Would you join us for a ski trip to Afghanistan? We were recently invited to ski in Afghanistan, and we are absolutely interested! Our friend James doesn’t just think about skiing in Afghanistan. He has done it for years!
K2 Base Camp, Pakistan – After arriving in Islamabad on 30 May, Fredrik Ericsson and Trey Cook were told of unusually deep snow conditions on the Baltoro glacier. The team changed their plan and decided to approach the peak via the Gondoro-la with an attempt on Laila Peak which would enable them to acclimatize and allow the deep snow to consolidate.
We called Missing Link film group guide Aadne Olsrud and interviewed him about the scene in Tamokdalen and Fred Syversen’s crazy crash. Read more to find some more background information on how everything happened…
Fred Syversen, the man who aired a 107 meters cliff drop and survived, makes some buzz again. This time with an epic crash in Tamokdalen, Norway. See Fred cartwheeling a narrow chute for several hundred meters…with some serious speed!
I just got back from a 10-day trip to Andermatt. Antti Zetterberg already wrote an excellent review of the Andermatt ski resort after the last season. So, I have not much to add - in this post I concentrate more on the thoughts and feelings from the trip. I also added a gallery of some photographs we took. (scroll [...]
Yess, good turns in perfect snow.
“What a great day. Nearly a week of continuous snowfall and then today the sun finally came out. Yesterday we had maybe the deepest powder I’ve ever skied in my life.”
I took a few hours off the desk this afternoon and went to hike & shoot our little local molehill with a friend. We scored some pretty good snow by our standards…
The Canadian ski-touring mecca Rogers Pass together with blue skies and plenty of new snow can only lead to some really fun times. And our local surroundings here near Nelson haven’t been bad either.
Ville is spending the winter skiing in Hakuba, Japan. Here’s some photos and a report from the at least so far very snowy winter..
A few days at Kootenay Pass, Ripple Ridge Cabin and Whitewater..
Me and Laura are riding around US and Canada the coming months, here’s our update from the beginning of the season. So far we got a taste of great snowpack that has been shaping up in the PNW and some early season runs in Montana..