John Clary Davies
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Encinitas, CA, United States
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The Lifts Are Closed—and We Can Still Go Skiing
After two days spent cancelling everything I had planned for the next few weeks, including three ski trips, and grimly watching the invisible, amoebic, → Read More
What to Do When Not Skiing is the Best Choice
This story originally appeared in the January 2020 (48.4) issue of POWDER. We had no context, no anchor, nothing to root us. Just white. As my wife drove → Read More
Legendary Skier Dean Cummings Charged with Murder
Dean Cummings is being held without bail as he awaits trial in Sandoval County Jail. → Read More
A Love Letter to Old, Dorky, Perfect Hawaiian Shirts
We could all take ourselves a little less seriously → Read More
Had One Too Many Last Night? Do We Have the Coffee Shop for You
Man, you look terrible. You come to visit for one weekend and turn into a zombie. Don’t worry, I’ve got a coffee shop for you. Let’s go to Triple Blacks. → Read More
Our Favorite New Ski Gear for Men and Women
We handpicked the best base layers, socks, shells, helmets, and more to help you stay on the mountain for as long as you damn well please this winter. → Read More
Despite Everything, Taos Ski Valley Now Has Its Own Airline
Taos Air will offer daily direct flights from Dallas and Austin from December through March, to a dusty airstrip 30 minutes from the chairlifts. → Read More
A Family Ski Story
This is the intro, from the editor, for the February issue of POWDER. Can’t find the magazine? Subscribe here for just $15. Helen was the original. The pho → Read More
“Single?!”
I’ve always assumed I’d meet my future wife on an old, slow double chairlift. So when I heard about the speed-dating event Mount Hood Ski Bowl was hosting on Valentine’s Day, I figured I’d speed up the process. All my friends were being cute with their girlfriends that night anyway, so why not go fall in love myself. → Read More
How I Did Not Meet My Wife on the Chairlift at Ski Bowl
I’ve always assumed I’d meet my future wife on an old, slow double chairlift. So when I heard about the speed-dating event Mount Hood Ski Bowl was hosting on Valentine’s Day, I figured I’d speed up the process. All my friends were being cute with their girlfriends that night anyway, so why not go fall in love myself. → Read More
When It All Lines Up
An essay on one man who always followed his ski dream. → Read More
An 11-Step Program to Realizing Your Best Skiing Self
PHOTO: Brian Mohr We know the feeling: your legs are heavy, your back sore, your mind a flurry. The last time you sent it, you ended up tomahawking for 200 feet, losing your goggles, and digging in the snow for your ski for two hours. But your path to a more holistic balance, a more → Read More
The Snow Sucks. Ski Anyway.
PHOTOS: John Clary Davies It was a shit start to the season. Vail was a single man-made run covered in regulatory signs ("No jumping!" "Slow Down!") and Yellow Jackets waving their arms at passing skiers to pump the brakes. Taos didn't have much more. Breckenridge limited us to the bunny chair. Steamboat introduced us to → Read More
The Israeli Ski Community on the World's Most Militarized Border
Our writer spent a week at Mount Hermon, a ski area between Syrian, Lebanon, and Israel, that gets 10,000 skiers a day on its 1,200 acres and has a backcountry riddled with land mines. But that doesn't stop the skiers from making a life of it. → Read More
Skiing With Dad
This is the intro, from the editor, for the December issue of POWDER. Can’t find the magazine? Subscribe here for just $15. It’s not even 5. I can hear the → Read More
Welcome to Deep Powder, Our Membership Program
Over the years, our loyal readers have shared feedback on what makes POWDER great, and, more importantly, how we can make it better. Readers are always looking for more compelling stories and photography, more cultural insight, and more gear. Especially more gear. Over the last 46 years, it’s our readers who have driven our success. → Read More
The Next American Ski Towns
Traditional ski towns are no longer affordable options for most skiers—these satellite ski communities are the new dream. → Read More
Skiing Will Never Be the Same
This is the intro, from the editor, for the November issue of POWDER, which is on newsstands now. Can't find the magazine? Subscribe here for just $15. I p → Read More
The Israeli Ski Community on the World's Most Militarized Border
Our writer spent a week at Mount Hermon, a ski area between Syrian, Lebanon, and Israel, that gets 10,000 skiers a day on its 1,200 acres and has a backcountry riddled with land mines. But that doesn't stop the skiers from making a life of it. → Read More
The New American Dream Home Is a Parking Lot
The housing crisis in the Mountain West has gotten so bad that some folks are happy to rent a clean piece of pavement. → Read More