Posts Tagged ski photo
One of the many benefits to backcountry skiing in the Pacific Northwest (besides tons of snow and huge amounts of terrain) is we don’t have to worry AS MUCH about hoar frost. Which is why, while living in Whitefish, Montana, last winter, I was always a bit nervous ski touring. Although I wouldn’t say Whitefish [...]
I don’t think you can find a single backcountry skier in Washington State who hasn’t anxiously awaited their day on the Muir snowfield of Mt Rainier. From novice ski tourers to experienced mountaineers, Mt Rainier is a skiers playground. The below photograph was shot after a day of touring, looking down at the Paradise Inn, [...]
Yesterday I posted the video “A Dozen More Turns“, which was played at Saturdays Northwest Avalanche Summit here in Seattle. The avalanche video, showing the real-life story of a group of friends enjoying some epic hut skiing was, and is, a reminder that no matter how much avalanche experience you have, things can go wrong. [...]
It’s raining. Yup, it’s that time of the year. Actually, this time two years ago was when the NW received copious amounts of rain. Just check out some of these photos from Mt Rainier – http://mountrainierclimbing.blogspot.com/2006/11/mt-rainier-storm-flood-damage-photos.html. Believe it or not, there are sections of the park that are just now opening from that storm. But [...]
In the winter of ’05 a group of us took a chopper deep into the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia. For a week we reveled in the backcountry ski terrain that surrounded us and the Fairy Meadows hut, mostly inspired, often intimidated. Temperatures were utterly freezing (at one point hitting -32 degrees!) and while we [...]
You probably never knew there was such a thing as extreme cross country skiing, did you? Me neither, and actually I wouldn’t argue this is extreme per se. Instead I would have termed our little ski adventure to the tiny outpost of Polebridge, Montana, last winter as more backcountry cross country skiing. No groomed trails [...]
Winter is coming. What proof do I have? Very little actually, except that many of us are talking about trying to fit in one last mountain bike ride before the snow starts falling. Which led me to looking back on some photographs I took last fall right about this time. We took a trip over [...]
If you believe everything you read on the internet, than Wikipedia is the bible. According to them, backcountry skiing is defined as: Backcountry skiing is skiing in a sparsely inhabited rural region over ungroomed and unmarked slopes or pistes. More importantly, the land and the snow pack are not monitored, patrolled, or maintained. Fixed mechanical [...]
Backcountry skiing is a lot like surfing. You never really know what the conditions are going to be until you get there. Sure you can study the weather forecast before and leading up to your trip; but the fact of the matter is, there are so many factors that can completely screw up that perfect [...]
Backcountryskiphotos.com (will be) officially launching with an inspiring and ever-changing selection of the best damn backcountry ski photos on the planet! Not only that, but expect to see interviews from the best adventure and ski photographers out there.
