Fit For Snow

02/13/2026

Never done Bulgarian squats? Here's a great reel showing how body position can influence the load

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02/11/2026

Not into running? Here's a body weighted workout that can be done anywhere and is another great way to get the endorphins going. Move directly from one exercise to the next without rest in between. They are set up to alternate between hard efforts and movements that will allow some recover. Complete the whole sequence and then repeat it at least once more. If you still have something in the tank at the end finish with as many reps of 40 tuck jumps followed by 20 seconds of rest as you can.

1. 20 lunge walks out and 20 back. Go uphill and downhill if you're at a hill. Step them out long and add an upper body twist if you have the stability
2. 40 tuck jumps springing up from a squat and pulling your legs up in front with each jump. Keep your contact time to a minimum.
3. 40 slow curtsy squats (20 each side)
4. 60 split squat jumps (30 each side), dropping down so the front knee is at 90 degrees and immediately springing up to switch feet
5. 20 slow Bulgarian squats or single leg squats onto a bench
6. 40 lateral jumps (20 each side)

02/09/2026

Want a way to get those endorphins going? Since Ullar hasn't brought the snow try a good hard workout. While your days at the hill are very challenging right now, they aren't giving your muscles the attention that they need. So as tired as your brain is, and as unmotivated as you are plan to meet up with your team after work and get on a good sweat. Dig hard and put all that frustration into generating power.

Try and uphill run against your peers if the base area is snow free. Lace up your runners, warm up your legs and do 30 second sprints uphill, walk back down and on the minute mark sprint up again. Who can last the longest? Guests still on the mountain? Get them cheering and chanting to keep you going

02/07/2026

Good news peeps!

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The signal continues to increase for a wet, cold pattern across the West over the next 2+ weeks bringing beneficial snow and low snow levels to the Western Mountains. Feet of snow will fall, helping to significantly boost the snowpack. Mountains and ski areas will look night and day different from the start of the month to the end of this month❄️

02/07/2026

Fit for Snow is at Solitude Mountain! Like many resorts Solitude isn't having a great snow year, but they're all working hard to keep the teams supported.

02/05/2026

Working at the resort when conditions are as rough as they are this season takes it toll on the body. The bullet proof hardpack means that even a small tumble is going to hurt and your feet are sure to take a beating.

Don't let those hard abrasions keep adding up. As soon as the tissue is damaged it's going to swell, which means that it'll be even more subject to pressure and before you know it you've really got a problem.

At the first signs of discomfort readjust your socks, add layers of tape, make foam donuts to offload, and even switch out your boots to an old pair. Ice the painful area and get out of your boots whenever you can.

02/03/2026

Fit for Snow is out on the mountain this week. Check out our foot maintenance session at Red Mountain. Like many resorts in the west this isn't the best year for snow, but this awesome resort is still a great place to be.

01/31/2026

It's a tough snowpack out there. Fluctuating temps have left most locations with low coverage, icy pistes and near unskiable crust in the backcountry. It sucks, especially when you have to put on your boots and be out there every day.

Telling ourselves that we still have a lot to be grateful for doesn't cut it. While gratitude is a great tool to reframe things, it's a rare individual that can make the switch in their frame of focus. Likewise, we don't have to look very far at all to find someone who is much worse off than we are - and yet doing so doesn't make up for the lack of snow.

So for the next week lets commit to DOING things together and see if we can generate some goodness in this gloomy time

01/27/2026

Gone skiing! Back next week

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01/25/2026

What about alternatives to medication when dealing with pain?

For musculoskeletal injuries the most popular approach is to look for side to side imbalances and then work on building strength and range of motion to correct the deficit. But when researchers look at the biomechanical changes from this kind of training they don't always correlate with changes in pain.

A recent article in the British Journal of Sports Medicine offers a different perspective. The article entitled "It is not all about strength: rethinking mechanistic assumptions in exercise-based rehabilitation for musculoskeletal pain relief" explores the idea that other factors might be driving our sensitivity to pain.

It is not all about strength: rethinking mechanistic assumptions in exercise-based rehabilitation for musculoskeletal pain relief

01/23/2026

The best way to treat injuries is to prevent them. Here's a great article from our friends at the Banff Sport Medicine Foundation that can help you avoid damaging your knees.

https://bsmfoundation.ca/valgus-the-4-letter-word-of-the-ski-snowboard-industry/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPL4I1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFobzNadmkyTzdKRmZUbmZUc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrxZV0m829JTfgRjorZatDkuuyBempnuu50H3HleConJwoxWejQkVCknHRXL_aem_o6LoGf-3BiBTNqo2QIw2ww

01/21/2026

Pain, acute or chronic it's a very strong signal. We often curse it, but pain is protective and generally it guides us away from harm - but that isn't always true.

There's the pain of a hard push, type II effort or a burst of power. In these situation it just tells us that we've moved outside our comfort zone, but given that we can easily recover these types of pain don't need our attention.

The pain that is immediate following an injury is called acute, and this type of pain should be dealt with immediately. Allowing pain to take over in the first few hours and days following an injury prevents us from resting effectively and can slow healing. For major bone and connective tissue injuries, especially those requiring surgery, op**te based medications like Percocet, OxyContin, Vicodin or Fentanyl are commonly prescribed. They can be effective and other than causing severe constipation, a few days of exposure to these narcotic drugs is not usually dangerous.

But longer exposures, and higher doses do lead to addiction in 3-12% of people - with lifelong consequences. And in many cases combined dosing of ibuprofen (such as Advil or Motrin) and acetaminophen (Tylenol) can be more effective than opioid medications for the treatment of pain.

So, if you struggle at all with substance use, and you have a major crash at the hill, consider taking the more conservative approach to treating your pain. It could save you and the people who love you a lot of grief.