We check the weather sights multiple times a day. It is funny how excited we get when the forecast makes the slightest change from “snow likely” to “mostly cloudy” even though it is still days away. Hope hangs on any slight improvement in the forecast. Mads Johnson summed it up best when he said, “I have been watching the weather satellite like its my girlfriend.”

Down days are a great time to catch up with old friends you never see. Mike Basich, Whitney Bell, Rob Kingwell, Nicolas Mueller.

Alaskan style house boats. Function over fashion.It was suppose to clear up this afternoon. Instead it dumped the biggest flakes I have ever seen. I love to watch it snow but this is not helping our stability issues. 90% of avalanches ocurre during or within 24 hours of a storm.

The town of Valdez was shook by the biggest earthquake ever recorded in 1964. The town sight was declared unsafe and was relocated a few miles away. Because of this the town was reconstructed as fast as possible with warehouse looking buildings and modular homes. The surrounding scenery makes up for the industrial look of the town.

Travis and Nicolas do the next best thing to snowboarding….skipping rocks.

I wish I was a mouse at this moment. Although my mind is totally consumed with the mountains around me it is almost that time of the year when I trade my snowboard for my surfboard.

Sunny Daze are coming…I hope.