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Once upon a time Stevens Pass Marketing Guy Matt Gormley emailed us asking us to take down a story and we did it. You may or may not know about our policy for removing articles, but let’s just say, if he can convince us to take something down, he can certain get us to put [...]

By Dylan Hart
“We have the deepest opening base in the history of Mt. Baker and great skiing and snowboarding conditions continue with lots of deep powder and cold temperatures.”
- http://www.mtbaker.us/snow-report
Writing a positive opening day report about Baker is easy as charging five bucks for a rub-on wax. In fact, most ski resorts in Washington don’t [...]

Last year, Timbro had his worst first day of snowboarding of the year, ever. He wrote all about it, so you can get up to speed. This year, Meadows’s opening day came much earlier than last, and unlike last year, Timbro was there. Since this opening day thing is officially getting old (and yes, we [...]

Are you jealous of Eric Frazier right now? Yeah, me too.
Story and Photos by Brad Jameson
What’s that saying? “When the resort boasts powder, it’s a dusting. If they say packed powder, it means moguls. And if they claim firm groomers, they mean ice.” So what does it mean when the resort advertises “VERY EARLY [...]

Check out magichairproductions.com edit from opening weekend at A Basin. Yes, it’s old news, but mostly, we’re posting it to start getting you psyched for Magic Mondays, coming to YoBeat every Monday from now on. (Well, every Monday something has happened the week before at least.)

Fun on tiny little rails at Mt. Snow’s 209 Opening Day from our friends at Iheartsnow and their dirty fisheye.

For those of you with short attention spans, lack of ability to comprehend humor, or just curious about the wonders of the Nikon D90, Jared Souney edited an alternate version of our Urban shredding adventure.

by Brooke Geery
On October 25, Killington, a Mecca of culture and snow guns, opened their doors/lifts/trails for a little early season jibbing. This year, although later than usual, was better than ever. Instead of one half-trail, there were four, all located in the Glades area of Killington Peak. After a rather frightening pickup truck ride [...]