Big Sky Resort is huge, incredible and has something for everyone. 5,850 acres and vertical of 4,350 feet over 3 peaks in are served by 26 lifts (most of them new). It sits halfway down Montana’s Gallatin River Canyon between Bozeman and the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park, it’s about an hour drive south from Bozeman airport. Big Sky’s, big runs, amazing vistas – you can’t ski this area in a day – it takes three.

Our guest is Zoe Mavis, Zoe is a legend at Big Sky where she’s been the training manager for the Mountain Sports School for 13 years. She is also a 2-term member of the PSIA-AASI National Team. Zoe has been teaching skiing since she was 15 and has a passion for outdoor education over the years in both skiing and water sports.

There is a ton of skiing right now in August. But – where to Ski? I’m not excited about skiing in lanes on a glacier in between racers and I certainly wasn’t going to try one of the indoor hockey rinks designed for slalom skiers.

We take a look where its actually winter . In Australia there is Threadbo and Perisher; New Zealand has Coronet Peak and Mt Hutt; Chile has Portillo, La Parva, Valle Nevados, and Argentina has the Barriloche area, Las Lenas, Cerro Castor – and that’s just the tip of the resort iceberg.

So, I reached out to a friend who grew up and worked at multiple places south of the equator to bring some sense to my growing list. Grab your skis, let’s jump on a plane and head south.

I’m thrilled to welcome Barney Caddick back to our show, you might remember him from our Arlberg episode. Barney is a senior guide and owner of Ski Like a Pro in St Anton, Austria. With 38 seasons of teaching and guiding on 4 continents, Barney has seen it all. He started his own ski journey in Australia and has spent summers teaching and guiding in Chile, Argentina, and in his home country of Australia.

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Find Barney at Ski Like a Pro

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Tucked into the end of a box canyon in Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah; Alta is known for steep chutes and deep powder - an old-style ski town focused on the skiing and the people who ski there.

Scott Urtel has guided for Wasatch Powderbirds, and for Ski with Kim for a decade. He is currently the lead training officer for the Alta Ski Patrol, and skis this mountain pretty much every day of the season.

Our Favs

• Best Hotel - Goldminers Daughter
• Best Apres - The Peruvian or an Alta bomb at the Goldminer’s Daughter?
• Best Run - that really depends on the day and the snow - pick a chute

Thank you to the Grits Band for the music

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