About Me

I grew up skiing back east in New England before I headed out west to Colorado where I attended Colorado College. After college I started ski patrolling at Taos Ski Valley in Taos NM where spending time in a continental snowpack made me appreciate a deeper snowpack in the interior part of British Columbia. I've spent my last two winters based in Nelson B.C. enjoying the commradarie and freedom to ski in many different areas. Along with skiing I've been guiding for RMI on Rainier, Denali, the North Cascades as well as internationally the last four years. My true passion is in ski mountaineering and looking for new terrain to explore. My hope is to start working this winter on a comprehensive guidebook for skiing in Rainier National Park.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Early Season Blues

With high freezing levels and it dumping rain here in the Pacific Northwest with a pineapple express storm.  There's not much to do I find my mind wandering to my adventures skiing in British Columbia.  Early season is always hard on a skier with sketchy snowpacks and lots of down days.

Early Season skiing with a sympathetic release


Early Season snowpack, Slab on Facets!


Kootenay Pass at 1700m just across the Canadian Border is an amazing zone offering all types of skiing from mini golf lines to big northern couloirs.



Twin Lakes Basin, Kootenay Pass (Satan's Choice)

Jesse Rappeling into Satan's Choice

Derek enjoying some powder at Kootenay Pass

Jesse Skiing Satan's Choice

Kootenay Pass


Drying out our socks at the Cabin Kootenay Pass

Jesse enjoying another mini golf line



I'm enjoying another couloir at Kootenay Pass




Mike taking the ferry to Revelstoke

Our home in the back of Mike's Van at Roger's Pass

Mike bootpacking up Leda Peak at Roger's Pass

Me skiing in Forever Young Couloir

Jesse enjoying some storm skiing

Rallying late night during a storm back across the ferry

The beautiful North Face of Mt. Fisher with our line dead center

Jesse bootpacking up Mt. Fisher

Louie scheming for outing in the Canadian Rockies

Louie enjoying some powder on Mt. Ogden

Jesse deep in it on Mt. Ogden


Out with Kicking Horse boys!
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