The Snow Troopers

Glacier, WA – Thunder Transmutation…

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14

Jun

Here’s a nice video Andrew Eckels sent our way from a recent trip he took, on June 9th, with Woods and Pete Durr (who put this nice edit together of their nice day on Baker. Click play and enjoy, “Thunder Transmutation Behind the Eagle’s Nest”.

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Mountain Loop Highway, WA – Lewis and Del Campo

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23

May

This is a super sweet one, from our brotha, Jeff Rich, that went down this past Monday (5/21/18) up off the Mountain Loop Highway, WA. Jeff was telling me this is one of his favs as Del Campo it gives you some AK action right here in the PNW. Check out the short video below of he and Tim Souquet. Good stuff and its still pretty PHAT.

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Lookout Pass, ID – Exit Zero

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20

May

Found myself over visiting my family in Wolf Lodge, ID, with my skis this past week (just in case 🙂 ). So, on Thursday (5/17/18) I buzzed up to Lookout Pass ski area to see if there was enough snow to get some turns (in both Montana and Idaho on the same climb/ski). Turns out I hit it with in the last couple days being able to ski from the lot. On a side note the Lookout Pass team was out picking up trash, so being me, I was shooting the breeze with some of the guys and found they offer a bike shuttle service. Route of the Hiawatha is a fun looking railroad grade that starts just outside Lookout Pass and rolls into Montana, through 5 tunnels and some sweet looking trestle bridges.

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Steamboat Springs, CO – Backyard Bike to Ski

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13

May

Comin’ down Dino’s Revenge

Our good friend, Jacob Mandell, is spending a little time down in CO as the times call for him to be away for a bit. However, as Jacob is away from his beloved Cascades, he’ll still do what it takes to get some good “post season” snowriding. Check out the video along with a few words, Jacob put together of his recent trip, just out of the Steamboat Springs zone.

Since moving to Northwest Colorado I’ve been wanting to check out the Zirkel Wilderness. The Zirkels are a little north of Steamboat Springs, where I live, and have the biggest steepest mountains in the area. The hard part about getting out there is access. A gated Forest Service road 6 miles from the trailhead keeps the area hard to reach until June. I decided to head out solo for a couple days to check out the Zirkels, and get there from my house via bike. Its a awesome 20 mile bike ride on open county roads, than turns into a 12 mile forest service road, that culminates in 6 miles of steep dirt road. I skinned in 4 miles and a few thousand feet and made a high base camp below Big Agnes Mountain. The next morning I summited Big Agnes and skied stellar corn back to camp! A nice split ski out and a bike ride home got me back before the late afternoon thunder showers.

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Hyak, WA – Summit East Conditions Report

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26

Apr

Comin’ down Dino’s Revenge

Just a quick video conditions report of the Yakyard training hill on Monday (4/23/18) . See you on the snow, while it lasts here at 2,600’to 3,600′ above sea level.

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Snoqualmie Pass, WA – April Snow Showers Bring Epic August Flowers

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20

Apr

Birds’ eye view of big TREES

Just when you think it’s over (meaning no more cold pow until next season), the Snow Gods bless us, yet, one more time! I got a call from Tristan Tran, this past Monday (4/16/18), asking if I’d like to go for a tour up the Kendall Clearcut, shortly after lunch. I was down, as there was a fresh refill on the open terrain of apx a foot. The following day our group grew and we all shot out into the Alpental Valley to ski the Big Trees zone. It was perfection on Tuesday as Monday wasn’t too bad either.

Below is a mash up of both days…

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Vancouver, BC, Canada – East Peak 31

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15

Apr

Another from Andy and Mike Traslin’s stomping grounds… East Peak 31 on 4/7/18. This time they were getting the steep side. Good stuff, check it out!

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Snoqualmie Pass, WA – Fooling Around the Pass (with lotz of POW)

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07

Apr

Lots of fresh at the K2 party 🙂

April 1st was no joke, as another blast of pow rolled through Snoqualmie Pass. The 2nd fell on a Monday this year, so the choice for lift served was Summit Central, which was fantastic. However, this past Monday, also happened to be the K2 Ski buy out at Alpental, which I had an invite to attend! So stoked for another great powder day on this excellent season!

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Stevens Pass, WA – April 2 & 3 with Jeff Rich and Co.

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06

Apr

Jeff Rich, DROPPIN’ IN!

Here’s a sweet one from Jeff Rich rippin’ around Stevens Pass this past Monday and Tuesday (4/2 & 3/2018). He was far from solo as his posse over the two days included Tim Souquet, Ed Rundle, Zack Jessel, Barrett McMurtry, Nick March, Louis Dixon and Aaron John Scott. We seemed to be pretty much on par a little farther South down the Cascade Crest, but Jeff was much faster with his editing 🙂 Thanks for the KILLER stoke, my friend!”

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Snoqualmie Pass, WA – Last Shot of POW (for this cycle)

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05

Apr

Brian Leahy slashing the HOT pow.

Brian Leahy hit me up this past Tuesday (4/3/18) as I was skiing lift laps at Central, to see if I would like to go for a little walk beneath some shaded trees in hopes of catching a little more of this last storm cycle. We stayed low, and probably should have headed up higher in the Commonwealth looking for some good open North facing trees. However we had a great half day walking in the woods. Live to Ski another Day!