My Season in Canada

gavkm27

Well,i spent the best part of 3 and half months living and travelling around British Columbia and Alaska,it was a trip of a lifetime.
I snowboard and Splitboard,which is similar to ski touring but with a snowboard that comes in 2 and is used as a pair of ski's to climb with.
So i have a few pictures and videos i'd like to share,enjoy

Deep in the whiteroom,duffey lake BC,pic taken from pole cam


High above Rogers Pass in BC's interior on the Swiss Glacier


Climbing a Couloir in Rogers Pass,double ice axe and crampons are mandatory here where a fall would be serious trouble


Riding that same couloir,much more fun on the way down,took us 7 hours to cimb from the highway to the top of this 1900m climb and about 20 mins to get back to the RV!

If you did'nt already know Canada gets alot of snow and our RV was buried many times!


Off to climb up another icefall,this time we were going to camp on the Cambria Icefield in Northern BC,we spent 4 days and had a mammoth 1600m climb with 30kg packs up a treacherous Glacier.
Navigating our way through towering chunks of ice -


Basecamp on the Cambria Icefield


More Climbing


Totally worth every bit of effort


More stunning views high up on the Cambria Icefield


Then we headed north to Alaska,took the ferry from Prince Rupert to Haines,then had a pilot fly us deep into the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve to camp for 2 weeks,we flew in all supplies and had a sat phone as our only lifeline


The Fairweather Range within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve


Travelling upto 15km a day and climbing 2000m vertical


All for this




Heres a couple of videos we made also

Cambria Icefield -
http://vimeo.com/39016566

Alaska -
http://vimeo.com/40389047

Mitch Buchannon

Looks like an epic trip. Superb pictures.. I havent checked out the videos yet.
What are your impressions of the Jones Splitboards ? Maybe you could do a review for us

The dangling straps from the crampons in the 3rd pic could be a little sketchy.. serious chance of snagging your feet in them and causing a slip or even worse a fall. Nothing nice about trying to ice axe break with all your gear on your back !! Could make for a brown pants moment for sure

Static M.e.

Wow, some beautiful pic's. I'd say you had amazing season

gavkm27

Mitch Buchannon wrote: »

Looks like an epic trip. Superb pictures.. I havent checked out the videos yet.
What are your impressions of the Jones Splitboards ? Maybe you could do a review for us

The dangling straps from the crampons in the 3rd pic could be a little sketchy.. serious chance of snagging your feet in them and causing a slip or even worse a fall. Nothing nice about trying to ice axe break with all your gear on your back !! Could make for a brown pants moment for sure

The Jones Solution is a great all round board,it's definetly my go to board,although I did think the craftsmanship was a bit shoddy though,I've had and own a Venture Splitboard and they are handcrafted masterpieces compared to the Jones.

The climbing pic was taken just as we started to bootpack and it wasn't long before he sorted himself out,and yeah if a crampon blew out or anything like that in the middle of that climb it would defo make for a pants change!

Cheers

opinion guy

Wow.
Amazing pics.
I hate you.
You are nuts by the way.
Did I mention I hate you ?
Dammit where is the green eyed monster smiley ?

Fattes

Holy S*&T Looks amazing was in Rogers Pass in March and the conditions were amazing!

You lucky lucky Bas&^rd.

Thanks for sharing

a148pro

Yes you're lucky you survived that couloir

Because if I ever get my hands on you I'll....

Epic stuff, great to see somebody living what I dream

Lenmeister

gavkm27 wrote: »

Well,i spent the best part of 3 and half months living and travelling around British Columbia and Alaska,it was a trip of a lifetime.

Basecamp on the Cambria Icefield

LOL can't believe you basecamped that, looks savage. I done a season in Whistler 09-10 during the Olympics, epic time. Looks like you had a ball, nice one chief!