Shortly thereafter, we were pillaging the freshly-fallen powder.” After patiently waiting 15 minutes, we stepped outside to welcome the cold, crisp air and fresh snow. Waiting for me was the infamous “INTER-LODGE, TRAVEL CLOSED, AVALANCHE DANGER” sign. I met Matt Berkowitz in the basement of the maze that is the Cliff Lodge (after taking an unnamed staircase down from the 4th floor, finding myself in the laundry room, racing through an employees-only hallway, taking an elevator down another floor and a short… er… long-cut through the kid’s game room). “My favorite memory might have come from the very beginning of the week. Those moments, where the group came together, are collectively the best memory of the week.” Stories about the best tomahawk, side hit, party lap or the prior night’s festivities are shared with everyone. The stoke level is always at an all-time high and the energy can not be beat. At the end of each day, everyone gets together and hangs out around the Yurt-sharing stories about the day, as well as a healthy amount of beverages. “The group of testers and staff at FREEESKIER are bringing the fun and positive energy that is needed in the ski industry. Don’t want to get too heavy and look over the constant laughs we had all week, but that will be seared in my brain forever.” “My favorite memory would have to be skiing deep ass pow laps with my childhood hero, Pep Fujas. We did it fam! Till next year.Ī post shared by Dan Grund on at 5:14pm PDT That, and getting to spin some laps with edit-hero Sander Hadley and feeling the bottom of my stomach drop out after getting a little too sendy… But then stomping the landing was all-time.”Īnother Freeskier test in the books! 5 days, 85 pairs of skis, 3 tomahawks, >12 beers a day, a dozen breakfast burritos, too much pot chocolate, 1 Dino costume worn, 1 yeti cooler won, and zero jerries destroyed (though not for a lack of me popping blind rollers). was an amazing feeling and reminded me why I love skiing so much. “After having spent most of my winter couped up in a classroom and only able to sneak away for a few Colorado park laps every week or two, being greeted by a foot and a half of fresh snow at one of the raddest resorts in the western U.S. When the interlodge was finally lifted, we skied deep pow all day to kick off the week.” A storm had dropped 14-plus inches on Snowbird and we awoke to the echoes of avalanche bombs all around us. “This year, on our first morning, we were ‘interlodged,’ meaning we couldn’t leave the our house due to intense avalanche mitigation. (Photos by Erik Seo unless otherwise noted) Relive the greatness with us, and get stoked to see the best darn skis of 2018 in our next batch of magazines, available here for a limited-time and stupid-low price. And, now that the grand event is over and done with, we give you this: a collection of Ski Test memories, as recounted by various testers, brand reps and FREESKIER staffers. Our 2017 Ski Test was the best time ever… Dozens of the industry’s best folks gathered at Snowbird, Utah for a week full of shredding-pow, groomers, cliffs, side hits, everything-with the end goal of determining what skis are best-fit for our 2018 Buyer’s Guide.
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