Gregg Frantz

If you ever wanted to take a trip to South America and hit Argentinian or Chilean ski resorts now might be the best time to go. You could not ask for a better way to start off the ski season in South America! Three weeks into the season, the Chilean Resort of Valle Nevado is over halfway to its average winter snowfall. So far the ski resort has gotten 130 inches of snow. Its average annual snowfall is 240 inches.

When most people think about flying the first things that may pop in people's minds are frustration, headaches, and waiting in long lines . Most people would agree that losing your luggage is one of the most frustrating things a person can deal with when traveling. However, can you imagine getting your gear and equipment stolen for a once-in-a-lifetime trip? That is what happened to three Japanese men who traveled to Alaska to climb Denali. Subaru Takeda, Genya Takenaka, and Toranosuke Nagayama spent two years planning the expedition to Denali when someone stole all their gear.

Gregg Frantz | | Share this article Much of the East Coast and especially the Northeast just received its first major heat wave of

Americans love to take road trips and travel to places for vacations during the summer. This summer, 75% of American adults plan on taking a road trip with 33% planning on traveling more than 250 miles from home according to WalletHub . With so many Americans planning on going somewhere this summer, it would be interesting to know what states ranked at the top of the list for the best places to go.

Chile is the place to be right now for skiing with record snowpack totals so far this season. One resort has already surpassed its season average. This May, which is Chile's Fall season, temperatures broke records along the coast of the country. Temperatures were near freezing, making it the coldest May the country has seen since 1950, according to the Chilean meteorological agency. One of South America's biggest winters and deepest snowpacks over the past decade happened during a very strong El Niño cycle in 2015.

Gregg Frantz | | Share this article Just because ski season is over does not mean that there are not plenty of great activities to do on the mountain.

Gregg Frantz | | Share this article It seems almost every ski resort in the country is making upgrades, improvements, or expanding its terrain at this time, or at least is planning to.

Gregg Frantz | | Share this article Kitzbühel in Austria is located 90 minutes from Munich airport and every year the resort is home

Kitzbühel in Austria is located 90 minutes from Munich airport and every year the resort is home to the famous Hahnenkamm race, the world’s most challenging downhill ski race. Roughly 100,000 people come every year to watch the spectacle live and millions tune in on TV as the world’s best alpine skiers race down one of the steepest race slopes […]

Gregg Frantz | | Share this article Peak Skis was founded by former pro skier Bode Miller and big mountain skier and mountaineer Chris Davenport in 2022.