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First 2011 Tearsheet- Powder Magazine Feb. 2011 issue

By Halle | Published: February 3, 2011

This trip wasn’t what we expected. Blue skies were rare and fleeting. Whiteout conditions were the norm and the oft uttered phrase ‘skiing inside a ping pong ball’ came to mind. Often. We planned on spending 5 days traversing the Wallowas from Halfway to Joseph in NE Oregon. We ended up spending only 3. The [...]

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Trench Foot

By Halle | Published: August 5, 2010

This is an outtake from a bon bon story yours truly shot for Powder Magazine last spring. Thank you Dave Reddick. Not all photographers might consider this a bon bon. Me? Hell yes! I would have done the trip regardless of the assignment. Hence ‘bon bon’, a term I learned from a German DP working [...]

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Why I always ski Superbowl Sunday

By Halle | Published: February 8, 2010

For one day this season we were ok with El Niño. Superbowl Sunday. Chris and I had a surprisingly good day skiing der Hood. We ditched the car in Govy, stuck out our thumbs and the first car up Timberline Rd. obliged. The clouds lifted and the snow up high was as good as Hood [...]

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hoofing it or hooving it

By Halle | Published: January 4, 2009

One of my favorite things about Mt. Hood Ski Bowl besides the lack of lines at the upper bowl chair, the WPA era warming hut and the overall friendly vibe is the proximity of Mirror Lake. Enough said.

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Winter’s End Is Near

By Halle | Published: April 17, 2008

AC and I did a half day tour near Mirror Lake Wednesday. Winter’s going down swinging this year. The end of winter means anything but ski doldrums in the Pacific Northwest. It means the start of something altogether new: volcano corn season.  

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