Snow

Winter is finally here...

View of Port Gardner, Everett this morning just before the main snow front came through.

Steven's Pass

Went snow shoeing at Steven's Pass - about 14" of fresh snow from previous night.

Para-Gliding 2

This gentlemen is going by himself.   Most however have a pilot - who also carries the parachute and equipment back up to the tram for the next ride down.   It takes approximately 15 minutes to ride the tram to the summit, and about 30 minutes to get back down to the valley floor via para-gliding.

Para-Gliding

During our trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming - we decided to go to Teton Village and take the tram up to the summit.  At the summit, you could get back down to the valley below via a para-glider.    Not for the faint of heart.

Snowboard 3 - April

This is my favorite of the series of shots that I took.

Snowboard 2 - April

A couple more shots in the series from today at Steven's Pass

Snowboard - April

Spent some time at the Terrain Park at Steven's Pass today.   Photographed this boarder coming off one of the waterfall jumps.

Mountain Range - Mount Baker

This photograph was taken looking towards the North West from the lower Mount Baker Ski lodge.   Best guess is that this is Ptarmigan ridge.   Also shot with a 200mm Nikkor f/2.8 lens.   ISO was set at 400, aperture at f/6.3 for 1/8000s.

GPS
Latitude: N 48°51.699' (48°51'41.9")
Longitude: W 121°39.234' (121°39'14.0")
Altitude: 1094.00m
      

Mt. Shuskan

I took this photograph of Mount Shuskan from the lower lodge at Mount Baker ski resort before heading up for some skiing.   It was a very bright sunny day, perfect for capturing snow features.   I used a Nikon D300 at f/6.3 for 1/5000s and ISO 400 with my 200 mm f/2.8 Nikkor zoom lens.

GPS Information:
Latitude: N 48°51.699' (48°51'41.9")
Longitude: W 121°39.234' (121°39'14.0")
Altitude: 1094.00m

    

Sick Shutter Speed

This rider is one of Dane and Austin's friends taken at the Terrain Park at Steven's Pass.   He is coming down the backside of one of  the waterfall jumps.

Terrain Park View

This is a view looking down the waterfall jumps back towards the lodges at Steven's Pass.   Dane Gilbertson can be seen in the lower right.

Dane Gilbertson #4

Dane Gilbertson coming off the water fall jump progressing through one of his tricks at Steven's Pass Terrain Park.

Austin Curran 3

This photograph of Austin was taken with a Nikon D300 using a 200mm lens at f5.6, 1/1000 sec at ISO500.

Dane Gilbertson 3

A black and white conversion.  This is Dane coming down through the waterfall at Steven's Pass.   Photograph was taken with a 55mm lens, f5, 1/450sec at ISO640.

Austin Curran 2

Austin hitting the landing on the lower side of the hill after coming off his jump.

Dane Gilbertson 2

This is one of the early photographs taken while Dane was coming down the slope towards me.

Austin Curran

Here is Austin Curran hitting the same jump in the waterfall section of the Terrain Park.     Austin told me that although there was a lot of fresh powder, it was very slow snow and they weren't able to get the speed they were hoping for.  When Austin isn't up snowboarding he plays football for Central Washington University.

Dane Gilbertson

I spent friday afternoon at the Steven's pass terrain park with Dane Gilbertson and Austin Curran.   The sun teased in the morning and a few times in the afternoon but failed to show reliably for the photographs.   The first half of the day I positioned myself below the various waterfall jumps so that I would catch them coming towards and to the side of me.  The photograph above was taken later in the day when I followed them down the park in a line behind and to the left of them.   Here Dane is doing a forward sommersault with twist.    I'm sure there is a name for it, Dane will have to enlighten me.

Steven's Pass Terrain Park 3

This photograph was taken from the same location as the prior, however, I had moved to the opposite side of this jump.   As you can see, the skiers were hitting the jump at much greater speeds and getting much more air.  This was taken using a 200mm lens, f10 at 1/250s, ISO 200.