Baker, Atomic women's team, good friends, and winter-in-the-spring

Great week! Just returned home from a little Atomic team shoot at Mt Baker and hanging with some great great friends. We had been watching the weather. And waiting. And waiting. And the winter was nearing it's end. And then the forecast started looking up for the northwest. We pulled the trigger. Angeli VanLaanen, our friend (and amazing skier!) Carston Oliver, and I drove from Salt Lake City, Utah up to Bellingham and Mt Baker, Washington to meet up with Molly Baker (no relation), as well as Grant Gunderson, Zack Giffin, and Holly Walker. KC Dean and his friend Scotty from Moment Skis drove up to play in the snow, too! It was a party! We were treated to mid-winter conditions in the spring. Skiing with great people. And it was glorious. Thank you gulf of Alaska!

Icefall Interview

This certainly does not tell-all about the trip, but a few questions on the shooting experience at Icefall: http://www.theskijournal.com/news/2010/02/04/reliving-icefall-with-re-wikstrom

Powder Video Awards

Despite being a Powder Intern "Alum," I had never been to the Video Awards until last night. Around 5pm we jumped in the car and made the drive from Denver to Aspen. We missed the first half, but there was still plenty of action after our arrival. I was especially happy to run into Rachael Burks and hear about her much deserved reader poll award and see Lynsey Dyer accept her award for Best Female Performance! A first for both of these ladies, so stoked for you!

Check out the videos!
video of the top 5 women
Best Female Performance!

it was definitely fun to parrrrr-tay in Ahhhhspen. Those who know me, know that my inner party animal does a lot of sleeping, but it was awake last night and enjoying every minute.

The drive back to SLC wasn't bad either. I've never driven through that part of the desert when I could see it covered in snow (I have driven through there in a raging blizzard but I could barely see the taillights of the trucks in front of me when they spun off the road. That is a whole 'nother story though.)

Icefall Lodge

Another trip I didn't want to return home from. :) Spent a week and a half with a ripping group of tele skiers, Paige Brady, Shaun Raskin, Candy Froerer, and Martha Burley. We took a helicopter into Icefall lodge, about 60km north of Golden, BC and spent the week touring before the heli returned to fly us back towards Golden. We barely scratched the surface of the terrain there. Must go back! A huge thank you is in order for Larry Dolecki who had the vision to build the lodge, explore and ski the surrounding terrain, offer guided (or un-guided) weeks of skiing, and continue to explore the area with the Lyell Hut (first of many he plans to build for longer tours and hut trips from the main lodge). Another HUGE thank you to Mo (Monique) our chef for the week, and new friend and ski buddy! And another HUGE thank you to Bremner (aka Snow Dog), Henry, and Phil for their locals knowledge of the terrain. I have always loved Canada and Icefall is just one more reason to add to my list!

RAD BOOBS

Months and months ago... I received a message from Holly Walker about a calendar that some girls in Canada were putting together. Holly was going to be featured in the calendar and the entire calendar would be dedicated to raising money and awareness for breast cancer support, education, and research. I was stoked to donate a few images to such a worthy cause and such a great crew of girls. Tessa Treadway and Sarah Frood were heading up the project, and Holly did all of the design work. The calendar is now finished and looks absolutely amazing! I am so proud to be a part of this project and in the company of such amazing girls. To get a copy for yourself and get a preview of the calendar, visit their website www.radboob.com (and click the beta link to see the amazing work they did!) You get to donate to a worthy cause AND get the perfect calendar to keep you excited for skiing all year! (Hint: this would make a great present for the holidays!)

102 Days on Bikes

In a previous post I mentioned I was at 85 bike days for the season and shooting for 100. Well.... Today I hit 102. YAY BIKES! Judging from the frozen ground however, I have a feeling this number is not going to jump significantly before the ski season gets into full swing (although... it seems another slow start here in the Wasatch). Ahhh... how I love skiing through bushes and over rocks. Well.. at least for the entertainment value?

First Cover.

Well, well, well..... BIG news for Re Wikstrom and Molly Baker as our first cover shot is out on newstands now!!!!!!! Pick up the October issue of Backcountry Magazine to experience the glory. Molly and I shot this photo up at Mt Baker on a rare bluebird pow day in March. We spent the morning working with Level 1 productions and in the afternoon decided to hike out further while they (Level 1) went to shoot some booters. We found this stash on our hike and Molly turned it into blower pow magic. Totally sweet!

We also found out some cool news from Backcountry Magazine about this cover... Molly is the first woman to be featured on one of their covers and I was the first female to have shot one of their covers. Cool stuff, eh!?!?!