Over the past couple days we've gotten a bit of new snow. Just enough to freshen things up a bit and make some of my favorite lines in the backcountry nice and fresh again. And everyone knows that I love to ski low angle pow. Today we headed out to one of my favorite zones and found exactly what we were looking for, fresh turns. We battled with some difficult visibility and waited for a while to get this "window". This short video clip is from one of the runs I took today, Sunday 2/7/10. HOTG. Notice, when I pull up in the middle, the freight train of sluff that flies by, good thing I wasn't in its way...

Labels: Bakcountry skiing, Columbia Sportswear, Dalbello skiboots, Elan Olympus, Elan Skis, Jeremy Benson, Powder Skiing

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 Miles Clark
I've always wanted to go ski that line. I didn't realize that it's that looonnnnggg! Badass.

# : February 8, 2010 11:52 PM

 

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From Chainsaw Productions check out Brad Holmes slaying some pow.

Labels: Brad Holmes, Dalbello skiboots, Elan Boomerang, Elan Skis

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Over the past week we have received around 8 feet of snow in Lake Tahoe. Not record breaking by any means, but we have had one of the best weeks of skiing ever! Not only did it snow 8 feet, but we've had consistently good skiing the whole time, and for the past couple of days we have enjoyed the most stable snowpack that I have ever seen. So stable that I can hardly believe it, yet I have tried to take full advantage of it. With thin cloud cover and consistent light snow for the past two days we have enjoyed all-time powder conditions on south facing terrain. Normally I avoid south faces after storms but this cycle has allowed us to enjoy powder conditions in places that I never thought possible. The Lake Tahoe backcountry has been going off, giving up some of the best conditions in history. Sure I've got sore toes, shin bang, whiplash, and a broken finger, but that's all water under the bridge. I'm not sure how many more of the best days of skiing of my life I can have, but it seems like everyday for the past week has been just that. I'm sure I can find a little room in the old memory bank to store a few more.....

Labels: backcountry skiing, Columbia Sportswear, Elan Skis, Jeremy Benson

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 Marky C
it's OK Benson.. you can claim it.. YOU are so fresh and so clean.. holla! Nice vid!!

# : January 25, 2010 7:57 AM

 

 Anonymous
holy pow!!!

# : January 25, 2010 8:46 PM

 

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Its been snowing for days here in Lake Tahoe. The past couple of days have been epic to say the least. Today high winds and heavy snow kept most of the area's lift accesible terrain closed, but there were ample deep untracked powder turns available in the Lake Tahoe Backcountry. The skiing only improved throughout the day as the rate of snowfall and velocity of the winds increased. My new GoPro HD worked flawlessly, and I still can't believe that such a small camera can shoot HD video with such good color. Check out some of my clips from today. It was my first day skiing on some of next years Elan Olympus skis, and I'd have to say that I enjoyed them thoroughly. Sorry if the video is a little long, but hopefully you like Guns and Roses...

Labels: backcountry skiing, Elan Skis, GoPro HD, Jeremy Benson, Powder Skiing

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 Dave
Luckily I like Guns and Roses! Sick pow skiing Benson! Almost as good as being there ... almost. Keep crushing it!!

# : January 23, 2010 9:07 PM

 

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For a few years now I have hoped that I might eventually have a taller heel riser for my Marker Duke bindings. Finally my prayers have been answered. I recently acquired a set of the new "long" heel risers. The difference is pretty substantial as you can see in the following photos.
With new and improved Duke heel risers views like these are much easier to come by. This is the view to the south from the summit of Jakes today...

Labels: backcountry skiing, Columbia Sportswear, Elan Skis, Jakes, Jeremy Benson, Lake Tahoe, Marker Dukes

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It hasn't snowed in a few days and the east winds certainly had their way with much of our new snow. Its times like these that I head for a few zones that I know to be wind protected and holding good cold snow. Today my friend Chris Doyle and I went for a 6 hour backcountry tour and the footage you see here is from our last run of the day. Our first 2 runs were pretty darn good, but this was the least wind affected powder we skied, and it was really fun.

Labels: Dalbello skiboots, Elan Skis, Jeremy Benson, Lake Tahoe Backcountry, Powder Skiing

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Twelve inches overnight and today the skiing was off the hook. Alpine Meadows was deserted except for the usual suspects and lots of tourists. Who'd've thought that a full parking lot means all day freshies? Anyway, check out this shot of my friend Mike Vaughan hitting a 40 footer today, booyah!Today I also learned a valuable lesson, only put Lithium Batteries (like the instructions say) in your GoPro camera. Regular batteries last for about 2 minutes and might screw up your camera, go figure. I used mine for a few runs today and here's a quick clip from a sweet double I hit today. It was too much fun skiing at Alpine Meadows today! Get some and have fun out there, Happy Holidays!!!

Labels: Alpine Meadows, Columbia Sportswear, Dalbello skiboots, Elan Skis, go pro helmet camera, Jeremy Benson

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Labels: Elan Skis, Emerald Bay, Jakes, Jeremy Benson, Lake Tahoe Backcountry, Marker Dukes

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 Rals
looks like a fun day on the mountain.

# : December 19, 2009 10:37 PM

 

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Hey, Jeremy Benson reporting from the 2009 Skiing Magazine Ski Test.  We're here in Beautiful Snowbird, UT skiing in mixed hardpack conditions at the moment.  Looks like the storm that is currently crushing Lake Tahoe will drop some nie pow out this way in a day or two.  

Labels: 4frnt, Black Diamond, dumping in tahoe, Dynastar, Elan Skis, hardpack, Line Skis, Nordica Skis, Rossignol skis, Skiing Magazine, Snowbird

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With about a maximum of six inches reported in and around the Tahoe area resorts I wasn't holding on to much hope for an awesome day....   Then I got to Alpine and took a few runs with the boys.  Sure the wind was whipping at the top of summit and the ridge top hikes were a little rough on exposed facial skin, but as long as you kept to the places that were smooth before this last storm there were some great turns to be had.  I had tons of fun hitting small airs and skiing around on my Elan Pogo Holmes.  I was breaking in a brand new pair of Dalbello Krypton Pro's, so my feet were a little tender, but watching my buddy Charlie stomp switch landings and three's off natural features made me forget all about it...  Here's a clip from Estelle Bowl at Alpine today.  

Labels: Alpine Meadows, Dalbello skiboots, Elan Skis, Jeremy Benson

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Jeremy Benson has done it again, nabbing the cover of the Ski Tahoe Brochure. This being his eight millionth published shot this season, it begs the question: Is Jeremy Benson in bed with the publishing giants? Based upon Harper Collin's boyish good looks illustrated below, the answer must be yes.

Labels: Elan Skis, Harper Collins, Jeremy Benson, Ski Tahoe, Uvex

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 Eric Asistin
Jeremy Benson = print Media GIANT! He's all over Northstar billboards as well. Gotta love the Benson!

# : January 2, 2009 11:19 AM

 

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This vid is me skiing a little line on the Buttress at Alpine Meadows, yesterday was about as good as it gets.  The color is a little off in this clip, but I'm getting my new Viosport POV.1 all figured out.  It is dope, I'm glad that someone finally simplified, and dare I say perfected, the helmet cam.  

Labels: Alpine Meadows, Elan Skis, Jeremy Benson

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 Anonymous
Looking good there JB...got the wheels on for sure

# : December 27, 2008 6:08 PM

 

 Matty
Om nom nom nom. Looks tasty.

# : December 29, 2008 5:42 AM

 

 David LaPlante
Rad. I wondered who schralped that line. I think I was like 2 minutes behind you. What an amazing day! I got firsts down the thin sister and left of pumpkins tho! Great video!

# : December 29, 2008 11:11 AM

 

 Gaines
Dear Jeremy,

During the first half of the video, when you are standing up there looking around, what were you thinking about? "Buttress...mmmmm, butt. BUTT. Buttocks. I love BUTT." That is my guess.

# : December 29, 2008 11:28 AM

 

 Anonymous
check out a gopro camera with the chest mount. You will be psyched.

# : January 10, 2009 9:07 AM

 

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This is what it looked like in the backcountry today, seriously!

When I was fixing a flat tire on my mountain bike last friday I had no idea the dumping that we were in for.  The weather looked promising at the time, but at no point did it mention that we'd have 4 feet of new snow in three days.  The fresh 40+ inch layer of superlight fluff has turned my dreams into a reality and I've gotten face shots for the past three days.  It looks like Alpine Meadows will be open top to bottom starting Friday, and people who skied at Squaw today said that it was "pretty freaking good".  I've been taking full advantage of the hiking opportunities and getting fresh lines down pretty much whatever I want thanks to my Marker Dukes, while trying not to get too deep into the snow.  We did get plastered,  but its pretty much all the snow we've got, so pay attention and be careful out there.  There are snow snakes aplenty out there right now, so stay light on your feet and keep your tips up.  Significant settling has occurred over the past several days, so the bottom has become more difficult to find, but not that difficult.  Looks like there is more on the way, so get ready to shred pow until you can't even stand up.  For information on avalanche conditions check out www.sierraavalanchecenter.org.  Have fun, and see you out there.

Labels: Alpine Meadows, Avalanche, backcountry skiing, Elan Skis, Jeremy Benson, Ski, Squaw Valley

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Hey,

Labels: Brad Holmes, Elan Skis, Jeremy Benson

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 Anonymous
HAHAH thats great! Hope there was no beer involved!

# : November 20, 2008 6:50 PM

 

 Rom
haha yes that was a great little clip

# : November 21, 2008 9:50 AM

 

 Gaines
Wow weird that you just happened to be walking around with your skis.

# : November 21, 2008 10:58 AM

 

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