Butte Baggin' 3 Screening in Bend, OR

Erik and I are super excited to present this year's ski movie, Butte Baggin' 3: A New Record. Record snowfall, record ski days, record radness!

Featuring:
Erik Schmidt, Lindsey Clark, Dave Bailey, Loren Griswold, Kaya the ski dog, Liam Myers, Rick Peters, Ashley Teren, Jenn Simon, Jodi Line-Bailey, Levi Matkins, Greg Stafford, Frank Palermo, and others.

Filmed on location at:
Broken Top, Mt. Hood, Middle Sister, North Sister, Tam McArthur Rim, Santiam Pass, Three Fingered Jack, Mt. Theilsen, Mt. Shasta, Brighton Utah, Sawtooths Idaho and more!

Please join us in reliving all the action from our epic 2010/2011 season, projected large for your maximum stoke! 

The movie will be screening at the Cascades Mountaineers Christmas party on December 14th. The party starts at 7, movie starts at 8. See you there!

Skiing All Year: a Photographic Trip Report

The 2010/2011 season was the second year that Erik and I skied every month. To celebrate our second year of this crazy achievement, here is a recap of our record season in photos. Enjoy!

October 2010

November 2010

December 2010

January 2011

February 2011

March 2011

April 2011

May 2011

June 2011

July 2011

August 2011

September 2011

So there you have it. 12 months of skiing in the Pacific Northwest! With a little Utah and Wyoming in the mix just for fun. We can't stop now... so we are on our 25th consecutive month with no signs of slowing down. Bring on the new snow!

Erik and I in Sierra Magazine!

Our crazy adventures in the Sawtooths last spring were beautifully documented in this month's Sierra. Here are a few scans from the magazine; thanks to Aaron Teasdale for writing such a gripping tale of our action-packed few days! Powder-choked couloirs, lost skis, missing binding screws, camera rendezvous, avalanches... it was a trip to remember for sure!

"Below: Clark Corey and two camp participants haul four days' worth of gear and food six miles to Sawtooth Mountain Guides' backcountry yurts. Right: Kirk Bachman teaches rope work on the camp's first morning: "It's about keeping a slip from becoming a fall." Lower right: "Self-arrest" practice with an ice ax, for when a slip does become a fall."

"Below: Bachman and crew take a lunch break with the Salmon Valley and White Cloud Mountains in the distance. "We've all got our bubbles," Bachman told the group. "The question is, how are we going to get out of them?" Right: Bracing against 30-mile-per-hour winds, Lindsey Clark and Clark Corey size up the drop on their first serious test, a couloir called There and Back Again. Lower right: Clark gets caught up in a minor avalanche of her own making. Happily, no harm was done."

I encourage you to pick up a copy of the November/December issue of Sierra. You can't beat a print publication! The full story and photos are also online at sierraclub.org.

Enjoy!