Haines AK weeks 2 and 3

More days out and hunting. Many clouds but we have had luck with 2 full days of blue in a row and the rest a game of setting yourself properly in the blue hole pattern of movement. With 9 feet of snow falling in the 3 weeks that we have been here. This trip chalks up as being one of the deepest that I remember. Now it seems some zones are stacking up, but boney factor is still there on others. Lots of off the couch skiing going down as well as lots of snow assessment. Some days we have been staged for lines and then have to pull away in fear of getting locked into the zone by clouds. One group will fly out, while the other waits with the survival bag. Hoping the heli won’t get closed out after a quick crew relocation to safety. Plans always change with the weather. Slowly getting into the zone with all that has happened in the recent weeks. Stay tuned for more, new crew this next 3 weeks, Sage, Dana and Tanner. Check the photo’s for some action of the past 2 weeks.

Haines, AK week 1

Ahhhh, back to Haines, AK. Been looking forward to this since I left 10 months ago. Up here with Erik Roner, Ian McIntosh, Tanner Hall and the TGR Crew filming for “Re:Session”. First things first, weather. This is always and continues to be the topic of conversation. We have had mostly cloudy window shopping conditions this season. Really tough to predict what’s going on, so you have to take it as it comes. One noticeable difference this season is the dryness of the presnowfall. Snow came in cold, so it hasn’t stuck to the faces like in past years. Lots of snow in town, and in the peaks, steeps are boney and seems like one could run out of skis with the rock damage incurred. Looking to see some pastey dumps to cling to the lines, its still good skiing just got to be on the lookout for clipping a rock in your line that could send you tomahawking, which has happened to some of us, but hasn’t slowed us down. Check out the other pics and stay tuned for more to come, 6 more weeks. Till next time.

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A Clip from TGR’s Under The Influence