Archive for April, 2009

Andy Jacobsen called Tue night and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. “Do you want to come with Travis and I to ski Lone Peak? We are planning on skinning up into the cirque, climbing a 5.10 route on the summit wall with skis on and descending the Northeast Couloir”. Andy has been [...]

Our adventure continues! 

Drake and I took a recon flight and found a sweet zone to call home.
 

 There was only one clear day forecast for the 2 week duration of the trip and it was coming up tomorrow. We knew we had to get as much footage as we could because we might not get another chance.
We headed [...]

 So obviously Haines is THE place for big mountain riding, right? I mean this is where the most amazing footage has been coming from for many years now. Six of us from PW productions were lucky enough to make the journey this spring and get a small taste of what’s out there. Bad weather and [...]

 
I did pre-apologize to Darrell about this one, but he ended up still walking away mad. 
 
The plan was to tick off the Generator Couloir up Big Cottonwood Canyon.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

We then booted all the way out the creek and to the car. A shit show? Yes, I would have to say so. But also, great training and [...]

I’ve been heading up to AK and the Valdez/Thompson Pass area for the past several winters to film ‘big mountain’ lines for the PW flicks. This year we all wanted to try something different. We were tired of being cooped up in the RV and waiting for weather breaks. Getting flown in and dropped off [...]

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again? A bit obsessed with this line by now, Courtney and I went back for a second attempt Sunday morning.
 
Unfortunately our story stops here, or at least doesn’t continue down the objective we were intending. With just a few too many signs of snow instability (naturals lower [...]

The early bird gets the worm and the tardy skier gets the weather. Courtney Phillips and I started hiking with beautiful blue skies and spring temps late this morning. However, stormy weather started coming in as we reached the upper Maybird Basin and traversed underneath the line.