Trail Runs

Video: An Early-Season Run Down Squaw Valley’s Lower Dog Leg

A run down Squaw Valley’s Lower Dog Leg trail, off the Red Dog and Far East Express lifts, during Thanksgiving Weekend. Conditions were typical of the early season, with thin cover and protruding shrubs in many places. Wind levels were relatively high on the day of this recording.

Video: A Run Down Beaver Creek’s Expert-Only Royal Elk Glade

A journey down Beaver Creek's long, precipitously-pitched Royal Elk Glade on Grouse Mountain. Runs like this contribute to the resort's very high challenge score in our ratings.

Video: Big Sky Triple-Black-Diamond Headwaters Run

A run down Hell's Half-Acre, an extremely demanding high-alpine run within Big Sky's Headwaters area. Reaching this line requires one of the most technical hikes we've done anywhere.

Alpine Meadows Early-Season Roundhouse Run: Sympathy Face + Associated Trees

A lap down Alpine Meadows' Sympathy Face, one of the only trails exclusively served by the resort’s Roundhouse lift. This tree terrain is quite technical, with steep, twisty pitches and considerable exposed rock on this mid-December day.

Corridor: A Trip Down Northstar's Most Technically Challenging Pitch

A run down Northstar’s Corridor trail in December 2020. From a strictly technical sense, we feel this is Northstar’s most challenging marked run.

Squaw Valley Navigation Challenge: High Camp to Siberia

While assessing Squaw Valley's navigation score last winter, we tested whether it was possible to drop into some interesting terrain while traversing from High Camp to the bottom of the Siberia Express lift.