Crazy Nor’easter storm during the Christmas Holiday in Eastern USA with feet of snow coming down, closing airports and causing general chaos. In New York City, people are snowed in and life slows down. But not for this extreme skier who decides to start skiing down the streets of downtown New York City.

This crazy skier decided to ski down Park Avenue in Manhattan by being towed behind a car and video tapping it! Looks like fun and a great way to enjoy the piles of snow that fell in the past few days. It doesn’t look very safe however, lots of obstacles to run into and the tow skier almost lost balance while skiing on the Park Avenue.

Ever wondered what it’s like to ski through 18 inches of fresh new powder? That’s 45 cm of fresh snow!

Now you can experience skiing down that fresh, deep, powder just by sitting where you are thanks to this amateur ski movie maker wearing a helmet cam. Here you enjoy a 1st person view of what backcountry skiing really is!

This short ski video was filmed on some sweet terrain at Sun Valley Resort in Idaho on the Lookout Bowl. Sun Valley Resort is part of the Smoky Mountains of Idaho, which is party of the Rocky Mountains. It’s a huge ski area which is relatively unknown but get piles of snow every year.

No amazing ski tricks in this video, just some nice riding on a beautiful ski run full of new snow!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADc9Vr1JYmg

Some awesome camera work in this backcountry skiing video filmed at The Canyons Resort in Utah. The Canyons is the largest of the three ski resorts located in Park City, Utah, the other two are Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resort.

This is some of the best filming I’ve ever seen for an extreme skiing movie. There are some telemarkers in this video as well as some nice snowboarding off some cliffs that are just covered under a huge amount of snow. The terrain isn’t particularly hard and the skiers don’t do anything spectacular, but this is a great overview of what backcountry extreme skiing is for most of us. Loads and loads of champagne powder too. The skiers have a huge tail of powder snow behind them as the ski down the ski slopes.

Just can’t say it enough, the scenes in this video are amazing!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntsXogwnBYE

Up near the top Mount Washington,  one of the best extreme, backcountry skiing areas on the East Coast lies Tuckerman Ravine. Famous for the amazing snow and difficult terrain that is relatively easy to get too (depending on the season, only a 1km hike in the spring, longer in the winter). Tuckerman Ravine is also very popular, attracting thousands of visitors on spring weekends. There’s even a t-bar up there that’s operational now.

In this backcountry ski video, we see a skier attempt to go down Lunch Rocks on the Ravine. It doesn’t look like he’s a very good skier and it doesn’t look like he scouted out the decent. He does a couple turns between the cliffs and tries to stop at the top of a cliff, only to fall off the cliff head first. Good lesson here, don’t stop near the edge of a cliff, better yet, he shouldn’t have tried to stop at all!

Remember, always scout out your area and don’t go on terrain that is over your head.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt9U3LUUvrk

Sunday river is a huge ski resort (200 runs) out in Maine, in the New England area of the states. It just opened their 2010 seaons 2 days ago, on Friday the 22nd of October, making it the first resort to open in the USA this year.

Here is some great footage of some of the backcountry woods at Sunday River. Most of the video is some kids skiing, but they’re solid and look like pros. Beautiful glades at a resort not that famous for it. Would love to check it out.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QpU-mAZFRA

Most of you have see the famous ski gliding video that’s out there. Here is another extreme ski video of some amateurs also ski gliding, but not as crazy.

The amateur backcountry extreme skiers get towed up a hill in Bozeman, Montana while on ski by a snowmobile. The skiers then kind of slingshot themselves while on skis and use a parachute to paraglide down the mountain. Looks fun, but those are some crazy skiers try to ski glide.

If you want to see the famous, professional ski gliding video, check it out here:

Ski Gliding the Eiger in the Swiss Alps – First Person View

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD-5FTOH0d0

A great ski video of my favorite type of skiing! Skiing in the woods! These skiers are great and the ski video footage is amazing as they ski through the area I fell in love with skiing, Vermont USA.

As a note from the uploader, there is a small part of the skiing video that is filmed outside Vermont in New Hampshire on Mount Washington, a well known extreme skiing location in Eastern USA.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6-IVPOANW0

Corbet’s Couloir is the most famous and hardest run at Jackson Hole in Wyoming.  It is one of the few slopes to have its own wikipedia article! Here are some highlights:

“Currently rated #4 on the top fifty things for skiers to do before they die, it holds an international reputation among expert skiers, and has been described as “America’s scariest ski slope”

“Entrance into the couloir requires dropping off a cornice with a free fall ranging from 10 to 30 feet (9.1 m) depending upon snow conditions, landing on a 60 plus degree slope.”

So it’s pretty hard. In this ski video, we see the guy skiing up to the ski run, past a big “CLOSED” sign. They chill up at the top and watch a guy ski down it nicely. The camera man’s friend then jumps in, doesn’t look too good. We are then informed that he “yard saled” and see him collecting his equipment. Ends up he has an ACL injury, that sucks. Awesome run though!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9itfc0ZpMo

Some sweet video shots of deep powder skiing in the glades at one of the best ski resorts on the East Coast. The riders know what they’re doing as they fly between obstacles. Can’t stop talking saying good things about Jay Peak, most snow in the East (32 feet!) and lots and lots of crazy expert ski terrain in the woods.

It’s normally hard to get decent video out in the forest but these guys do an amazing job. There’s a close moment in the middle of the video where a rider does a cliff drop in the glades and almost lands on another riders, but nothing happened.

“I love Jay but I’m Not Gay”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpv5u19HERo

A ski video of experts deep powder skiing in the Southwestern USA. Located along the border of California and Neveda is an amazing ski area home to numerous resorts known as the Lake Tahoe area. This ski video is professionally shot video by 4 Reel Productions shows expert skiiers skiing some of the best terrain in North America. The shots are amazing as the ski down uncharted runs in the area, uncluding going through narrow canyon and some crazy, rocky, mountain peaks.

Let the 2009-2010 North American ski season begin!