Thread: (Mostly a) Photo TR: Sophomore year

Theres alot of pictures in here. Fair warning for folks with slower internet hookups.

In my lifetime there have been a number of people that have greatly influenced me and are responsible for where I am at today. Unfortunatly, two of them were taken this winter, My mom and Randosteve. This TR is dedicated to them.


Id also like to thank my 2 main ski partners, Simb and non-mag Adam for the stoke, motivation, trailbreaking, and friendship.





Honorable mention goes to Adimmen for getting me back on track after Romeo's accident (Adimmen's face describes his attitude perfectly, Stoked!)



Jackson got off to a slow start this year like most other places and I spent November getting to know the summer trails and enjoying the local wildlife.





December rolled around and Pales and Llyon came into town before headed to (What looked like) a killer winter in Japan. I also met Simb and we poked around to see what we could find. We were plesantly suprised.


Photo: Simb


Photo: Simb


Photo: Pales


Photo: Pales




Photo: Pales

After a couple days together, Pales and Llyon headed out and left Simb and I to fend for ourselves in the thin snowpack. We were again pleasantly suprised with what we could find.




Photo: Simb

We brought my buddy Justus out for his first tour in GTNP up the East Hourglass Couloir. He wins (by a longshot) best ski carry of the year with "the X-wing".

Photo: Simb



Spankthepow had invited me and Simb to a trip to the Eiseman Hut in early January. The snow was even thinner than it was in Jackson and we didnt do much skiing but the views were great.









After a weekend trip to ski this thing


Simb and I returned to Jackson with a somewhat better snowpack the higher you went due to a pretty consistant inversion. I decided that even though it might not be totally "in" it was time for Simb to stand on top of his first Teton.



Simb and I on the Summit


STP and his Missus came to Jackson (again) shortly after and dispite the low tide, we decided to poke around. We brought the 70m line just in case. We ended up needing almost every bit of it.









Then it happened. We got the storm that saved our season. The resort picked up 80" in a week or so and we finally had a base.




Photo:Simb

Did I mention it was wet?








Once the storm settled and the skys cleared the mountains gave us a quick reminder that although we now had a base we also had a deep slab problem


Simb and I decided to take it easy and get out of the Tetons where the deep slab would (hopefully) be less deep and more predictable. We found outselves lapping this all alone on a saturday while slednecks ripped around below us.




Continued...

After awhile of tip-toeing around the pass and finding improving stability we decided to go back into the park and poke around.




Photo: Adam

Happy with what we found we decided to go a little steeper.









We got a couple nickel and dime storms and Spankthepow and Miss Spank came back to town again. Already knowing where the goods were, we headed back.






Photo: Simb

We got another bigish storm shortly after STP and Miss spank left and when it cleared up, we decided to take a long ridge walk from Teton Pass to Teton Village and take in the views with Adam and EPskisforlife.







The next morning I recieved news that Steve had not come back from a tour up north. I was pretty shaken up and combined with Simb getting ready to leave for AK and Adam making a trip to Boulder for an interview I didnt ski much to following week.

After an interesting drive to SLC to drop Simb off at the airport (that included fixing a bent rim on the side of the road with an ice tool hammer ) I headed to Seattle to pick up Adimmen for a 10day trip to the BC coast. It turned out to be one of the best trips of my life thanks mostly to Adimmen's constant stoke and freakish trailbreaking abilities.








Photo:Adimmen


Photo: Adimmen


Photo: Adimmen




Photo: Adimmen


Photo: Adimmen







I returned from BC more fired up than ever and after a solo ski of the South followed by "The day of way to many Glory laps" Adam and I headed up the Middle


Photo: Adam


Photo: Adam

We took a couple days off with the spring like weather and went climbing


Then headed up the Grand for my birthday

Photo: Adam


Photo: Adam

Adam and I on the Summit



Photo: Adam


Photo: Adam

To finish off the season I took a trip to this place



Outside of Sun Valley with some old friends that I dont get to ski with as much as Id like as well as some new friends that I cant wait to ski with some more.

Continued...

We climbed up


And stood on some new (for us) summits




Did some skiing




And got all redneck with a BB gun


The WROD we had skinned in on had melted out a bit so on our way out we ended up walking for a bit. As we neared the cars the girls celebrated with a high five


Thanks for reading!

Looks like a great winter to me.

thanks for always bringing the stoke

Quality stoke there. Looking forward to seeing more of it again next season.

dude, you're a badass! thanks for the inspriration this year, i always click your TRs and you never disappoint!

That's a damn fine season right there.

PS- It's not over

dude, see you out there next winter. this TR is unbelievable! Also, MORE!!!!

so what your saying is that you are done with early season plattekill runs?

I have thoroughly enjoyed the progression of you just kicking ass out there since you left the EC, and documenting in some great shots. I am taking you up on it next season dude, this looks like too much fun to pass up again.

Very nice but that's not news. Looking at the BC pics again brought a smile to my face. I'm glad the trip reignited your spark. I was happy to hear that you put in multiple 10K days after returning to Jackson.

Thanks guys

Originally Posted by goldenboy

That's a damn fine season right there.

PS- It's not over

My Jackson season is since Im out of money and my lease ran out so Im headed back east for a month and a half before heading to Chile for the summer to guide at Arpa. Come visit!

Originally Posted by ml242

dude, see you out there next winter. this TR is unbelievable! Also, MORE!!!!

Yes, Come visit for sure and for as long as youd like.

And as you wish. (these are in no order btw)




























Photo: Gordon Menzies

Originally Posted by thin cover

so what your saying is that you are done with early season plattekill runs?

I have thoroughly enjoyed the progression of you just kicking ass out there since you left the EC, and documenting in some great shots. I am taking you up on it next season dude, this looks like too much fun to pass up again.

If it snows when Im around, Im never done with platty. Ill be stoked to see you out here. From the looks of ml's Chic Chocs TR, youre back to ripping

Originally Posted by adimmen

Very nice but that's not news. Looking at the BC pics again brought a smile to my face. I'm glad the trip reignited your spark. I was happy to hear that you put in multiple 10K days after returning to Jackson.

Thanks again buddy, Lets ski alot more than 10 days together next year.

TRs from down south? Yes, yes, nodding in agreement.

Damn, outstanding photos all around! Thank you so much for sharing those with the rest of us stuck in cubicle hell.

Thanks for sharing Aaron. Looks like a great season, enjoy down south.

Overbrimming with stoke. Thanks for sharing.

that was AWESOME, but.....


1 pic of the girls??????

some really beautiful shot there. well done.

and then on the eight day He said: "let there be this TR."

That looks like a sick season. Way to get out and after it.

Originally Posted by powdork

that was AWESOME, but.....


1 pic of the girls??????

I dont have to many more of the girls but...

This was great. Looking forward to vicariously enjoying your future missions.

damn - that was a good set for a "mediocre" season

Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.