After Hours by 57hours

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The guides, mountain insiders, and adventure pros who know these places better than anyone — this is where they talk. After Hours by 57hours goes behind the adventures: the terrain decisions, the local knowledge, the stories you don't get from a booking page.

Episodes

  1. Sep 15

    How to Ski Patagonia: Season, Terrain, and Chile vs Argentina | After Hours by 57hours ep. 5

    August and the first half of September are the best weeks to ski Patagonia, though higher areas open in late June. Monte Johnston skis both sides of the Andes. With Viktor he covers Chile or Argentina, where the skiing is, and what a day asks of you. The ski zone sits in the northern Lakes District, on the Chile and Argentina border, nowhere near the Fitz Roy country most people picture when they hear Patagonia. You ski at 2,800 to 3,000 m, kept low on purpose so altitude never slows you down, and a day runs 600 to 1,200 m of skinning with about double that going back down. Old fixed-grip lifts do half the work for you. What Monte and Viktor get into: When to go, and what happens if you turn up too early or too lateChile or Argentina, and how the two sides actually differCerro Catedral, Cerro Bayo, Antillanca and Puyehue, one by oneThe Frey Hut above Bariloche, and what a catered refugio is really likeMules carrying your gear up, and skiing inside a volcano on a glacierTerrain from open volcano flanks to 45 and 50 degree couloirs Monte Johnston is an ACMG Ski Guide and AMGA/IFMGA Mountain Guide based in Squamish, British Columbia, and the owner of Black Sheep Adventure Sports. Worth saying plainly: he doesn't run Patagonia on open dates. He'll take a private group down, which is how his own trips there have happened, but it isn't sitting on a calendar waiting to be booked. His season is at home in British Columbia, plus Japan most winters. After Hours by 57hours is a podcast about the guides, the destinations, and the trips worth planning a year out for. New episodes monthly.

    How to Ski Patagonia: Season, Terrain, and Chile vs Argentina | After Hours by 57hours ep. 5

  2. Aug 29

    Two Guides Built the Backpacking Route Iceland Didn't Have | After Hours by 57hours ep. 4

    Hiking in Iceland usually means the Laugavegur Trail: 55 kilometers, and up to a hundred hikers on the same stretch in a day. Hidden Trails is the backpacking route two guides built instead.The Hidden Trails route covers 150 kilometers (93 miles) over 12 days, roughly three times the length of Laugavegur, through the same central highlands but along paths most hikers never see.Every day on this trek means a fully loaded backpack, loose volcanic scree, constant wind, and river crossings that happen nearly every day and change by the hour.In this episode:- How two guides scouted old warden's-cabin maps and turned overlooked terrain into a backpacking route three times longer than Iceland's busiest hiking trail- What it actually takes to hike it: a fully loaded pack the whole way, days up to 25K, and river crossings scouted by the guide before anyone crosses- Why the small, remote huts end up being people's favorite part of the trip, not the hardestWant to do this trip yourself? Book the Hidden Trails of Iceland backpacking trek with Albert and his team: https://tinyurl.com/3dryn33d

    Two Guides Built the Backpacking Route Iceland Didn't Have | After Hours by 57hours ep. 4

  3. Jul 29

    Ski Touring in Iceland: A Cozy Lodge, or the Last Wilderness by Boat | After Hours by 57hours Ep. #3

    Backcountry skiing in Iceland isn't new — the first ski race in the country was held in 1905 on the Troll Peninsula, now called the cradle of Icelandic skiing. What's new is the guiding: Iceland has produced only five certified ski guides through its own mountain-guide program, and four of them work out of one lodge in Tröllaskagi.On this episode of After Hours by 57hours, Viktor sits down with Ólöf, who left a decade running Icelandic Tourism to convert an old schoolhouse into a ski lodge on her family's land, and Smári, one of the country's first IFMGA-track ski guides. They cover why April beats January for Icelandic powder, what it's like skiing sea-to-summit from a converted 1975 fishing boat in the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve — Iceland's last stretch with no roads at all — and why the geothermal pool waiting at the end of the day is a UNESCO-recognized tradition, not just a nice-to-have.

    Ski Touring in Iceland: A Cozy Lodge, or the Last Wilderness by Boat | After Hours by 57hours Ep. #3

  4. Jul 12

    Why Women-Only Hiking Trips in Iceland Are Booming (Up 13x) | After Hours by 57hours Ep. #2

    Nika sits down with Saga, founder of Viking Woman, to talk about what actually happens on a women-only hiking trip in Iceland: strangers who become friends within a day, the six-day Laugavegur trail from the Highlands to Þórsmörk, and the moment Iceland's first female president told her, hand on her arm, to start her own company and never work under a man. It's a conversation about nature, community, and the version of yourself that shows up when you stop overthinking it and just go.If you've been curious about traveling to Iceland but weren't sure a women-only group was the right call, or whether you're "fit enough" for it, this is the episode to watch first. Browse Saga's women-only trips in Iceland: https://dub.sh/wjSpS35

    Why Women-Only Hiking Trips in Iceland Are Booming (Up 13x) | After Hours by 57hours Ep. #2

  5. Jun 17

    Is Kicking Horse the Best Ski Mountain in North America? | After Hours by 57hours Ep. #1

    Kicking Horse might be the most insane ski resort in North America. Five alpine bowls. Peaks you bootpack to inside the resort boundary. The most chute skiing of any ski area in North America — and snow so consistent you can find powder two weeks after the last storm — this episode goes deep into all of the reasons why skiers from around the world keep coming back. Even the ones who live in Whistler.

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The guides, mountain insiders, and adventure pros who know these places better than anyone — this is where they talk. After Hours by 57hours goes behind the adventures: the terrain decisions, the local knowledge, the stories you don't get from a booking page.

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