On Saturday we headed out for another incredible day of backcountry skiing and snowboarding. This day was just as epic as the previous day, with two equally long and awesome untracked descents. These past two days have ranked among my best backcountry days in memory.
Ann Driggers skis down the premier north face descent of this prominent 13er in the San Juans.
The wide open powdery faces provided ample opportunity to haul some serious ass, as seen in my helmet cam video below.
Click here to watch the Quicktime video. (Minus the music here).
LOTS MORE PHOTOS BELOW!
Aimee McAbery shreds the “knar”.
Parker McAbery rockets down the mountain.
After the big summit face, a nice long gully provided a surfy snow halfpipe to carve.
Jumping over a creek to access our second big line of the day. This late in the season, a lot of the snow bridges have melted out, leading to some interesting scenarios like this.
Ann Driggers skis an enormous wide-open steep face that we’ve had our eyes on for years.
Looking back up at our tracks as Ann carves her way down.
Here’s a few photos that Ann took of me carving down the second line:
Feeling the G’s.
Laying back.
As of Saturday, I had really made the most of these latest storms, having been out snowboarding for 4 out of 5 days. During those 4 days, I hiked and rode 7 large descents totaling roughly 15,700 vertical feet of virgin untracked powder. It truly doesn’t get any better than this!
More snow in the forecast…
Keep ‘em coming, gawd, you are making me jealous/envious, but I am glad you all are ripping it up
. The 2nd to last shot is my FAVORITE – has a Canadian/Alaskan feel to it, and the last shot really shows what an incredible area for lap-dogging this could be 
. Going to watch your .mov file now…
Paul
That’s great Jack, now I don’t have leave my house, I can just live vicariously through your lens…………
A totally amazing day and the photos do it justice!! I’m reliving the memories of yesterday, on the couch – the ‘annimal’ is annihilated.
Dude, you’re just killing us here! Looks like you’re having a blast!
The new snow has been almost too good to be true! It must be like heaven for backcountry skiers like you!
I wanted to let you know that I blog for PlumTV.com and in my new profile there I mentioned that your blog is one of my favorites:
http://www.plumtv.com/articles/plum-blogger-profile-lisa-wilson/index.html
A great series of eye candy, Jack. The first drop-in shot is one the best BC ski-scapes I’ve seen. Awesome!
This blog kicks ass and so does that awesome helmet cam footy. Ive been following your photos on SP for years, you have some amazing shots. Coming out to Red Mtn tonight to do some laps and hopefully ski a peak or two if conditions allow. Thanks for the stoke!
Brilliant! Love the helmet cam work, very nicely matched with the tunes too. I’ve been sitting here smiling watching them over breakfast. Keep ‘em coming!
jack,
enjoyed today’s article by Ann and photo by you in the Sentinel! You’re in all media!
Bravo,
Rick
…from the flatlands of the midwest…
Nice helmet cam work. I like being able to see the shadow profile on snow in front of you. Looks pretty much like a perfect day.
Cheers,
ck
[...] Skinning up the ridge of my favorite mountain. That big tasty face in the center was virtually off-limits to sane people due to the avy danger; however, if you want to see a headcam video of me hauling ass down that face last year in more stable powder conditions, see here (the second descent in the video). [...]