Halle's Smooooth Words o' Wisdom » ski http://mhalle.com/blog Whereby M. G. Halle Lays it All Out...Silky Style Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:22:34 +0000 en hourly 1 2 snow chestnuts for a warm(ish) summer day http://mhalle.com/blog/2010/08/19/2-snow-chestnuts-for-a-warmish-summer-day/ http://mhalle.com/blog/2010/08/19/2-snow-chestnuts-for-a-warmish-summer-day/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:52:16 +0000 Halle http://mhalle.com/blog/?p=596 Must go up…

old chestnut of sorts

To get down…

EJ & Middle Sister

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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 on a job for Addidas a few years ago.

Our goal here was a 4-day traverse of the Eagle Cap Wilderness, aka the Wallowas*, in northeastern Oregon from Halfway to Joseph. We succeeded although a tad more quickly than planned. Spring conditions were expected but, as often happens in the mountains, we got spanked. We had no chance to skin laps in the sun and position athletes with radios let alone dry our drawers, boot liners or sleeping bags. ‘My kingdom for a synthetic fill bag,’ was an unspoken refrain by night two.

I don’t recommend this trip when ma nature swings her paddle. Still we managed, had a ton of fun and only one in five came down with the nasty foot predicament.

*Wallowa is a Nez Perce word “used to describe a structure of stakes set in a triangle used to support a network of sticks called lacallas, for catching fish.” -Oregon Geographic Names by Lewis A. McArthur & Lewis L. McArthur

]]> http://mhalle.com/blog/2010/08/05/trench-foot/feed/ 7 Why I always ski Superbowl Sunday http://mhalle.com/blog/2010/02/08/why-i-always-ski-superbowl-sunday/ http://mhalle.com/blog/2010/02/08/why-i-always-ski-superbowl-sunday/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:12:37 +0000 Halle http://mhalle.com/blog/?p=528 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 snow gets.

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below crater rock

Superbowl Sunday Crater Rock turns

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]]> http://mhalle.com/blog/2010/02/08/why-i-always-ski-superbowl-sunday/feed/ 3 Mt. Adams-Southwest Chutes-29 June 2009 http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/06/28/mt-adams-southwest-chutes-29-june-2009/ http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/06/28/mt-adams-southwest-chutes-29-june-2009/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:45:06 +0000 Halle http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/06/28/mt-adams-southwest-chutes-29-june-2009/ My likely last ski of the season was a grand one. Chris Hill, Blake Osmundsen, Trent Thelen and I bivied at the bustling Cold Springs trailhead Friday night and headed up 7,000 ft. or so to the top then skied down. Skied down most of the way at least. We did a wrinkle I’d never done before: traversing at 7,000 ft to the south side trade route instead of heading to the round the mountain trail and then walking the 3 miles back to Cold Springs. The verdict seemed to be that the traverse at 7k is better suited for earlier in the season or bigger snow years. We finished the day with cold brews at the car and Huckleberry shakes in Trout Lake. Yeeehaaaa!

]]> http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/06/28/mt-adams-southwest-chutes-29-june-2009/feed/ 0 One of My Favorite Things: Skiing to Ramona Falls http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/05/26/one-of-my-favorite-things-skiing-to-ramona-falls/ http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/05/26/one-of-my-favorite-things-skiing-to-ramona-falls/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 22:23:43 +0000 Halle http://mhalle.com/blog/?p=441 The tour to Ramona falls is one of my favorite things. Yesterday Steven, Ralph and I skied the route with a snowcat assist part way up the Palmer. It was a great day spent with friends on the mountain. We encountered a handfull of giants along the way.

Ralph

Steve

self-portrait

]]> http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/05/26/one-of-my-favorite-things-skiing-to-ramona-falls/feed/ 0 Smokey says, “shred the gnar.” http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/04/27/smokey-says-shred-the-gnar/ http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/04/27/smokey-says-shred-the-gnar/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:25:42 +0000 Halle http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/04/27/smokey-says-shred-the-gnar/ Spent a nice day with the family at Timberline yesterday and couldn’t resist this picture of my daughter and Smokey the Bear.

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_MGH0209

_MGH0224

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¿hoofing it or hooving it?

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_MGH0114

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