Enjoying some warm weather this summer in the South Pacific.  The wind and waves have been great for surfing and kiteboarding here on Oahu.  Thinking of snow and contemplating what next winter has in store for Peak Adventures.  Let us know what you are up to this summer on our facebook page and give us your thoughts on next winter.

Various reports indicating a weakening of the El Nino phenomena look like they might just correspond with a change in our weather.  One of the biggest fronts of the winter looks to be hitting N. Idaho over the next few days with continuing precip in the long term forecast.  Wednesday looks like it could be a good day for catskiing.  If you have a crew, and want some end of the season freshies, give us a call.  My forecast is over a foot by Wed. in our terrain.

A cloudy powder day in March at Peak Adventures, enjoy.  (click on the photo)

Here is a short video montage of some of the best photos of the season.  Enjoy.

What better way to say thank you to your employees and supporters than a day of catskiing fresh pow?

Island Ski & Board in Coeur d’Alene closed their doors for the day and the entire staff and development team joined us for a day of bluebird skies and pow turns. This season Island Ski & Board provided us with two pairs of Line fat powder skis for our clients to demo.  If you haven’t done so, stop in and check out the shop while passing through Coeur d’Alene, they have  a great selection of ski gear to outfit you for cat-skiing trips, including outerwear, custom footbeds, powder skis, and snowboards.  Thanks for joining us guys.

8 inches fell Sunday, and it continued throughout the day on Monday.  As usual, we got more than NOAA forecasted and Silver Mtn. reported (3 inches).

Perfect conditions for a day of guided ski touring in some of the steep places we can’t reach with the snowcat.  Here are a few pics from Sunday’s tour in the Crystal Lakes Basin.  The snowpack was solid for a day skiing some steep lines in our ski touring terrain.

It is dumping on the mountain (currently at a rate of 1/2″ per hour). Forecast showing more snow continuing tonight and tomorrow. Seeking powder hounds to play hooky from work this Tuesday and get some powder turns in before spring really hits. Give a call now to book your last minute adventure!

Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Monday: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday Night: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

This type of NOAA forecast has frequently resulted in a good 6-8 inches of fresh snowfall.  If this storm continues to evolve, Tuesday will be a good day for catskiing.  Stay posted powder hounds.

Just back from another pow day.  While some are dusting off their bikes and golf clubs, we are making powder turns.  If it dumps we roll, if it doesn’t we don’t.  Sign up for our standby list on the homepage if you want to get out when the next big one hits.

In seeking to spice up our blog a bit, we have decided we will start filling you in on a few of the challenges, adventures, and mistakes that happen to us on a daily basis while attempting to maintain a fleet of snowcats and snowmobiles, 13,000 acres of terrain, and a remote yurt in the mountains of North Idaho.  Just yesterday for example we had an interesting experience while escorting our BLM (Bureau of Land Management) supervisor around the PEAK terrain.  Shortly after unloading our snowmobiles and loading down a toboggan with gear we headed up the road towards the yurt as we do 4-5 days a week.  We decided to give our BLM man one of the snowmobiles so he could have some fun riding.  While I knew it was a bit icy up ahead from our trip down the day prior, I wasn’t expecting a 200 foot stretch of pure water ice that would be challenging for any rider, or even walking on.  We managed to barely make it through by carrying lots of speed, but when I turned around I noticed the other sled and toboggan slowly sliding towards the precipice at the edge of the road where there was a good drop to the forest below.  I hoped off the sled, started running towards him, feet flew out from under me and I slid down the road where fortunately our man had managed to stop the sled before hitting the edge.  Took a few attempts to get through the ice, but we made it.  It would have been a bad start to loose our BLM rep over the road on his first visit with us.  Coming back down involved a 180 spin on the same spot of ice into the ditch.  Stay posted for more PEAK misadventures…