Eagles, Deer and a Shot Up Car

The dumping of garbage in the forest near Coyote and Cabin Buttes is absolutely inexcusable. The OHV drivers and hunters are the biggest users of these part of the forest and they should step up their clean up efforts.

Last Chair on Rainbow with 8" of Fresh

Eight inches fell during the day today, Seth pointed out some handy hike photo ops below the Rainbow get back traverse. No photos today but the snow was excellent and we ran Rainbow laps pretty much to ourselves. The sky is clear for the moment(12:30am), First chair in the morning could bring bluebird pow though it seems more precip could arrive by sunrise.

4 Inches of Cream

Nice dense layer made the whole mountain skiable with a real smooth surface out in the open areas. Light skier turn out and a 9:15 opening of NWX made for a great day. Not too many photos today, couple on Devils Backbone and down in the trees NW. Fired another email to Bachelor lobbying for the photo and video gallery page.

Video Content for Bachelor

A couple blog entries on Bachelor's site are suggesting a photo and video gallery page. I wonder why they even hesitate....

These were shot with a viosport 3 and a Sony HC32:

First Chair on Pine Martin for 1st track on Thunderird.
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/highanglephoto/?action=view&current=BachyVid.flv

Nice sunny line in one of the NW bowls:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/highanglephoto/?action=view&current=Go.flv

Pink Sunrise and Boiler Plate-Saturday

The wind was howling out of the east scouring much of the mountain. the trees were wtill great but above that was boiler plate. Three screws blew in my left toepeice on Devil's Backbone. The Cookie Cam and I come through feelin' pretty lucky.

Follow this link to see the video:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/highanglephoto/?action=view&current=BindingBreak.flv

Follow this link to see an internet version of a Cookie Cam lap on Outback:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/highanglephoto/?action=view&current=12-16-06-OutbackLap.flv

Another Cold Fall Storm-Friday

Outback and NWX were down all day with 15+ inches of fresh. got on some new aspects of the cone.

The Hunt for Space Begins

Windy Dog Walk with Rainbows

The weather man didn't serve up any powder on the mountain but the rain made for some nice shooting in the desert.

Macro Embers with a Storm Rollin' In

Tried out a new tripod from Ritz Camera, super light with a uni-ball mount. It had a little wobble, but for the weight it's great. These exposures ran around 3 seconds and are showing good detail.


The Weather Channel Adds Text to the Sat Loop--photo of the day

Snow Pack Reboot!

Just Enough Snow and Wind to make the whole mountain ski well. I shot using a flash in the trees giving the snow and the skier more punch. In the afternoon Ellen and Gstaad having finished their training gave me a chance to photograph them in a relaxed mode.

Rain and Snow in the Woods

Walking around the base of Cabin Butte I noticed this dear carcass with an interesting shape and a central rib that had an eye catching break. Drawing the eye just off center of the pine tree worked well too.

Dust on Crust and a Cloud Break

Nicer turns than expected considering 1/2 inch of new. Got a nice view of South Sister for a couple minutes, barely got a shot off and I should have come around to show the sketchy landing.

I Hope These Pink Clouds Mean Snow

The broken clouds have brought as bright of an alpenglo as I've seen.

Fall Sunset at Horse Butte

Beautiful pink clouds this evening backdropped Horse Butte which was nicely silhouetted by the south-setting sun. The equine candid imparts an expresive calm. There was other interesting silhouettes and sap to photograph as well.

Mount Bachelor Photo of the Week!!

We got some bluebird conditions with excellent snow today. Got some shots of Seth near the tower 21 traverse and the season's first video footage with the Cookie Composite video camera mounting system. The footage was pretty lousy due to the camera auto focusing on the dirt on the lens...lame! First impression is that this system beats the pants off of Viosport. The AV connection between the Sony and the Viosport were very challenging to maintain. The Cookie system is a lot cheaper with more reliability and higher resolution....I have a hunch it's going to help a lot to clean the lens next time too.

Follow this link to view the first Cookie Cam:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/highanglephoto/?action=view&current=1stcookie.flv

Powderhound Preview Slide Show

I presented a slide show this evening on Heli Skiing in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska. Many thanks to Pine Mountain Sports and Black Diamond for getting us fired up for the new season!













Follow this link to watch the internet version of the slideshow:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/highanglephoto/?action=view&current=Powderhound.flv


Follow this link to read the Article in the Bend Bulletin:
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061113/SPORTS05/611130320&nav_category=


Super fun night, awsome slideshows, great support from friends. Lets ski some POW!

First Turns of '06-'07

Dense, creamy snow with low light and fog. Great riding and Matt got the season's fist jib on the top of the cone!