Showing posts with label backcountry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label backcountry. Show all posts

The largest pillow line of my life - January 2014



In mid January of 2014 an arctic cold front set in over British Columbia, along with blue skies for the rest of the month. With a stable snowpack and good pow high up, the options for snowboarding seemed endless. It's not too often that you get to hike up and ride down just about anywhere with little concern for avalanches. I had been eying up this pillow line for over a year and it was the perfect time to give it a try.

Many thanks to Ian Provo, Pete Alport and Daniel Rönnbäck for capturing the moment that day.

Neil Provo & Hip-Deep Alaskan Powder, Big Mountain Shredding | The Backcountry Experience, Ep. 6


A few clips from Powderwhores movie "Elevation". Camping and snowboarding in the Tordrillo Mountains of Alaska- April 2013

May 20th was a Powder day!

May 20th 2011 was yet another amazing pow day. Just when i was getting stoked for summer, another mega snow storm hit Utah. It is insane how deep Utah's snowpack is! We pulled up to brighton resort to find the parking lot completely empty. Not a soul in sight. I guess folks in Utah don't enjoy blower powder in May! We had all of Big cottonwood canyon to ourselves!

Ian hikes up Millicent Peak.


The snow was amazing. It felt like January...
Here's ian carving into a nice one


Matt the meteorologist, diving down deep to sample the fresh snow.


Here's a photo Ian took of me on May 18th. An equally stellar day for may!


Ian and Ty standing on top of Fantasy Ridge. Might be dreaming cant be May 18th!

WHEN WILL WINTER END? WHEN WILL SUMMER BEGIN???

Springtime snowboarding in Utah - April 2011

After a long trip up north, it was nice to come back home. Living amongst the clouds for so long in BC i began to miss the blue bird pow days Utah is known for. The snowpack is as deep as i have ever seen it in the Wasatch and Uinta mountains in my 10 years of living here. It is going to be a great spring and summer to get after on the splitboard!

My bro and I linked up with our pops and headed up the mirror lake highway on the sleds for some fun pow turns in the sun! Only get to ride with my pop a few times a year, and this was the first time we got to snowboard together in the mountains where we spend many summer days flyfishing and backpacking. Great day with the old man!


My pop and i, loving the fresh spring pow!





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Zach Siebert, enjoying some fresh powder behind the Canyons resort.

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4/20/2011 High alpine adventure to the High Uinta mountains. My brothers Justin and Ian boot up the ridge with Pouch following.

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The snow just doesn't quit here in utah. Almost may and there seems to be no end in sight!
Looking down the Argenta slide path off Kessler Peak... A mighty force created this nice little ski run. The snow conditions were just right on this day- incredible for April 26th!!


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NATURE. Birds of prey on the mountainside...


Looking forward to riding more pow as it comes, and hitting some big lines when the melt/freeze cylcle begins. Record snowpack!!!!!!

Snurf Ya Later - The Provo Bros ~ December thru January 2011

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Recovering from broken legs last march, there was no better way to get back into boarding then Pow surfin'.   When you free up the bindings, all the stress and pain goes away.   Luckily here in utah the powder is deep and plentiful.   Conditions have to be perfect fresh powder to be able to truley enjoy the Snurfer style boards.   Ian and i used to snowskate every preseason for the last 10 years and it grew into a hobby far beyond an early season only activity.   This year we got some amazing boards built, and for the first time really got to surf the snow!  Here is a video we made from the last 2 months "snurfin" around the Utah backcountry...  Riding these boards without bindings really helped me to get my balance and strength back before i jump back into snowboarding.
Winter is in full effect and its time for me to strap in!
SNURFS UP!

^watch in 720p for best quality

Special thanks to Jeremy Jensen and Grassroots Powdersurfing for building such epic surf boards!!!

2010-2011 Rossignol Experience Snowboard

Here is a piece i put together for Rossignol with some P.o.v. clips from last winter. Put your self in "my boots" to see how the 2010/11 Rossi Experience snowboard rides! -Steep and Deep, Cliffs, Chutes, Pillows, POW, hardpack, ice, you name it.
This is my board of choice...


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VIMEO version