Farming Turns

A  cool article in the recent coast mountain culture, about some friends of mine that are shred farmers in Pemberton.

http://www.mount.ai/n/

Morning Shreds

It takes all season for these lines to shape up.. I  got to drop into a sweet one.. Dave Treadway photo

It seems like you got to trust your gut with the weather, and get up early and take the chance it could be shitty and go for it.  The weather forecasts are notoriously shitty and vague this time of year.  If its clear when you go to bed, you better set your alarm.  I have had better luck this year, just looking outside.
Dave Treadway photo.

 A couple days later, 700 am gnar for Daryl Treadway.. 

Dave and Daryl Treadway scoping a sporty entrance

Dave Treadway drops into a gem, in pretty much as good as it gets conditions.

Dave T

more Dave T

Dave T clings to the cliff edge, just to keep things interesting

At this is point in the line it has turned into a awesome powder party

The line that just keeps going.. Dave T in the whiteroom with some black curtains for reference.

Dave Treadway waiting for a window, as the weather rolled back in.

Pretty sure it was April 14.. but when you are this rad, the date doesn't matter.

April 11

The morning started out as a milky mixed bag..

but then it popped... we tested the waters on some small slopes, and finding good stability, we moved to some bigger stuff.  Dave Treadway shreds a spine

a bit intimidating 

The earth turned a bit, making this line look sweet.. Dave T finds some powder snow

I found powder snow, and some crunk too.

Ice cold Ice

Backyardin

I have been playing email tag with Justin Lamoureux for a bit of the winter, but I finally got to join him on one of his missions in his "backyard". Justin is trying to ride all the mountains he can see from his house in Squamish, which I think is about 30 or so. I guess he can see the backside of this one, and from knowing what was on the otherside, we were both stoked to ride it... 

Some sweet views, with lots of potential in the area.. 

ski-boardn

Successful first descent by justin.. # hashtag  no ones ever skied this exact spot

Justin

Lots of fun lines to ride.. shaded and looking sweet. I had my eyes on a long broad spine line out of view.

 The snow felt like it had settled out nice, but we were pretty sure the top pocket was going to let loose, so we decided to cut a chunk of cornice off. Not that much fell off, but what did fall off, hit the sweet spot onslope ,and cracked off a decent sized avy, that ran the entire face.

pow cloud below hitting the runout

We decided to shred the slope, as she was pretty cleaned out now... We did our best to avoid hangfire, but we still managed to find some decent snow left on the walls.. The bed surface was firm, and I saw my reflection at one point.

Lots of shit rumbling off the walls, as it warmed up, it was time to get out of there

It's a jungle sometimes

Justin Lamoureux's  backyard...

Beauty Beast

Our morning started very early..  For breakfast we ate avy chunder, and icy vertical bobsled tracks. Our first major wreck happened around 530 am.. It must have been a sign, telling us to  "call it a day" or "never give up."  Signs can be confusing.

Once we got on foot, things got a bit simpler. Mie Yamashita, attacks from the back.

Dave Basterrechea, for some reason was breaking trail.. I probably should have carried him on my back after the morning beating he took.

Its pretty special top of this peak..The north face starts to reveal itself

Spine heaven.. a bit leaner this year, so only one prominent spine truly goes the whole way. A spine that Daryl Treadway skied last year, wasn't happening this year.

The snow was cold and perfect.. It sloughed like crazy and thundered down the face.. Second year in a row, my gorb pro fucked up for some reason ( gorb operator error), so no shaky boring footage for you to look at.  If you like i could post the 15 minute clip of nothing, i recorded.. Its pretty sick.

Dave B gets in on the true north wall "the brain"

more dave b

Mie and Delaney shredded the lit up north east spines, with similar results of sweet pow and good times. A little bit of exposure.

Mie drops into the northside from the east.

The following photos were from last year on the same mountain, taken by awesome dude photographer , Brad Slack, for a article I wrote in Frequency TSJ. Going back this year really made me appreciate some of the images Brad captured on that trip..   a photo on the northeast spines

A gorb pro photo looking down the north east spines

Attack from the back uplift mofo party plan.  

Dropping into the North wall

I have been lucky over the years to have friends who carry cameras.. Some stories are hard to tell without visual aid.. 

It gets a bit steep.   Brad slack photo.

RIP Jack Hannan. We do our best to pay tribute to you, everytime we go into the mountains.