IDAHO IN FEBURARY

From Wyoming to the Homeland

Although the conditions were holding up in Wyoming, some warm weather came in and made me think it was time to continue on with my journey. With a lot of different options to choose from I decided to try and figure out where the storm was going to hit next. Snow was starting to fall in a few places, but I realized that I live this lavish lifestyle on a ski-bum budget, so I decided to start looking at zones closer to my hometown, Ketchum, Idaho. I checked out the weather forecast for the Sawtooth Mountain Range and found that large amounts of snow was heading that way. So I loaded up the car and sent it back to my home town of Ketchum, ID. The night I arrived back in town it snowed 26 inches with stable avalanche conditions. It was time to send! Some of the best days of the season where had in the Idaho backcountry that week. New Zones, good friends, and a new snowmobile. Life couldn’t get any better!

While I was in Ketchum, I was able to meet up with one of my best friends, Banks Gilberti, and film for his web-series Adventures In Transitions. It was so rad to be able to hang out with Banks, ski around our hometown resort together and get shots for his webisode series. I was also able to meet up with my buddy Tal Roberts, who is a well established photographer who lives the Ketchum area. I was able to grab some great shots with him as well. All in all, it was an amazing trip spent in the homeland. Here are some photos from the adventure.

Sunbeams at the top

Photo Courtesy: Jeremy Lato || Boulder Range, Idaho

Smith Optics keeping me protected

Andrew Daigh looking into the Boulder Range in Idaho

Skinning up for another lap in the Boulder Range in Idaho

New zones in the Sawtooths

Sick Z Shoot

Naked lap in the Boulder Range, Idaho

Sun Valley || Bald Mountain Ski Area || Ketchum, Idaho

Skier: Tate Berry

Photo courtesy: Tal Roberts || Ketchum, Idaho

Montana to Wyoming January

M O N T A N A

It was hard leaving Idaho after such an amazing December, but the adventures must  continue. After leaving Idaho, I headed off to Bozeman, MT to meet up with all the boys of BridgerBrigade. I always have a great time being with such a diverse, talented group of guys who love to #FKNSNDR! I was lucky enough to explore new zones on my snowmobile and was even luckier to ski some deep pow. Montana is a special place and sometimes I find it hard to explain to people how much I truly love it. For me, Montana is a dream place for skiers because it offers all types of terrain from gnarly lines, mini golf, to jump spots and the best part is that all of these zones are within a very short distance to each other. Towards the end of my stay in Montana, the temperature went up and the winds picked up making backcountry conditions quite unstable, so I packed up my rig and headed South to Jackson.

Sleds and Sunrises

Discussing Conditions

W Y O M I N G

I was able to meet up with some buddies who I don’t get to ski with too often. These three rad locals, Justin Mayers, Blaine Gallivan, and Amon Barker, were able to take me to some of their go-to spots in the Wyoming backcountry. Such a gratifying experience to get out with these dudes and explore some new zones. Here are some of the photos from the trip.

First light on Teton Pass

Blaine getting his “no-board” surf on

At the top of Teton Pass

A little socked in...