you guys backing or organizing any events this year? I would love to say yes to that (laughter). I have dreamed about being able to host an event here in Crested Butte and I don’t think it is out of the question. I would like to do something on the mountain or in the backcountry, maybe with a cat ski operation. It would be cool to organize something that was just back country with machines so you can build up jumps. Pretty
“I wanna make it pretty sweet so people will travel “
Feel good line by Baker. at the Florida Powder Mountain Lab. Photo by Leavitt.
much like Hurricane Ridge event, just keep it back country style. Or if the mountain will allow us I don’t have a problem doing it there. But I wanna make it pretty sweet so people will travel to it because there is not tons of local but maybe there will be by then. But you guys are involved with the Xgames? Yeah, yeah. We will be involved with the X-games again. I think of the X-Games as being a little different. It is more like hosting a quote on quote snowskate park and just kinda telling people what it is. You just kinda pull them into the corral, if they are little kids or skaters or whoever and the get a little taste of it. Bi-Decks, Flat Decks, 4X’s all of it but it is small. We try to make it as good as possible, which is a task to make it legit. It is mostly for FlatDeckers. It is definitely not an X-Games event. The trophies are cool.
“I am hoping people get more motivated.” Is any 6 pound foam the same? Well, 6 pound closed cell EVA. It has to be closed cell other wise it absorbs water. Like the Lib Tech stuff was kinda open
Interview with Adam Bennett What’s new at Florida Powder Skates? We are just trying to stay in business. I just got a new full time job and I am trying to make Powder Skates on the side. I don’t know. I don’t really know what is going on. I’ve got like 40 boards. 40 new boards? Yeah, I am just making like 40 boards total this year. Pretty much the same boards as last year. There is going to be a couple of new ones but they are going to be for friends.
So who is going to take credit for the sweet grip that is the product of the year? The grip? Yeah I asked Mark and he didn’t have a name for it. Bryce said it was Boyd Hill grip. Oh, yeah I don’t have a name for it either. It’s just EVA foam with some adhesive on it. It needs a more marketable name. They called it 6 pound Ram foam or something? Yeah, it’s 6 pound foam, but it does not have to be 6 pound Ram foam.
cell so it absorbed water. Same with the hydro turf - that stuff absorbs water too it just kinda glazes over. If it’s closed cell then the snow doesn’t stick? Yeah, if it is closed cell it won’t stick as much. Where can people buy one of your 40 boards? They can go to my web site. I think Jordan has some too and that guy in Hood River, at snowskate.com. The snowskate business is pretty slow so I am hoping people get more motivated.
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After years of being plagued by Icy, slippery and dangerous grip the more savvy snowskate manufacturers seem to have unanimously settled on this grip. It comes in cool colors, it is readily available and actually works. The closed cell technology keeps the ice off and it is just soft enough to grip your feet. The
smooth non diamond shaped surface makes it easy to clean the snow off. Let’s face it, better grip=better skating and better skating means more fun. Demand the best. Demand EVA, Ram, 6 pound, Boyd Hill Grip. Get it where you can and save yourself the hassle. We’ve tried them all and this grip works the best.
“NO SNOWSKATE SHOE = NO CHAIR LIFT ACCESS!” Brian Beauchene Inter view by Jack Hitchcock Red Subtitles by Clarke #3 In The World
Does anybody make shoes besides vans? There are several skateboard shoe companies with “Water Resistant” models, and some have more insulation than regular skate shoes- but no company is currently making a shoe/ boot made specifically for snowskating. The 2010/11 Vans Mt. Edition is probably the best shoe currently made. The grip of the Vans Mtn. Edition is very good but the upper part of the shoe is not quite adequate Are they available in the USA? The Vans Mt Edition shoe is only available at shops that carry
Brian is the owner of Pluto Sports in Knoxville. Brian knows more about snowskate shoes and skate shoes in general than anybody you have ever met. If you want to know about the direction snowskate shoe production is going read the interview. If you want to buy some shoes call Pluto and support your fellow snowskaters. (865) 523-0045.
Vans Snowboard boots, and most shops that carry Vans snowboard Boots did not order the Vans Mt edition Shoe. They are now available but they are very rare. (Call Pluto.) Are there any new shoes? Or anything new about the old shoes? The 2007/8 Vans Ico 3 and the 2008/9 Vans Ico 4 are considered to be the best snowskate shoes ever made. They have great grip on a snowskate and a neoprene cuff around the ankle to keep snow out of the shoes. It is a high top with a Velcro strap you can
tighten for more ankle support. Buy them if you can find them. (Call Pluto.) What is the importance of a sport or activity having it's own shoe? Any activity is considered just a “game, hobby or toy,...” Until there is a shoe specifically made for the activity. Once there is a shoe made specifically for the activity it is considered to be a legitimate sport. Even Frisbee golf has it’s own shoe. Even Curling and Wrestling- If snowskating is going to get in the Olympics we gotta have a shoe. What can snow skat-
ers do to encourage companies to make better shoes? Maybe start an e-mail petition/campaign With Vans to remake the Vans Ico 4. but it must have a graphic of a bi-deck snowskate on the side and on the heel! The logos will let the disagreeable lift operator know that the shoe/boot is made for snowskating. The e-mail campaign
“Even Frisbee golf has it’s own shoe.”
would need to indicate which Vans Snowboard boot retailer the petitioner would buy the shoes from. This way Vans could tell the retailer that 30 people indicated that they would buy the shoe, so they need to pre order 30 pairs of shoes. Other relevant snowskate shoe rantings? Most ski resorts (Especially in the south) have a rule indicating “SNOW-
“If snowskating does not get a legitimate footwear model that is approved by resorts, snowskating will eventually be eliminated from chair lifts.” BOARDERS MUST HAVE SNOWBOARD BOOTS” to ride. The ski resorts will not allow you to ride the chair with regular shoes or even hiking boots. If snowskaters have shoes that are made for snowskating, they should be allowed on the slopes. If snowskaters don’t have shoes made for
snowskating, the resorts may require the use of snowboard boots to ride a snowskate. If snowskating does not get a legitimate footwear model that is approved by resorts, snowskating will eventually be eliminated from chair lifts. NO
SNOWSKATE SHOE=NO CHAIR ACCESS! (Especially in Tennessee). (For sure at Ober Gatlinburg!) Snowskate companies should promote a stronger future for snowskating by building more skate specific shoes and boots.
Byorn R-G Indy Transfer At High Cascade. Photo taken by Greg Furey with the help of Corey McDonald
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one who attended last years event. Stay tuned to facebook nd future issues for more info.
Minus 7 opens a shop
snowskate trade show announced On July 3rd after only one week of notice 30 snowskaters got together for the first ever starfish summer snowskate jam. The event was held at silver peak in central Washington a short 4x4 drive from snoqualmie pass. Skaters met at starfish headquarters piled into 4x4 vehicles and headed up the rough road to silver peak.
Tahoe’s number one snowskate company Minus 7 has opened a new storefront just off of highway 80 . The new store is ready to supply all of your snowskate needs. Stop in and show your support.
away and in no time jumps, jams and jibs were conNolan Westcot structed. Next stereos and bbq’s Needs a sponsor showed up and the session was on. The session con Nolan tinued late into the Wescot contacted evening starfish to let us know that he The event was such is in dire need of a success on such a new sponsor. short notice that His qualifications starfish has deinclude; youthcided to turn the fulness, he can jam into a summer do blacks and he snowskate trade knows Adrian Rasshow complete mussen. with tents, skeet shooting and jafBanana stallion fle cooking. Mirides for freenus-7, Lib, Rocker, dom in Oregon fuse, Chiller and circuit are already signed up to at After wintend and demo new ning the gold at products. last years Olympic
After a short hike skaters were treated to a snow field with almost 800 vertical feet of skateable terrain. The skaters went to work right Thanks to every-
games the Banana Stallion and his
personal manager Pete used the stallions new found popularity and influence for the greater good of north American Snowskaters. The Banana Stallion succeeded where many skaters have failed before he actual convinced the Timberline Ski Patrol into allowing skaters on their hill. Snowskaters are now tolerated on Timberlines lifts
Super model drowns Starfish Tshirt super model Ryan Graham drown last summer in a boating accident. Ryan was famous as the guy who got his hair lit on fire and the guy who rafted
down the street on an inner tube during the flood of 2009. R.I.P. Ryan you will be missed.
Hurricane ridge expands its hours. After a lot of hard lobbying and fund raising by Frank Crippen and the Banana Stallion the access road to Hurricane Ridge will be open seven days a week this season. This gives skaters 5 more days a week to ride powder and should give the Olympic committee more time to work on this years coarse
Snowskates arrive in Alaska With help from the Florida Powder company snowskaters were represented at
last years tailgate Alaska event in Valdez. Blair Habenict, Jim Hale and Nick Perata
were all spotted shredding huge AK slopes binding free.
SNOWSKATE RESORT GUIDE
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CA Bear Mountain Park CA Boreal Mountain Park CA Dodge Ridge Park CA June Mountain Park CA Kirkwood Park CA Mammoth Park CA Mt. High Park CA Northstar at Tahoe Lift Access CA Sierra at Tahoe Lift Access CA Snow Summit Park CO Beaver Creek Lift Access CO Breckenridge Park CO Buttermilk Lift Access CO Copper Mountain Lift Access CO Crested Butte Park CO Keystone Lift Access CO Telluride Lift Access (strap needed for fixed grips) CO Vail Lift Access ID Schweitzer Lift Access w/ strap ID Silver Mtn Lift Access ID Sun Valley Lift Access IL Chestnut Mountain Park IL Raging Buffalo Park IN Paoli Peaks Park IN Perfect North Park ME Sunday River Park MI Bittersweet Lift Access MI Caberfae Lift Access MI Holiday Hills Lift Access MI Marquette Mountain Lift Access NC Appalachian Ski Mtn Park, Lift Access NC Hawk's Nest Park NH Crotched Mtn Lift Access NH Pats Peak Lift Access NH Loon Mountain Park NH Waterville Valley Park NM Angel Fire Lift Access OR Hoodoo Park OR Timberline Summer?Spring Hiking Only OR Meadows Summer/Spring Hiking Only PA Ski Liberty Park To recomend changes in of PA Ski Round Top Park any kind contact starfishPA Whitetail Park snoskate@yahoo.com.
TN Ober Gatlingburg UT Brighton Park UT Snowbird Park VT Mount Snow Lift Access (sometimes iffy, recomending sticking to the highspeed lifts or super slow ones) VT Smuggler's Notch Park VT Stowe Park VT Stratton Gondola Only VT Sugarbush Park VT Jay Peak Lift Access WA Hurricane Ridge Lift Access WA Mt Baker Lift Access WA Mt Spokane Lift Access WA Summit at Snoqualmie Lift Access WA Steven's Pass Lift Access! WA Mission Ridge Lift Access WA Crystal Mountain Lift Access WV Snowshoe Park WY Snow King Lift Access
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Castle Mountain Lift Access Canada Olympic Park Lift Access Hidden Valley Lift Access Lake Louise Lift Access Marmot Basin Lift Access Nakiska Lift Access Rabbit Hill Lift Access Snow Valley Lift Access Sunshine Lift Access Tawatinaw Lift Access Fernie Lift Access Mt. Seymour Park Salmo Lift Access Red Mtn Lift Access w/ strap Whistler BC Park, Lift Access Whitewater Lift Access w/ strap Falcon Lake Lift Holiday Mountain Lift Stoney Mountain Lift Martock Park Wentworth Park Mont-Comi Park Lift Access Mont St-Bruno Lift Access/park Mont Sutton Lift Access/Park