About 130 competitors participated in the Extreme Competition – Ski The East Freeride Tour (STEFT),  at Jay Peak (VT), March 25-26. The final IFSA sanctioned STEFT event of the 2017 season, it was a qualifier for the international Swatch Freeride World Tour. The competition’s Super Finals were held on Sunday under a bluebird

We’re pleased to introduce our most recent Adventure Scholarship recipient, Betsy Manero of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Betsy’s passion is rock climbing, and she intends to use her Adventure Scholarship award to further her training, with the goal of becoming a fully certified AMGA Rock Guide. Check out Betsy’s Adventurer’s page for

Adventure Scholar Aaron Rice is featured in the April edition of Men’s Journal magazine and in their electronic version, as well. Aaron set a world record for vertical feet skied in a calendar year, and every uphill foot was entirely human powered!

On December 29, 2016 Flyin Ryan Adventure Scholarship Recipient Aaron Rice achieved a dream: He skied 2.5 Million human-powered vertical feet in a year. In fact, he did it in 364 days. 5 Winters ago I skied ~75,000′ vert, The next year I skied 117,000′ vert. The next year 248,000′