Tunnel Creek Avalanche The New York Times just launched a very impressive article covering last year’s tragic avalanche incident in Tunnel Creek near Stevens Pass, Washington. The piece offers incredible depth and detail of the day, plus super impressive interactive graphics, including an incredible real-time reenactment of the slide, complete with skier locations that are best viewed on a full-size… Read More
Archive | December, 2012
Sweetgrass Productions – Valhalla film trailer
December 11, 2012 in Movies
Take Me to Valhalla . . . Sweetgrass Productions steps into the world of digital cinematography with their fourth ski film, Valhalla. Shot entirely with the RED camera system, the film is about “the weightlessness of youth, a wild tribe, and one man’s journey to rediscover the bright eyes of his childhood and creativity of every moment.” Having spent two… Read More
The Alaska Factor – Backcountry Skiing in AK
December 5, 2012 in Books
On my first trip to Alaska, my ski partners and I began referring to the scale of everything in AK as the Alaska Factor. Distances are longer, the mountains are bigger and the commitment required to complete any goal just seemed to be greater than we were used to in the lower 48. And as Joe Stock, author of The… Read More