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FWT12 Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc

Freeriding, finding something steep, picking your own lines and making flow. In this vid, FWT12 Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc, Richard Amacker shows us how it is done.
(Source: FWT12)

Mountain High and SCOA Ski and Snowboard Weekly Photo Contest!

More photo contest winners

This Thursday, SCOA will be announcing the winner of this week's Mountain High Day Pass.

Whale Watching by sea kayak!

You can't get this close to a whale in a boat - join SCOA while we sea kayak with gray whales

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Event - 7 Jan

Whale Watching by sea kayak!

Experience one of nature's most magnificent creatures, the grey whale, as it completes the longest migration of any mammal in the world. Kayaking provides a truly intimate, up close and eco friendly opportunity to check out these gentle giants that you can't get on the large whale watching ...

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Event - 7 Jan

Epic Incan Downhill Adventure (Big Bikes Only, 10 days)

Get ready to wipe the drool off your full-face helmet, it is time to step up your game! Big. As in super-humongous-holy-cow-that's-big. That's the riding on our Inca Adventure trip - big, massive, epic downhills and lots of them. There are few words that can match the grand scale of the mountain biking in the Andes. From the world's-longest-downhill dropping 11,000 feet t...

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Event - 7 Jan

Mt. Thom Cardio Workout

Join us for a great evening workout to Mt. Thom in the Verdigo Mountains starting from the Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale. This hike is short but has several very steep sections. The views of the city lights are great and it sure beats a boring gym. Chances are you'll get a much better...

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Gray Whales up close - SCOA Stock

Event - 7 Jan

San Clemente Island for 1.5 Days! Hot Price!! (Cabins)

This is a 1.5 day specialty trip aboard the Horizon. 1.5 days (night dive!) at a gorgeous island seemingly MADE for us divers! The Horizon is not your average local dive boat. She's built for multi-day trips out to sea and has a wonderful salon, galley, bunks, and dive accommodations...

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Event - 7 Jan

CATALINA ISLAND! 3-Tank Dive Boat for Cheap!

Catalina Island is a special destination for scuba divers. It offers gorgeous diving in areas much less dove than the mainland. If you were to take the ferry over to the island, it alone would cost you $66... and that's not factoring in your food or diving. This day boat promises to be ...

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BLOG - 7 Jan

What kind of fish is it?

Any idea what kind of fish this is? Here is the mystery fish of the week. (Photo: Pacific Wilderness)

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Great While Encounter: this shot taken off the cost of Isla de Guadalupe Mexico. If you have the time and resources to make the trek, there are several dive tour companies that will take you there. Most of them are based out of San Diego. Another option is the Faralon Island near San Francisco.

(Photo: Horizon Charters San Diego)

Event - 7 Jan

Epic Incan Downhill Adventure (Big Bikes Only, 10 days)

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Event - 7 Jan

San Juan

Perfect weather is predicted this weekend and the best time to do San Juan is this time of year. This will be a self shuttle. We should meet at the bottom of the trail by 9:00. The plan is to do 2 runs so we need enough cars to get everyone back to the top. If you only want to make 1 run that ...

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Photo - San Juan Trail

Cheesy Me

Mark Warrick gathering the group to ride San Juan. Epic trail. SCOA will be hitting it up Sunday 08 Jan 9 AM.

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Checkout our ol'e stomping ground - GMR. They make it look so easy.
Gold On The Ceiling - Brant Havro rides GMR

Event - 12 Dec

Mountain High and SCOA Ski and Snowboard Weekly Photo Contest!

Finally - a contest for the winter creature in all of us. It is simple; a weekly photo contest celebrating winter, the outdoors and the adventurous spirit. Your challenge, should you accept it, capture in a photo or video the essence of skiing or snowboarding!

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BLOG - 12 Dec

Mt. High SCOA Winter 2011-12 Collab.

"We are stepping up our winter program this year," says Chris Ashford SCOA's lead organizer. "The collab between SCOA and Mountain High makes sense," continues Ashford. "People are working harder and with less time to play, if there is an opportunity to make play simple people gravitate to it. Regular contests and shuttles to the mountain are simple things people like."

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BLOG - 1 Nov

$349 Anytime Season Pass Sale ENDS DEC 1ST!

Get an adult anytime season pass to Mountain High for just $349 and ski or snowboard all season for less than the cost of 6 visits. Order yours today! $349 Anytime Season Pass Sale ENDS DEC 1ST! ...

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