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After several days of laying low because of gray skies small blue holes tempted us to go hunting. The elusive white rhino usually comes in the form of a well lit peak that holds light just long enough for us to get set up. Then the clouds take over moments before we shoot a line and the blue hole appears just off in the distance enticing us to chase behind. The chase eventually led us to a gem that held light until the end of the day.

There has been a changing of the guards here in Haines. Ian McIntosh, and Jeremy Nobis arrived in town and tagged out Dana Flair and Erik Roner and Adam Clark and Mark Fisher swapped out with still photographers Flip and Bezamat. Having a new crew changes the vibe of the crew but our game plan remains the same. On the first day of round two Roner found out that Nobis was going to be a day late so he stuck around for a after noon blue hole and got in another session.

We spotted this zone from a ways away and we could see a few tracks from a different crew in the area. after a thorough look we decided that there were still lines left that hadn’t been skied so we dissected it a bit more and pieced together some nice lines. Seth took this picture of me as I neared the exit of this run. it was one of the harder lines Ive ridden on this trip and had a few cruxes that were tech.

Shortly after we hit this run the light began to fade. the tracks, from left to right were skied by, Seth, Roner, Ian, and myself. This run was super fun, the snow was great pow, super rip-able with minimal slough. I dropped in slightly off line and over compensated for the slough management making a big swooping right turn before realizing were I needed to be. Once on the spine I had a perfect view right down the line so I proceeded fall line from there.

Lord of the rings vibe.

A few tracks in this zone almost made us pass right by but after close inspection we saw several lines including a few off the main peak to the right.

The little dot on the peak to the left is me getting ready while the Heli does a dry run.

At this point I have made it down most of the line, I am feeling relived to have made it through several crux spots already and now am focused on the air out the bottom.

Point it to glory!