Earlier this month Bret phoned me with an excited tone to his voice and crazy proposition: an overnight assault on a mountain face that had been taunting him all winter. Bret lives in Squamish and the face he’d been staring down happened to be the Southeast face of Mt. Atwell, the dramatic diamond-shaped 2655m peak […]

Sunday broke to a hot, bright sun blasting through the windows above the couch I’m sleeping on, (thanks Jules and Seamus!) I had plans to meet with friends Bayden and Zanny for a repeat on sausage rolls and Mt. Slalok while Adam, either intimidated by the thought of another alpine assault or out of sibling […]

A prolonged week of cold, wet weather in the city was followed by clearing skies and mountains blanketed by light, dry pow. The Easter heat wave baked any slope under 1900m, but our goal was the 2650m glacier-cloaked monster known as Slalok. Z Scott picked me up way too early in the morning and the […]

Hootenanny implies a wild and raucous celebration and our recent trip to the interior was a prime example. With good friends bringing good news and a crew of Norwegians adventuring across BC in a rented 30′ RV, we were guaranteed a good time, even if we hadn’t been gifted with heaps of snow and the […]

UPDATE – Video posted on VIMEO – Empire State of Mind A week after the Pineapple Express soaked the west coast the skies finally parted, drying and stabilizing the snow and allowing us access to an epic mountains of pow shredding. As the first wave of four, Adam, Rory, Clara and I climbed up to […]

Back in January I got together with some friends (including an ACMG guide) and went out into the Whistler backcountry to brush up on some glacier travel, rope work and steep skiing techniques. Saturday morning cracked with beautiful blue skies and a gondola ride to the top of Whistler to give us a running start […]

I’ve finally had a chance to get through the backlog photos from my New Years trip into Wheeler Hut in Glacier National Park. For those that are unawares, Rogers Pass is pretty much the backcountry skiing mecca as it boasts perhaps the best (easiest) road access, incredible terrain, and consistently amazing snow. Our crew was […]

UPDATE! Here are the rest of the best of my photos from Amurrrica! All in all, I had a blast thanks to the wonderful people, mountains and snow of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming! Many thanks, and I WILL be back! Previously…. The tradeshow scene is a unique experience within the ski community… I have never […]