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Saturday, February 21st, 2009
After the huge success of my trip into the Tetons with NOLS in January (check out my last post,) I was super inspired to get up into the higher peaks at the core of the range. Unfortunately, my next foray wasn’t quite as successful–after leaving the house at 2am, my buddy Jake and I [...]
Monday, February 16th, 2009
TELLURIDE FREERIDE WORLD TOUR QUALIFIER The energy begins to build days before the event. Skiers with backpacks and fat skis begin to examine terrain, and lines that rarely ever have tracks in them become highways. By Friday morning around 140 skiers have converged on the prospect ridge for a final inspection of the rocky rib [...]
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
I just spent 10 days in the Tetons teaching an instructor training seminar for NOLS, doing some really amazing riding while training a new generation of backcountry snowboarding instructors. With all the time we spent skinning and riding, my trainees were pretty impressed at the performance of my Wagner Custom approach skis, and how [...]
Friday, February 13th, 2009
Wagner Custom Factory Team Rider, Chason Russell, took third place at the 2009 Subaru Telluride Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier. Some of the best freeskiers in the world faced hardpack and boney conditions at the Telluride event. I was relieved that no one was seriously injured given the challenging nature of the course and snowpack. The [...]
Monday, January 19th, 2009
The Why Couloir January 11, 2009 — Words and photos by Brad Foley Knowing that the skiing out the backcountry gate had been hit hard over the last two days and wanting to ski soft snow for Scott’s birthday we headed to the east side of the Bear Creek valley. The forecast was for blue [...]
