Utah Travel Bug
I’m sure you know the feeling of being trapped, tired of your routine and a lack of adventure. During this warm winter in the Northwest, rains have washed away many weekends of outdoor activity. 2015 has been the second of such winters where Nikki and I have felt trapped in town. By mid January, we […]
Junuary 2015 Park Riding
“Junuary” round 2, 2015. Another tough season in the Northwest means another Junuary has come and gone. Rain days instead of snow days left us waiting for sunshine to ride the Meadows’ park. In late June, I mean January, Kelso, Rager, Nikki and I got a nice day of park riding through the newly extended […]
Wallowa Yurt Trip
What a winter of waiting it has been. I was told that “patience pays in dividends”. While the Pacific Northwest was waiting for snow this fall, a few early season e-mails that were passed between a group of scattered friends, quickly escalated into a four day yurt trip to a remote, central location. Reservations were […]
Tam McArthur Rim News Years 2015
There is no fun times, powder riding, video edit for this post. We did ride our boards, we did find snow in the Cascades during what is a dismal early winter but the snowboarding downhill was not what was most important. New Years 2015 for Nikki and I consisted of a drive down to Sisters, […]
8th Annual Dirksen Derby
Oh derby of thee Dirksen, oh my, oh derby. Your turns are so tight, your rhythm is just right. Right, left, left right. Competitors flock to your side, scoping and hoping for a flawless run. Drop, go, go, go, left, right, slash, air. Four season now, I’ve started things off with the Derby. […]
Season Ender Pow Day
After a lack luster season, the Northwest held onto the riding right to the end. Mt.Hood received three spring storms, delivering deep, heavy, wet spring snow well into May. Kelso, Nikki and I rode out the last day of the season with a morning of May powder. These clips of Kelso and Nikki show them […]
Alaska Snowboarding RV Newbies
Alaska, a snowboarding destination so talked about but so seldom traveled to by the resort populous. The giant coastal mountains of Alaska are a far off land that are filled with dangers. I’ll be the first to say that it’s easy to let natural road blocks stop a trip from becoming more than coffee shop […]
Late March Surprise Powder
There’s an added bounce in my step this week. Snow finally returned to the Northwest over the last weekend of March. Temps have been hovering dangerously close to freezing right around the Mt.Hood Meadows’ base lodge. Wet, heavy snow has been collecting around 5000ft and above, while surprisingly deep and dry snow awaits above 6000ft. […]