K2 euro shredding Chilean powder
One week ago Christian Reichenberger, Marc Hartinger and myself flew all the way from europe over to Chile to shoot with Michael Neumann from germany, who already took some cool pics last year with me on a rodatrip through Chile. We went straight to The Puma Lodge, which is pretty much the coolest thing I have ever seen! It´s a 2h drive to the south from Santiago and then they pick you up by helicopter (fly in - fly out lodge) - NO BIG DEAL! Somewhere in the Andes there is that massiv, canadian style lodge, where we were based the following 4 days. www.pumalodge.cl
On the first morning we flew up with a B4 helicopter and Eric, a chilean cowboy was our pilot, a really good guy. On our side we had Stefan our mountain guide from svizzerland. He told us that he wants to explore new stuff and run out there, we were able to land wherever we wanted too. So yeah afte 10 minutes in the helicopter we flew into a zone which looked Alaska and I tell you something, every other zone we flew into looked like AK too. To ski such bad ass steep lines with 30cm of pow in middle september, what?!?! - normally you have to go to AK to do stuff like that. We were super stoked and shredded some awesome stuff, pretty much every line we did were first descents. Three days in a row from 8am till sunset we had blue bird and good snow. The only thing you have to whatch out down here in SA - it´s a very high altitude where you go heli skiing. Starts from 2500m up to 4500m - the lodge is base on 1200m and yeah you will be fucked up when they took you straight up to 4500m in 10 minutes. You get out of the helicopter and you will be super dizzy and tired. Not the best thing to ski down a 1000m spine, hahahah so sick!
After those epic days, we went to La Parva and Valle Nevado area. Temperatures increased pretty fast and so we had more than 20° celsius on 3000m! But we still found some good snow and built a little step up and continued shooting. Check out some pics below and stay tuned for some more shots on K2 facebook/twitter and new K2 catalogues.
Sitting up here at Valle NEvado now and enyoing some different styles of Piscos on our last night!
god damn that stuff is strong, hahahah
powder is on it´s way in the northern hemisphere, be prepaired and get your new K2 skis, doesnt matter which one - ALL of them ROCK!
keep on rockin
roman
all pics by Michael Neumann
K2 BackSide Team finds snow in Chile
The BackSide Adventure squad consisting of Reggie and Zach Crist, Bryce Phillips, Roman Rohrmoser, Lexi DuPont and team photographer, Alex O'Brien ventured to the southern hemisphere to beat the heat and find some snow.
Ending up at Ski La Parva, a scenic resort overlooking Santiago, Chile, the Team would spend ten days shooting photos, testing gear and skiing lines. Weather was perfect with low pressure laying down fresh snow day one, followed by sunshine and warm temps allowing for some exploration of the surrounding peaks, couloirs and local cervezas!
Big thanks goes out to the Ski La Parva crew for being great hosts and guides.
Reggie Crist on K2 Backside Skis COBB Peak in Idaho GoPro Video
After a month of heli-guide skiing in Alaska, Reggie Crist returned home to Idaho. Reggie filmed his climb and descent of COBB Peak. Through his GoPro you can see how gnarly a few sections of the climb are. Video also includes Reggie's buddy speed flying off the summit! Reggie skis on the K2 Backside line that is specifically designed for this type of skiing.
Shooting for Aestivation project at Mt. Baker and Whistler
Hey guys
Two weeks ago we decided to fly to Seattle, rent a RV and go wherever we can find some powder to shoot for the european movie company Aestivation. After checking the weather forecast, we decided to head up north to Mt. Baker. We met Adam U, local from Baker, who knows the area pretty well. After a few downdays Baker showed all his beauty on a blue bird pow day last week friday! We got up at 6am and couldn´t believe all the amount of snow, the massiv cornices, spines, pillows...hell yeah! We hiked up the Shuksan arm, following a few locals who told us where we should go and where we shouldn´t go, because of avalanche danger!
After the first line I couln´t believe how sick it was to shred that sticky pow in steep faces, but we also had a few little pockets which released on those runs. So yeahh, at the last run high clouds came in and I dropped in before the light was totally gone. Few deep pow turns, a drop, one turn, avalanche broke and i fell over my last cliff I wanted to jump. Bummer man, lost my ski and my Go Pro, but luckely I stayed pretty much on the top, at least when the avalanche stopped.
After that day we decided to stay in the trees for the next days; There was a sketchy layer out there since march, where all the new snow slides down. So yeah, there would have been some more realy sick stuff to do up there, but to dangerous. So we left Baker.
Whistler BC - hell yeah, what a awesome area! Unfortunately we had not such good weather the last days. Scouting some lines and stuff we could do was pretty much all we did the last days. Then it cleared up, at least for a few hours. But yeah, it´s a bit different over here with filming lines in the ski area and close to the ski area - everything is tracked with in a few hours! NOT COOL! So yeah was time to get the bird in the air and fly in an area somewhere outside in the backcountry. First day we got a heli drop off up on a glacier - at the time we were up there, clouds came in again and the shitshow started again. Sitting, waiting, wishing - cleared up for 5 minutes, thats the time we had to do our line (3 rider - different lines - what a hazzle) 1 line a day - sucks!
But everything changed yesterday, when it cleared up and we had a blue bird pow day. We flew to a zone where MSP was a few days before. Everybody was stoked at we flew in there and when we saw all that spines, drops, pillows...
First run was a easy run to check the conditions and gettin warm. After this run everybody was pumped up with adrenalin and the Huck feast started. Probably one of the best days ever and thats pretty much on the last day of the season!
heading to Seattle next days and flying back home soon
cheers and some good spring snow riding wherever you´re now
roman
Fish and Pow in Lofoten
Got to go to the Lofoten archipelago in Norway again this year. Can't count how many times I've been there now, but the place never stops to amaze me.
Don't think there is anywhere in the world where the skiing is as close to the ocean as in Lofoten. Peaks with 360 degrees ocean view and lines ending literarily on the shore is seally special. This is the islands of sontrasts, snow to water, white to blue, storm to sunshine (in minutes), beach to mountain, ski to surf.
Lofoten is a mountainous row of islands above the arctic circle, stretching far out into the Northern Sea off the Northern Norwegian coast. Traditionally it's all about fishing, as this is where the North Atlantic Cod gather to party every year. Now it's just as much about tourism, mostly by the kind that drive around in their campers to look at the scenery in the summer, but also an increasing number of climbers, surfers and in winter skiers and snowboarders find their way to this magic place.
Check out the Shred Television Shredisode from our stay in Lofoten:
Having a clothing sponsor with a back country ski wear line named after this place helps a lot when making excuses for going up there year after year. This time I teamed up with a big bunch of my fellow Norrona riders for a photo and video shoot, hung out at the Camp Lofoten back country ski event and then did a bit of guiding. Of course I made sure to have some spare time to catch a few waves in between, and watch some of Europe's best surfers who happened to be there enjoying Lofoten in their way, video.
Working on setting up my excuses for next year's trip to Lofoten now...
In like a lion
A more relaxed kind of March Madness comes in from BackSide athlete Evan Stevens up at Valhalla Mountain Touring:
Well, March is almost over, and here is a video I made in the beginning of the month, but I have been WAY too busy skiing powder to remember to post this one on the blog. 3-4m snowpack right now, no persistent weak layers, cold fluff everywhere from summits to valleys. Enjoy the video!
Nimbus Euro road trip continue
Hey Guys
After 2 weeks in beautiful Courmayeur, on the italian side of the Mont Blanc, we drove back last week with the 2 BMW X1 to Austria. We found some good lines at Courmayeur, unfortunately there was not a really good base, like everywhere in the alps... that means 2 pair of skis per rider were pretty much done after a few days filming. We also got a few Heli drop off´s and got a few shots of that. Thx again the locals from Courmayeur, who supported us. Delicious food, really good wine and awesome terrain, next to massiv mountains and glaciers.
Back at my home town in zillertal (austria) we found a few cool spots, with good base and a bit of powder. I also showed them the traditional food, beer and of course the most important thing "Schnaps" which they liked pretty much, hahhaha.
here a little edit and pics
for more news check out www.nimbusindependent.com and www.roman-rohrmoser.com
cheers
r
Behind the scenes edit: http://vimeo.com/20190834
Roman Dirscherl rippin' the Dolomites
Roman impressingly demonstrates what can be gained out of our way too early spring conditions!
No hike, no ride - but with a bit of work ...
... lines like this can be found!!
Nimbus EURO trip
Hey guys
I´m on the road with the Nimbus crew since 1 week . Munich, Zillervalley, Livigno....Right now we are in Italy, but probably driving back to austria soon. Found some good snow, but still pretty sharky! Looking forward to a big snow storm comin in.
check out some pics
more news on www.nimbusindependent.com
and www.roman-rohrmoser.com
cheers
roman
Deep Powder Video: Made in Japan!
The weather at home has been pretty dire in the two weeks since my return from Japan so I have been passing the time by editing some video that we collected while we were there. The POV footage is from my GoPro and big thanks go out to Ian Fohrman for the D300s footage!
A full blog post with over 70 photos can be found here.
Enjoy!
