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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Three filmers and two photographers anxiously stand by with cameras focused while they wait for my call over the radio. It is not yet 7 AM and we have been up for three hours. The line below me caught my … Continue reading
Safe glacier travel on the Monte Rosa Massif – Photo courtesy of McNabSnowboarding.com As a special addition to Jones Snowboards’ Avalanche Awareness Month we caught up with UIAGM Mountain Guide Neil McNab for some insight on safe backcountry travel skills. … Continue reading
Utah’s resorts already have been open since the first week of November and the snow keeps falling. We’ve been getting a ton of wet snowstorms with incredible amounts of water which makes for the best base you could ask for. … Continue reading
Posted in Forrest Shearer, Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness Month, Avalanche Education, avalanche safety, Forrest Shearer, snowbird, Utah
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Jones Snowboards is proud to welcome veteran Canadian freerider Dave Short to the pro team! Dave Short has been killing it in Canada for years and is well known as one of the most talented freeriders on the B.C. scene. … Continue reading
Posted in Dave Short
Tagged Canada, Dave Short, Freeride Snowboarding, Jones Snowboard Team, Jones Snowboards, Whistler B.C.
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[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17515385[/vimeo] Jones team rider Mitch Toelderer recently debuted his latest film project ‘HIKE2ride’ in front of a hometown crowd at the ‘Leo Kino’ in Innsbruck, Austria. The film project documents Toelderer and crew’s backcountry travels as well as what freeriding … Continue reading
Posted in MItch Toelderer
Tagged Alps, Austria, backcountry snowboarding, Freeride Snowboard Movie, Freeride Snowboarding, Freeriding, HIKE2ride, Jones Snowboards, MItch Toelderer
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Hard slab avalanche caused by depth hoar – Salt River Range, WY – Feb 2010. Photo by Teton Search and Rescue. What a great start to winter in North America. Seems like everywhere from Colorado to California and even Canada … Continue reading
Posted in Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness, Avalanche Awareness Month, Avalanche Conditions, avalanche safety, Canada, Colorado, Deep Layer Instabilities, ESPN Snowboarding, Faceted Snow, jackson hole, Pacific Northwest, Persistent Weak Layers, Sierra, Snowpack Analysis, Utah
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There is no alpine imagery more eye-catching than a towering spine wall. The wild fluted snow of a steep spine wall draws your eye like a magnet as the off-axis serrations almost seem surreal at first glance. Many people might … Continue reading
Posted in Jeremy Jones
Tagged alaska, Canvas Prints, Deeper Prints, Fairweather Range, Glacier bay national park, Jeremy Jones, Seth Lightcap, Spine Walls, spines
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Hopefully by now most of you have heard of the Five Red Flags. The red flags are simple visual clues that are a sign of potential avalanche danger. I keep harping on these observation techniques because I use them more … Continue reading
Over the last few years the month of December has evolved into Avalanche Awareness Month for me. There is enough snow to get in the mountains in December but often times the snowpack is thin and the avalanche danger is … Continue reading
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17232288[/vimeo] Here’s a strictly stoke video from Thanksgiving Day on Donner Summit, CA. Click and shred a gravy pow run with Brian Bozack and I down the potato-y pillow gardens of Donner Peak in the best November conditions Tahoe has … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Donner Summit, La Nina, lake tahoe, Pillow Gardens, Thanksgiving Pow
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