Thanks to Derren at Black Tusk,Crossland,PK,Dan and Matty for making it happen out in the unreal super coastal mountains.We were able to ski three lines in the Tantalus range this day by using 4 or 5 heli assists.We climbed and skied the west rib of mt serratus,we reached the next line from the back of mt dione’s south ridge by climbing through a little notch in the ridge then descending the east facing side that spills onto the north end of the serratus glacier(a steep exposed face running onto an open glacier),we then went to look at this couloir on the west face of tantalus and dione and it was perfect so after being dropped on the dione glacier we made a short traverse on mid 5th class rock and snow(which can be harder than you think with alpine ski boots and fat skies) to the entrance of the couloir and it was a couloir in the true sense 50 degrees on average and 300 metres or more in length.We named it the ratty couloir after matty richard sent it first.This was one to remember for sure and quite possibly a first descent on the west side of mt dione.These mountains hold so much beauty.Big spirits in the red tit col.cawww caww.

For more check out TGRs re:session and the edge of forever.

tantalus blog from paddy kaye on Vimeo.

 Some cold rush content for ya.REttallack is the sht!

  shreddin free runs in tabernac(one of my rettallack favorites

the freeride zone

I was just at the redbull cold rush on the 16 17 18th of march and it was a blast.Skied lots of pow and visited all the bros at rettallack.The comp went off.It is rider judged,with a backcountry big air,a cliff/pillow zone and a freeride zone.Its an all around skier invitational.And at the end I was lucky enough to go home with the gold so check it out.

the bros in the cat sending happy vibes, classic rettallack

the cliff zone

sean an i chillin before the shred

Tantalus peak on our way in to the jib haberl hut in mid morning when it was warming up dangerously

sunset in beautiful makah bay

   

makah bay

paddling out in between sets in playa carmen costa rica last fall

 

 

View from inside the jim haberl hut

Last year I had a great year.I had some great adventures around home,skied some cool peaks,went to the north cascades,Chamonix,had a great summer/fall,won the breakthrough performer from the powder mag awards and just had the most pow at home in whistler skiing the gnar behind the scenes.Pure fun and adventure,no cameras just friends.The real thing.heres some shots.

Oli and i on serratus in the tantalus range

dione southridge east side from serratus summit

alpha is one we didnt hit in tantalus but theres lots of lines

first day in the heli last winter in pemby

Mt cook and mt weart from alpine meadows

Wedge mt south face which i hike last april to ski the northwest coulour with 2 good friends and ski parteners.RIP STEVE.I went to a cool cabin in the duffey lake area over christmas 07 with some of my dads friends who built it.

bird outside the snow spider cabin say hi

flying in a white out in the cascades

flying toward the flutetopia zone that our crew made some first descents on

the jungfrau on my tgr swiuze tripnate on the traverse after skiing the cosmique colour in cham

oli on the patio in le tour after skiing from the col du passion

a shot of the run i skied on a ski tour from flegere in the aiguille rouges with dave and stian

makah bay surf trip in september

the native way of cooking salmon in the makah reservation

buzzing the road in the chopper

the crew just hanging in the mountains on a snow assessment run

In late february I went on an oakley/tgr trip to northern BC.The crew was seth,dana,tanner and I.Pretty sick.There heli terrain was huge and remote.Also the lodge was 5 star.It had been sunny for 2 weeks before we showed up and was abit over cast the first couple days so we did some relaxing,cross-country skiing,beer drinking and foozball playing.When the sun broke we were in awe with the sights.We scoped a ton of terrain at first and then started by looking for stuff with light on it.The seconded mission was finding soft snow that wasnt blown away from the strong north winds that had been hitting the coast range aswell as the skeena range.The heli time we had booked was flying by from looking for nice terrain,picking up the 2 loads,finding light,snow and just working around all the variables the mountains brought us.We had such an awsome guide,pilot and crew so we had many good runs but the conditions were hard for doing the stuff we needed for filming but we picked away every couple days and had mostly high pressureand no new snow.It was great to ski the terrain up there.At the end we hit some fun spine lines,a windlip session and some of us made the second decent of the second highest peak in the skeena range with a gnarly tow in landing and a 4500 ft coulour on the northwest face,it was a mostly successful adventure.Thanks crew.

In late january and early february I got over to france for some turns.My trip started in Areches-Beufort,a small unknown ski area in the french alps.This is were the laurent favre oxbow back to powder invitational is being held.The area was sick with lots of minigolf terrain(for france)but long runs with alot of features.The comp is a 5 day thing with a long ridge of freeride terrain for the big mountain peice of the event,a nice table top kicker and wood jib(that was sketchy to say the least) for us to session,and a bundle of hand built jumps of the piste.Im not much of a competition shredder but this was more of a session so i was into it.It was a bit unorganized and snow conditions were not permitting gnarly ripping.In between parts of the event the rider got to go make some long runs with lots of natural feature in marginal snow.The table top ended up being a fun session for me to through all my tricks and the next day was the big mountain ridge that was canceled  because of firm snow and windy conditions so we went and hit the backcountry kickers.Every one was ripping and besides overshooting all the jumps I through alot of tricks and had a blast.Because of bad condition and since we were judging each other we decided to split all the prize money and just turn the event into a session and it ended well.Of course it started dumping a day after the comp and i decided to head to chamonix with Mike hopkins and julien regnier to do some shots for Weski magazine.We got lots of powder skiiing on real runs and I saw alot of good friends.Stoked.Skied in comayeur italy for the first time.There was more snow in italy than there has been for 5 years.After our crew left I decided to stay in cham for a bit longer and ski with Stain,Oli and all the bros.We had some really good days in Vallorcine and on the midi.My friend from canada Callum also showed up in cham surprisingly.So he had a great introduction to the chamonix valley with the best skiing either of us had experienced this season.It came to an end to fast and I had to go home to make it on a tgr trip in northern bc.Over all a big highlight of the year so far.