My third trip to the Asulkan Cabin was a different one. Without the usual bottomless powder and some awesome stability we took the opportunity to Explore. We did the Jupiter Traverse which includes Caster, Pollux and Leda peaks and ends in the Thorington descent. Thanks to the crew for another awesome mission into Rogers! Oh and I heard from some swiss guy that Laura Flannery slayed Forever Young Couloir! Will miss you Laura, safe travels.

Jared “USA” Akerstrom

Justin

Day one short mission up to Asulkan pass..

Rest and relax

Patrick

Touring up the Asulkan Glacier

View back to the Cabin

Approaching Caster

Caster

Lauren being rad

Lauren with the traverse ridge behind

Climbing the step to the summit of peak 2 Pollux

Up to Pollux

Down climb off Pollux

Justin and Will

Handle bar

Down!

Happy, tired, warm hut

Awesome moon glow light

shitty view

Jared’s Cabin

Moon light over the Jupiter Traverse

Arty

Elin and Dougy arriving 10pm

Swiss white jump suit

Looking down the Asulkan valley to Rogers Pass center…

team random

Top of Youngs Peak on the way over and down the Illecillewaet Glacier

Home in sight

Check out my brother Jason’s latest shed project…. a fat 5’2′ twin fin surfboard…. I think it looks beautiful and love the Loveism logo he designed.
“I cant rave about it too much yet as I haven’t had good waves on it yet.
But pretty stoked for a first foam board.
5’2” x 21 1/2 x 2 1/2
outline is kinda George Greenough kneeboard x bob simmons
Foil, rails and fins bob simmons inspired (s deck, pinched rails, hull entry, chimed rails)
hense the name is an anagram of sim (mons) and VELO (georges kneeboard)”

Even though Rory didn’t keep to the contracted leaving time (two hours late) haha… yesterday was still and epic tour in Rogers Pass with Keith, Rory and a couple more. We toured straight up Balu Pass and then carried on behind and skied down to the highway. I’ve not been getting out touring too much lately and am not very tour fit, so was wrecked by the end of the day. Here are some photos from the journey. Merry Christmas people.

Not Balu Pass but sunset from Revelstoke resort the other day

My not so light tour set up along with my computer fitness makes for a slow mickey

Keith

Rory with the other waiting up above

Snow and a spot on my sensor I need cleaned…..

Rory getting Radical, down climbing to the slope

Keith shredding, the only action shot of the day

Walk walk

  Sun getting low before the descent

Finally down!

Mt Sir Donald

Glow

Sun light glimpsing Mt Sir Donald as it sets on another powdery day in Rogers

Getting dark as we reach the highway. Tired, cold, hungry, happy

In the last month I’ve gone from mountain biking and hiking to hiking and skiing. The hiking pics below are from the Hermit hike in Rogers Pass, where a month later we would be skiing knee deep pow at the same elevation. Oh Canada….

Nath, the local champ on a bike

Britt came back!

The hike team

Alpine lake Hermit Hike bout 2500m

What does that say? Mt Sir Donald in the Back

Mt Sir Donald

Britt keeping warm

This past week I was back up at the Asulkan Hut with a rad crew.. Mike and Dennis lugged there instruments and talent all the way up for extra good night times

Mike

The hut from Upstairs

Mick!

Giant Feather

Angus

Leslie and Sean

First photo from a pretty sweet timelapse taken

Down in Revy Autumn is fully on, with leaves everywhere

Long exposure looking at the Courthouse across the Columbia River – Revelstoke

Burn offs?

Had an amazing last month filled with hiking biking, Salmon Arm Roots and bules, good food, people and weather. The start of summer was a bit rainy but eh last 6-7 weeks have been amazing. So here are some random photos from missions during the last month…

Eireann Walking the Balu Pass trail Continue reading →

With not much time to burn as we had some km’s (and time) to kill I took a few snaps of the sites I saw as I drove from Revelstoke B.C to Tahoe and back again via the California coast. Nearly all we shot from the passenger seat.

Sky Dive Center near Sacramento CA.

Wind Power

Fast Cars

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco

Redwood forests on the coast

Seattle’s Best

More Fast Cars

and road

Seattle’s Space Needle