“Information Flash” is FREESKIER’s on-line column designed to maintain you recent with snippets of out of doors information it is advisable to find out about. This text is printed weekly on Fridays, recapping your entire week.
Weak storms predicted for the remainder of 2023
Nothing thrilling is within the forecast earlier than the New Yr however probably the most hopeful place to be on this subsequent storm cycle is coastal British Columbia. Tahoe and the Sierra Nevadas can count on just a little motion and the East is extra rain, in line with this week’s OpenSnow forecast.
Smartwool needs to show your previous garments into buying credit score
In an effort to maintain clothes out of landfills, Smartwool and ThredUp have created a clothes donation program that makes everybody a winner. For each merchandise of ladies’s and youngsters’ clothes donated (any model), Smartwool is providing buying credit score. Get began right here.
Huge Sky proclaims plans for brand new 8-person elevate
This week Huge Sky introduced the brand new 8-person elevate that may substitute the present Six Shooter elevate. Development will start summer time 2024 and the resort plans to unveil the brand new elevate at the start of the 2024-25 ski season.
Kirsty Muir out for the season with knee harm
We’re bummed to see that Kirsty Muir will likely be out for the rest of the competitors season with an ACL and menisicus harm. We’re wishing you a speedy restoration, Kirsty!
Amie Engerbretson says farewell to Spyder and Scott
The Warren Miller stalwart simply introduced on Instagram that she is saying goodbye to her partnerships with Spyder and Scott Sports activities. As she hints within the feedback, she’ll be asserting a brand new sponsorship quickly however when you poke round her web page, you might be able to discover what group she’s becoming a member of.
Richard Permin presents “Odysseus”
Be part of among the best skiers on the planet on the last word odyssey via nature’s most treacherous terrain. From the best peaks to aquatic abyss, this ski flick is a visible and auditory expertise all its personal.
Nikolai Schirmer and Sam Favret drop “Draconians”
Sam Favret sends it as much as Nikolai Schirmer’s homeland to expertise what all of the hype is about. Steep, slender couloirs, slopes that run all the best way to the ocean and practically infinite days create the proper enviornment for “Draconians.”
