It is so hard to explain what happen today so I will just stick to the facts. We drove for three hours up a valley that culminated with 12 switchbacks carved into the side of a 70-degree mountain face. At the top of the gnarliest road I have ever driven on sits a small village [...]
Archives for January, 2008
Squeezing the throttle in Turkey, day two
My first impression of these mountains was not great. They seemed featureless and flat. This is often the case when first stepping into new mountains: I remember thinking that about my first times to Haines 8 years ago.
This impression started to change early on our second day. Part of my problem was I was looking [...]
Off to Turkey……..first day.
A month ago I got an email from my contact at O’Neill Europe about going to Turkey. I didn’t even make it to the bottom of the email before I said yes. My haste was not out of stupidity. A few years ago on my way home from Russia I had flown over these [...]
Jackson Hole finaly clears.
By Jeremy Jones
I have a rule: never leave powder to find powder, so with this I found myself in a stare off with Jackson Hole. I had been there for three weeks, pushed my departure date three times, but even so I was breaking my rule. At least I am leaving powder for more powder. [...]
Jackson Hole Two week Powder Party
Jackson POW 12/30/07
All morning all I could think was, you’re blowing it. My last run yesterday was bottomless and with another foot forecasted overnight I found myself at the local shop, The Jackson Tree House, begging them to let me take my 166 of the shelf with the promise that Rossignol would send up a [...]