Ripping Revelstoke

We arrived in Revelstoke with some small precip in the air and when we woke in the AM the mountain claiming a pretty small amount of accumulation. Expectations were low for the new snow, but high for the mountain – lots of good things have bean said to us about it. We were beyond pleasantly surprised by pockets of deep blower pow and very epic terrain. Right away we hiked up the lemming line and poked out and around to find some untouched fresh, steep smooth turns with moderate drops peppered all throughout the mountain. Day one was awesome.

The evening brought some additional snowfall. Though a small amount, it provided a nice reset to the mountain. After getting our bearings yesterday we came out of the gate hot, found some pretty epic pockets of pow, pillows and cliffs with deep, smooth landings, and pushed ourselves to the cusp of our comfort zones. Butler, Dan, Dave, Dani and myself got out early for some epic runs off the backside into the North Bowl area. We spent a good amount of time poking around Gracias Ridge, and finished the day off with some steep, committing lines on the far skiers left of North Bowl in an area called Parachute.

Not enough can be said about the terrain possibilities here in Revelstoke. You can get as nasty as you want, go as big as you want, and given the sparse winter they’ve had here there is no doubt we absolutely scored.

I absolutely can’t wait to get back here for some more Revelstoke radness.

Views of the ski hill from the house obscured by the fog

Heading out

The ascent into the abyss

Dan & Dave summit out

Some pretty questionable viz as we climb

Butler laying it down

Butler-eyed view – looks like a good one

Pappa Soko sending it

A little AM airtime

And a little more logged

The afternoon crew – Dani, Todd, Brandon with Dave

Not sure why I can spot a tight ling between rocks but not where to put my little black disc – sometimes the obvious isn't so obvious

Very big smiles in the gondi – Ari, Heather, Sarah & Potts with me

Dan below his AM conquest

Headed down – nice, narrow and staged out – zero to fast in about a second

Sun breaks with some views down valley – The Columbia River in the  basin

Dan & Dave with me on the shoulder of Mt. Mackenzie

Papa Soko laying it down and about to get light

Day two crew – Butler, Dave & Dan with me

Getting a little more serious on a knife edge in Parachute

Dave logging a little more time in the air

Dan up top of Parachute about to pick his way down

Afternoon views from the mountain

This is what 8 out of 9 days of skiing will do to your lunch break

This place deserves some serious high-fives