powder skiing Archives - The Snowalker https://www.thesnowalker.com/tag/powder-skiing/ One more mountain line Sun, 19 Feb 2023 20:03:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.thesnowalker.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Snowalker-logo-mountain-bw-2-1-32x32.jpg powder skiing Archives - The Snowalker https://www.thesnowalker.com/tag/powder-skiing/ 32 32 90835253 PUSU Skis – Bringing Finnish ski building tradition in to the 21st century https://www.thesnowalker.com/2022/09/12/pusu-skis-bringing-finnish-ski-building-tradition-in-to-the-21st-century/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2022/09/12/pusu-skis-bringing-finnish-ski-building-tradition-in-to-the-21st-century/#respond Mon, 12 Sep 2022 15:01:14 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=2713 As news about an upcoming  ski brand manufacturing innovative, award-winning skis in a farm, somewhere amidst the forests of Central Finland started to circle, it was time to investigate.    I´m standing in the parking lot, in front of a traditional Finnish barn, in the heart of the country´s lake district. It´s […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2022/09/12/pusu-skis-bringing-finnish-ski-building-tradition-in-to-the-21st-century/feed/ 0 2713 Good times & deep lines at the Mimmi Freek´End in Pyhä, Lapland https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/10/27/good-times-deep-lines-at-the-mimmi-freekend-in-pyha-lapland/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/10/27/good-times-deep-lines-at-the-mimmi-freekend-in-pyha-lapland/#respond Sun, 27 Oct 2019 12:41:31 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=1729 From above, our group of skiers and snowboarders looks like a slowly moving pearl string necklace, as we navigate our way through snow-covered thin spruce trees to the Karhunjuomalampi wilderness hut, following the ski track laid by our guide Katja Heikkinen. The surrounding Pyhä National Park has received a foot-deep […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/10/27/good-times-deep-lines-at-the-mimmi-freekend-in-pyha-lapland/feed/ 0 1729 Past, Present and Tamok with Jarkko Henttonen https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/05/17/past-present-and-tamok-with-jarkko-henttonen/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/05/17/past-present-and-tamok-with-jarkko-henttonen/#respond Fri, 17 May 2019 16:46:12 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=1400 Professional snowboarder, ski magazine owner, freeride contest organizer, FWT judge, snow safety author and lecturer, husky musher, mountain guide, ski area developer – the common denominator in Jarkko Henttonen´s CV is his passion for the mountains. I sat down with him to talk through his career and current resort project, […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/05/17/past-present-and-tamok-with-jarkko-henttonen/feed/ 0 1400 The skier´s guide to the Japanese powder galaxy https://www.thesnowalker.com/2018/02/07/the-skiers-guide-to-the-japanese-ski-galaxy-6-things-to-know-before-you-go/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2018/02/07/the-skiers-guide-to-the-japanese-ski-galaxy-6-things-to-know-before-you-go/#respond Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:27:36 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=292 The combination of a unique culture, rich food tradition, local hospitality and one of the world’s best snow records has in recent years made Japan a stable in ski destination bucket lists. Japan has hundreds of distinctively different ski areas on two islands, which can make planning your first trip […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2018/02/07/the-skiers-guide-to-the-japanese-ski-galaxy-6-things-to-know-before-you-go/feed/ 0 292 Tracing the roots of Japanese skiing in Nozawa Onsen https://www.thesnowalker.com/2017/02/08/tracing-the-roots-of-japanese-skiing-in-nozawa-onsen/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2017/02/08/tracing-the-roots-of-japanese-skiing-in-nozawa-onsen/#respond Wed, 08 Feb 2017 09:56:59 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=343 It is two a.m. and dark outside. I watch heavy wet snowflakes gently floating down in the halo of a solitary street lamp behind the tinted glass window of our traditional ryokan style room. Unable to sleep, I get up and quietly push open the sliding door with the paper panels, trying […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2017/02/08/tracing-the-roots-of-japanese-skiing-in-nozawa-onsen/feed/ 0 343 On the Myoko Express https://www.thesnowalker.com/2016/11/09/on-the-myoko-express/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2016/11/09/on-the-myoko-express/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:46:17 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=244 After spending a sleepless night in a hotel situated in the middle of Kabukicho´s red light district in Shinjuku we headed for the busy Tokyo Station. Sleep-deprived, we pulled our ski bags through a constant stream of people trying to read the signs written mostly in Japanese. In the end we managed to find […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2016/11/09/on-the-myoko-express/feed/ 2 244 Krippenstein – Austria ´s world powder heritage site https://www.thesnowalker.com/2015/11/12/krippenstein-austria-s-world-powder-heritage-site/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2015/11/12/krippenstein-austria-s-world-powder-heritage-site/#respond Thu, 12 Nov 2015 19:00:56 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=82 The Dachstein mountains rising up to 3000 m are known for the high number of karst caves in the area, some of which are 60-80 km long. The inner Salzkammergut region, which includes the Dachstein massif and the town of Halstatt have been declared as a world heritage site by […]

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