Hey guys,

Just got back from an insane trip out to beautiful Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. The terrain out there is unbelievable. The new resort gondola gives you access to some of the most insane backcountry riding on this continent .... cliffs, steeps, chutes, heavy powder, drop cornices, trees, glades ... you name it. All you gotta do is pack you avalanche transponder, a shovel, and a few probes .. maybe a cell phone ... and start hiking. Hike to the summit is about an hour uphill, at about 60 degrees pitch. Some of the places I'm showing you here are about a 3 hour hike from the resort boundary. Well worth it! I only dragged my SLR out for one day because it's a bitch to ride with, so here's one day worth of pics.

Anyways, onto some pics:
Starting to hike the summit. Bye bye civilization!


Reached the summit .... wow .... that cornice is like 20 feet thick off a 100ft+ rock cliff


Holy crap ... *my heart was pounding by this point* What did I get myself into?


Some great lines in there ... Can you spot the people?


That's where we're headed .... Mt. MacKenzie summit (8000ft)


Let's start walking ... man those cornices are massive!


Looking over where we dropped in the day before ... huge big powder bowl under there if you're ok with freefalling for 15ft. It really wasn't all that difficult until I found out that the terrain below was a 70+ degree pitch I almost killed myself. Keep walking!


Closer look of yesterdays drop point.


On our way up to the summit. About 3/4 of the way up the summit ... getting a really windy so no point going to the top



Those dudes are going though ... they ended up walking down to where we were and dropping from there. The face was the better ride that day anyways .... lots of pow to be had!


Fresh tracks anyone? We landed right where people payed $400 per day to go cat skiing. Lazy bastards


Stopping for a break ... Hiking is really tiring ... here's me at almost 8000FT in February in a t-shirt.


So fresh so clean ... This is what it's all about boys and girls


Time to strap in and put the camera away. AMAZING ride. This was the most memorable powder run of my life. Dropping the cornices into southbowl was the scariest!



Hope you enjoyed! Go to Revelstoke if you want some world class backcountry riding! Miles above anything else I've been to (Panorama, Kicking Horse, Whistler, Fernie, Big White ... ect..)

And just to make it ITR related, a recent engine bay shot of the R:

 

Those are some amazing pics, they make me feel cold as hell

Clean engine bay to

 

Looks like an awesome trip man!

 

So bitchin'...

 

ryan those pics are killah.....im dying to see BC's lakes and rivers for some fishing

 

WOW man that is eff'n beautiful!

 

Those shots make me want to go . The pictures are mind blowing, awesome stuff.

 

Great pictures

Makes me want to go snowboarding now.

 

Thanks guys! Glad I could share them

I wish I could post the desktop size ones (1600x1050) .. stupid free photobucket.

I wanna go back so bad. Oh well ... Jackson Hole next year!

 

Wow! That's some amazing country! Nice shots

 

wow! awesome. is there a set trail that you have to take to get back to the base?
how does that work? When i watch people heli board/ski.. seems like anything goes.. they drop you off at the peak. and you make your way down to the base... is that the same on your trip?

 

wow so nice!

 

Those are Breathtaking photo's Ryan!.......looks like you had a great time!

+1 for beautiful engine bay pic and keeping it R related.

you wanna sell that Mugen intake?....

 

bad *** pictures. Amazing views.

 

Wow! You guys must be shredders.

I don't think me or my old Forum would make it down that.

 

Ryan,

Those pictures are simply amazing... and looks like you had a blast as well!!

Your engine bay shot makes me miss my car. It will be another couple months I think before I'm in Canada again. When I do come back we will most definitely have to hook up.

 

Ryan,

Those pictures are simply amazing... and looks like you had a blast as well!!

Your engine bay shot makes me miss my car. It will be another couple months I think before I'm in Canada again. When I do come back we will most definitely have to hook up.

 

damn, nice shots, I would brake something if I tried boardin that stuff LOL

 

Man those are some kick *** pictures.

 

OH MY GOD! THAT LOOKS AMAZING! I WANT TO SUMMIT THAT ONE DAY!!!!! I'M SOOOO JEALOUS!!!

 

sooo awesome! dope pics! looks like an amazing time for sure!

 

I love my province . BC FTMFW!!!!!!!!!!

 

BC is the ****, my brother was born in Prince George so we lived there when I was young for a while and lived in Victoria also

 

bastard.

i wish i loved over that way.

 

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how does that work? When i watch people heli board/ski.. seems like anything goes.. they drop you off at the peak. and you make your way down to the base... is that the same on your trip?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yep, same basic principle here, but you hike to the summit. You're on your own when you get to the bottom. The day these pics were taken, we only had 1 run. We started at the base at 9:00am, and didn't get back until 4:00PM. Four hours total hike to get to the summit, 3 hours hike to get back to civilization. My legs are now tree trunks


Doug, hope to see ya when you get back

Thanks for compliments everyone!