Archive for March, 2009

Cold Rush

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

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

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com
  the free day,killer pow runsshreddin free runs in tabernac(one of my rettallack favorites

 

shreddin the cliff zone for the event

shreddin the cliff zone for the event

 

 

the freeride zone

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 bros in the cat sending happy vibes, classic rettallack

 

the cliff zone

the cliff zone

 

sean an i chillin before the shred

sean an i chillin before the shred

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Last year highlights

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

 

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

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

sunset in beautiful makah bay

 

   

makah bay

makah bay

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

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

View from inside the jim haberl hut

 

 

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

Oli and i on serratus in the tantalus range

 


climing west rib of serratus on the way to the north face descent

climing west rib of serratus on the way to the north face descent

 

oli starting up the dione south ridge on the way to the south west coulour

oli starting up the dione south ridge on the way to the south west coulour

 

dione southridge east side from serratus summit

dione southridge east side from serratus summit

 

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

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

first day in the heli last winter in pemby

first day in the heli last winter in pemby

Mt cook and mt weart from alpine meadows

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.with

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

bird outside the snow spider cabin say hi

flying in a white out in the cascades

flying in a white out in the cascades

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

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

the jung

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

oli on the patio after skiing from the col du passion

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

 

shot from a ski tour from flegere in the aiguille rouges with dave and stian

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

makah bay surf trip in september

the native way of cooking salmon in the makah reservation

the native way of cooking salmon in the makah reservation

Bell 2 Lodge/last frontier heli-skiing

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

 

buzzing the road in the chopper

buzzing the road in the chopper

 

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

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.