Random Ski tours Abroad

This is the page for random trips that I have done over the years and don’t have enough for a full page.

OZ Splitfest 2013

I’m a tad bit behind in trip reports soo I thought I would start off by talking about my Southern Hemisphere spring trip. My 5 month journey started off with 15 hours of flights to a place that was not exactly the ski capital of the world but some may say it is the surfing capital. I set my trip so it coincided with the Australian Splitfest which is put together by Adam West who owns a sight called FirstLight Snowboards. he was kind enough to pick me up at the airport, take me to his hometown to meet his amazing family then we were off on the road to the Great Snowy Mountains, with Meat Pie in hand.

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OZ Splitfest by Firstlight Snowboards and Adam West

OZ spines

We were in a two week dry spell when I left New Zealand for Australia. Strange enough they were having a solid season with a deep snowpack and awesome corn snow. Adam West was kind enough to invite me to put on a snowboard clinic as well as put on a slide show for the OZ Splitfest. This would be my third time to Australia and I was excited to see some good friends and hopefully ride some steeper lines this time around.

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Adventures in Europa

Europe has always seemed like a pipe dream, something so far away and way too expensive to ever seem possible. It was with great surprise and excitement that I found out that a project I had worked on with Crest Pictures and Friends, Freerider was chosen to be a part of the FreeRide Film Festival. With word of this I had tickets to go to Saint Lary, France to attend and another two weeks to check out the Alps.

The plane landed in Paris, France as the morning sun crested over the horizon for the next 48 hours I would take a whirlwind tour seeing touristy areas like the Luv, Effiel Tower and the Notre Dame before heading to the South of France. Once in the small country town of Saint Lary which is nestled in the Pyranees mountains I tried new foods, saw different films and celebrated a culture I have been fortunate to be a part of. It was a honor to have our film along side big budget films like All.I.Can, This is my Winter and Art of Flight.

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Mount Olympus and the Vahalla Range

June-4-10, 2009 Valhallas, Olympus, and Vicinity

So this is my perspective of Jason and my 7 day trip out to Mt Olympus and the Valhalla’s for a much better written report check out Jason’s version at http://www.cascadecrusades.org/SkiMo…ympics2009.htm
Jason was kind enough to let me use his photography which can all be purchased at http://www.alpinestateofmind.com/It had always been a goal of mine to make it out to Mt Olympus the highest point in Olympic National Park but for one reason or another I never made it out that way. Jason Hummel and I had been communicating back and forth about putting together an epic trip in which we would head out to Olympus and climb deep into the Heart of the Olympics via the Valhalla’s a remote sub range.

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Obstruction Point in Olympic National Park

Obstruction Point in Olympic National Park

With weather in Washington looking sour for the Cascades we decided our best chance for weather would be the Olympics. kjkrow=Kyle (from splitboard.com), Dan (crstlextrm from TGR) and Myself Kyle Miller went out to Observation point for a four day tour.

Everyday at my work I watch the sunrises over the Olympic Mountains but never really head that direction.

The view from the Four Seasons in Seattle

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