The Big LePowSki – Feb 25-27, Brighton

Mai oui, The Big LePowSki is rolling into Salt Lake City to set up pins and knock’em down until they go click at Brighton. This is the second annual gathering of TBLP, and last year was a blast.

The format is pretty simple – ski/ride & party, but not necessarily in that order. Starting on Thursday night with a Backcountry Film Festival, it then rolls on to a Friday night pre-registration at the BD retail store where you can mingle with the athletes/instructors. Noah Howell will be signing left buttock cheeks, Forrest Shearer gets the right and Julian Carr will be sticking back layouts off of the BD clocktower onto a flat cement landing.

The actual skiing action takes place on Saturday from 9am – 4pm at Brighton and features morning and afternoon clinics on just about anything to do with skiing, riding and the backcountry. I’ll be teaching clinics on steep skiing and backcountry terrain assessment, but if I wasn’t, I’d love to take a clinic on filming or park riding. The cost is $75 which includes a lift ticket, the clinics, lunch and a ticket to the Shoot Out Party that night at Club Elevate.

The Big LePowSki is put on by Black Diamond and Arc’Teryx with the help of many other sponsors. This is one of four stops for the tour (La Grave, Davos, St. Anton and Brighton) and it is a fun, yet casual event. There’s something for everyone and crankin’ skills are not required.

For more info and to register, visit www.thebiglepowski.com

Posted by Andrew McLean on February 17th, 2010 in Brighton and USA and Utah

Andrew McLean

I'm Andrew and I specialize in steep skiing in remote locations. I've chased first descents on all 7 continents and I'm currently looking for a new one to add to the list. When not skiing I design mountain equipment and write about my adventures at http://straightchuter.com.