Mali Noyes is The Insatiable Skier

About this episode

Mali Noyes discusses her journey and achievements in steep skiing, influenced by her Nordic roots and mental challenges faced during her project.

Welcome back to the Next Level Skiing podcast, brought to you by Wagner Skis. Salt Lake City skier Mali Noyes, in the spring of 2025, channeled her Nordic skiing roots and more than a decade of ski touring in Utah's Wasatch to set a new bar for swift steep skiing in the West. The 36-year-old skied all 93 lines detailed in Andrew McClean's seminal steep skiing bible "The Chuting Gallery. It took her only 47 days. An epic achievement. Listen in as Mali shares insights into how her Nordic skiing background fueled her exploration of backcountry steeps, pushing through mental fatigue, mentorship, and honing intuition in consequential avalanche terrain. Topics: 2:30 Growing up Nordic skiing in Sun Valley 3:30 Taking up alpine skiing with mom's boots after college 4:00 After three years of downhill skiing, joining the Freeride World Tour. "I crashed my way through … overwhelmed and scared." 4:50 Transitioning to backcountry with Nordic fitness, big-mountain skills, and "a love gf spending long days" in the mountains. 4:20 An "obsessive personality" and the Chuting Gallery project 5:20 The mindset of Nordic: finding weaknesses and improving 8:10 "I wonder how fast I could ski all them?"…

People in this episode

Host: Wagner Skis

Guest: Mali Noyes

Topics covered

• Nordic skiing
• alpine skiing
• backcountry skiing
• mental fatigue
• avalanche safety
• Freeride World Tour
• steep skiing

Keywords

• Mali Noyes
• steep skiing
• Nordic skiing
• backcountry
• Freeride World Tour
• mental fatigue
• avalanche terrain
• The Chuting Gallery

Sponsors

Wagner Skis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Chuting Gallery

Places: Salt Lake City, Utah's Wasatch

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