Canadian Hangover

I can’t remember a day which has passed by slower than today.  It’s not like I haven’t been busy.. Taxes, email catchup, webmaster duties for 3 sites, catching up on the Valdez snow...

SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW

Hello outside world.  B.C. Backcountry reporting live. Our days here are running together and I will be back in the Explorer headed south again by Monday morning if all goes well. We have the chance ...

Valkyr Lodge

Hanging in the bunk upstairs for a minute and I got my work done a bit ahead of time to give a quick update from Valkyr Lodge. The lodge is a beautiful three story wood lodge.  A gear room downstairs...

Rossland/ Red Mountain

Boots has it figured out. Boots is Sparky and Bridgette’s cat that apparently “came with the house”.  That puts Boots at over 17 years old.  She sleeps under their woodstove at home in Rosslan...

Avalanches Eh?

For some reason even though I am headed to B.C. for a week long avalanche course in the heart of the legendary Selkirk Mountains my mind is still stuck in Valdez. With plans lining up for all my buddi...

Today Pretty Much Kicked Ass

Yup. It did.  Got up early, got the avalanche bulletin squared away and headed to the Pass with Robyn’s new splitboard in tow.  Worked 8 hours on it yesterday to get it done before the holiday...

Morning on the Worthington Glacier

The Worthington Glacier is a Thompson Pass staple.  Only 15 short miles from our front door the glacier pours out of the high Chugach and down into Thompson Pass.  In the summer it is a popular tour...

splitted

If you think Robyn’s custom Venture Zephyr 146 cm split isn’t the coolest board on the mountain?  Well you are just wrong. Next up is drilling the holes for the touring brackets and vario...

They are all so small from up here

Hi folks, If you haven’t noticed we have a new blog platform that we are both pretty stoked about! Much easier to navigate through posts and find what we want. Everything is categorized now R...

Boards, Boats, Blazers, Beers, Bikes, Bunnies

Filmed over 4 days during some happy, happy, sunshine in Valdez, AK. Music: Swept Inside by Future Islands, Dusty Flourescent/Wooden Shelves by Talkdemonic, Red-Green by Laarks, The Wolves (Act I and ...