In the studio and in the alpine, Matthew Day Jackson explores transformation, where fleeting ski lines and elemental forces shape both art and landscape. “It is a dance without spectators,” says Matthew Day Jackson, “vanishing behind us with each turn, leaving only a faint mark in the snow as a testament to presence, to intention, to being.”
The full moon rose slowly, deliberately. It crested the jagged silhouette of the Elk Mountains and spilled silver light across a quiet meadow just above Aspen, turning snow into something luminous and alive. Under that moon, a small gathering moved gently through the landscape. Some glided on cross-country skis, their tracks tracing clean lines ...
Skiing has always been an act of creativity. There is a rhythm to it, a kind of poetry in motion that lives somewhere between control and surrender. At Aztech Mountain, we’ve always believed that great skiwear should capture that same balance of precision and personality, performance and art.
This winter, we are bringing that idea to life throu...
While the Olympics are now in our collective rearview mirrors, the torch still burns. Ski racing captured global attention while in Cortina, stretching the sport's energy beyond avid skiers. The Cortina Games shed light on what this sport demands from its athletes.
Team USA’s simultaneous triumph in Breezy's and Mikaela's gold medals juxtaposed...
A Team Built on the Road
The ski season isn’t defined by just wins. It’s defined by all the in-between moments when the pressure is on, training is hard, flights get delayed or entire days are derailed. For the Aztech Mountain athletes on the U.S. Ski Team, the road is where family is built, gear is tested and athletes are pushed.
To Kyle, the...
A Life in Transit
Professional athletes hardly live normal lives. Constant travel makes it impossible to take to traditional methods to stay grounded. Routines must be portable and comforts accessible all over the world. What matters is what can move with them from country to country; start gate to start gate.
For Kyle, food is a stabil...
The day begins earlier than most. Alarm clocks slice through night's silence, broaching the dawn long before chairlifts hum with action, before the mountain belongs to anyone. Bodies rise slowly, but with purpose, and minds quietly take inventory of what lies in the day ahead.
“Waking up is always agony,” Wiley Maple admits. “But I’m st...
The first installment of Crescendo to Cortina focuses on the bug that bit Aztech Mountain's Olympians—Wiley Maple, Tricia Mangan, Kyle Negomir and Nina O'Brien. Elite athletes are often remembered for their greatest successes and failures. However, when you pry a little deeper, their stories are far more granular than the binary of winning and l...
There’s a shift that happens in Aspen come spring. The air softens, the sun lingers longer before ducking behind Shadow Mountain, and Ajax transforms into a different type of playground for those who love skiing with a side of revelry.
For World Cup athletes there is a complex ecosystem of professionals, friends, family, and community who transform individual potential into the pursuit of excellence. Without this team, speed is unattainable. Tricia Mangan shares her perspective...
Ski towns are built on tradition, and in Aspen, there is no tradition more sacred than stepping into a gondola cabin on a bluebird powder day, pressing your forehead to the glass, and watching the town fade away beneath you. Cheers to top-to-bottom gondi laps. Long live the Silver Queen.
