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Peace
Blair
Monday, April 4, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
A Winter to Remember...
Hey Team,
Well I have to say the past few monthe's for me have been one of my most memorable yet!!
As per my last update I have been up in NW BC in Terrace being a bit of a ski bum...
Terrace is for me one of if not my favorite destination in BC or Canada for that Matter, maybe even the world! For me the town provides a home away from home and the best ski touring I have personally encountered! Not to mention the fact you can paddle through the winter at Butze Tidal Rapids in Prince Rupert and if you are game the local river run the Kalum.
Here are a few last pictures from my past few weeks of missions...
If you like it off the beaten track, a friendly community and just dam good everything outdoors you can imagine maybe Terrace is a place to put on your 'to visit' list!
HDR Money Shot, Kitimat, BC
HDR, Butze Tidal Rapids, Prince Rupert, BC
Bell 2, Jacooooooozi....
Sunset, Shames Backcountry, Terrace, BC
Blimen Red Necks up in here
Me hanging out, Kitimat, BC
Lynn, Friend, Photographer, Awesome
Well I have to say the past few monthe's for me have been one of my most memorable yet!!
As per my last update I have been up in NW BC in Terrace being a bit of a ski bum...
Terrace is for me one of if not my favorite destination in BC or Canada for that Matter, maybe even the world! For me the town provides a home away from home and the best ski touring I have personally encountered! Not to mention the fact you can paddle through the winter at Butze Tidal Rapids in Prince Rupert and if you are game the local river run the Kalum.
Here are a few last pictures from my past few weeks of missions...
If you like it off the beaten track, a friendly community and just dam good everything outdoors you can imagine maybe Terrace is a place to put on your 'to visit' list!
Gas? Bell 2, Far North BC
Casual Bald Eagle Soaring in the Sunset, Prince Rupert, BC
Chris Roberts, Blunt, Cradle Wave, Butze, Prince Rupert
Myself, Back Blunt, Cradle Wave, Butze, Prince Rupert
Bear Glacier, Near Stewart, BC
Gorgeous Relfections, HDR, Prince Rupert
Chillin in Kitimat, BC
HDR Fishing Boats, Prince Rupert, BC
Probably the most beautiful ocean sunset spot I have found yet..near Prince Rupert, BC
Hnaging out in Kitimat, Gorgeous
Lynn Photo Genious!!
Kitwanga...Best ice cream stop
Casual Bald Eagle Soaring in the Sunset, Prince Rupert, BC
Chris Roberts, Blunt, Cradle Wave, Butze, Prince Rupert
Myself, Back Blunt, Cradle Wave, Butze, Prince Rupert
Bear Glacier, Near Stewart, BC
Gorgeous Relfections, HDR, Prince Rupert
Chillin in Kitimat, BC
HDR Fishing Boats, Prince Rupert, BC
Probably the most beautiful ocean sunset spot I have found yet..near Prince Rupert, BC
Hnaging out in Kitimat, Gorgeous
Lynn Photo Genious!!
Kitwanga...Best ice cream stop
HDR Money Shot, Kitimat, BC
HDR, Butze Tidal Rapids, Prince Rupert, BC
Bell 2, Jacooooooozi....
Sunset, Shames Backcountry, Terrace, BC
Blimen Red Necks up in here
Me hanging out, Kitimat, BC
Lynn, Friend, Photographer, AwesomeAwesome. Well I snapped my skis a couple of weeks ago to..so no spring touring for me unfortunately!
Bring on paddling season I guess!! Think some Kanbezi Sessions could be in high order this week!
Look forward to seeing you all on the river!!!
Check out My Mountain COOP if you like what you see here!!
Thanks Terrace people for a Winter to Remember! Love ya all!!
Peace n Snow Melt
Blair
Bring on paddling season I guess!! Think some Kanbezi Sessions could be in high order this week!
Look forward to seeing you all on the river!!!
Check out My Mountain COOP if you like what you see here!!
Thanks Terrace people for a Winter to Remember! Love ya all!!
Peace n Snow Melt
Blair
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Little Update from the North, Terrace BC
Hey Team,
So I am lucky enough to be taking a couple of monthes off and being a ski bum up North in Terrace, BC.
I spent a couple of months up here last winter and just loved it so I have returned. The place, the people and the skiing and just amazing!
Terrace itself is nothing glamorous, a modest small town BC settled in the beautiful Coastal Range. The mountains are big and beautiful and the area boasts an annual snow fall of 40+ft.
So for those powder junkies this place is that little untouched winter paradise. And by untouched I literally mean untouched. The local ski hill Shames sells around 1000 season passes a year and provides some of the best tree skiing I have encountered in Canada. And no it does not boast a very big vertical and it has a real community family feel to it which I like.
If you have a back country gear then you will be in heaven. The Shames back country is EPIC.
The access off the ski hill is in my opinion second to none. Amazing long tree runs, wide open alpine bowls, steep knarly alpine lines with couliors, chutes and cliffs dotted everywhere there is something for every back country user here!
There is also a huge number of road access touring spots around the area and if you have a sled for access purposes on logging roads this opens up whole new realm of terrain.
Going back to my untouched comment. This vast back country is shared by maybe 50 or so users. This is growing mind you. Maybe a sign to the fact the ski hill is struggling and may very well not open again next year!
Shames has been owned privately for the past 20 years. Recently user numbers have declined and Shames has seen hard times on the financial side. The owners are tired and are ready to move on. They have been bankrolling the hill out of their own pockets for the last few seasons. They have been resisting tempting offers from large corporations, private sector interests and even nearby Smithers who all wish to purchase the mountain with the intent of shutting it down or running it as a private retreat! The fact the current owners have not accepted any of these lucrative offers is a testament to the community value the ski hill holds!!!
So now the future of Shames teeters on one last community driven CO-OP idea.
The owners have given the My Mountain CO-OP until April to raise the $2 million needed to purchase the hill or else they will have to reconsider other options.
My Mountain CO-OP if successful will be the first not for profit communty run ski area in Canada. Modeled on a very similar concept to Mt Cain the CO-OP has the intention of purchasing he ski area and running it on a volunteer basis, with on mountain cabin/hostel accommodation and looking to alternative energy sources to powering the Ski Area which is currently run of Diesel Generators as there are no BC Hydro lines anywhere close by.
My Mountain CO-OP ( http://friendsofshames.ca/) is selling shares at an individual scale and at an corporate scale.
Please check out the Shames website and the My Mountain CO-OP site.
If you think this could be a place you would like to travel to, take your kids, stay on the mountain in a neat little cabin, or you just like to support Community Minded projects please check it out and consider buying a share.
CO-OP members will receive benefits such as discounted season and lift passes, unique on mountain benefits and lots of other cool stuff. Check out the My Mountain CO-OP website.
Here a few pictures of the beautiful Pure and Raw NW BC and the greater Terrace Area...
So I am lucky enough to be taking a couple of monthes off and being a ski bum up North in Terrace, BC.
I spent a couple of months up here last winter and just loved it so I have returned. The place, the people and the skiing and just amazing!
Terrace itself is nothing glamorous, a modest small town BC settled in the beautiful Coastal Range. The mountains are big and beautiful and the area boasts an annual snow fall of 40+ft.
So for those powder junkies this place is that little untouched winter paradise. And by untouched I literally mean untouched. The local ski hill Shames sells around 1000 season passes a year and provides some of the best tree skiing I have encountered in Canada. And no it does not boast a very big vertical and it has a real community family feel to it which I like.
If you have a back country gear then you will be in heaven. The Shames back country is EPIC.
The access off the ski hill is in my opinion second to none. Amazing long tree runs, wide open alpine bowls, steep knarly alpine lines with couliors, chutes and cliffs dotted everywhere there is something for every back country user here!
There is also a huge number of road access touring spots around the area and if you have a sled for access purposes on logging roads this opens up whole new realm of terrain.
Going back to my untouched comment. This vast back country is shared by maybe 50 or so users. This is growing mind you. Maybe a sign to the fact the ski hill is struggling and may very well not open again next year!
Shames has been owned privately for the past 20 years. Recently user numbers have declined and Shames has seen hard times on the financial side. The owners are tired and are ready to move on. They have been bankrolling the hill out of their own pockets for the last few seasons. They have been resisting tempting offers from large corporations, private sector interests and even nearby Smithers who all wish to purchase the mountain with the intent of shutting it down or running it as a private retreat! The fact the current owners have not accepted any of these lucrative offers is a testament to the community value the ski hill holds!!!
So now the future of Shames teeters on one last community driven CO-OP idea.
The owners have given the My Mountain CO-OP until April to raise the $2 million needed to purchase the hill or else they will have to reconsider other options.
My Mountain CO-OP if successful will be the first not for profit communty run ski area in Canada. Modeled on a very similar concept to Mt Cain the CO-OP has the intention of purchasing he ski area and running it on a volunteer basis, with on mountain cabin/hostel accommodation and looking to alternative energy sources to powering the Ski Area which is currently run of Diesel Generators as there are no BC Hydro lines anywhere close by.
My Mountain CO-OP ( http://friendsofshames.ca/) is selling shares at an individual scale and at an corporate scale.
Please check out the Shames website and the My Mountain CO-OP site.
If you think this could be a place you would like to travel to, take your kids, stay on the mountain in a neat little cabin, or you just like to support Community Minded projects please check it out and consider buying a share.
CO-OP members will receive benefits such as discounted season and lift passes, unique on mountain benefits and lots of other cool stuff. Check out the My Mountain CO-OP website.
Here a few pictures of the beautiful Pure and Raw NW BC and the greater Terrace Area...
Notice the tracks in the bowl in the back ground. This Alpine bowl is mere 1 hour skin from the ski hill.
Skeena River just out of Terrace
If your willing to work for it, the Shames Back Country...
Always a option of Winter Paddling as well. Butze Tidal Rapids in Prince Rupert are good periodically through the Winter Season
Always a option of Winter Paddling as well. Butze Tidal Rapids in Prince Rupert are good periodically through the Winter Season
The Skeena River, Terrace BC
You can push right up into big Alpine terrain if you choose, Shames Back Country
Camped out about a 20minute skin from the T-bar
Gorgeous Reflection near Prince Rupert
Looking right down onto the ski hill, Shames Backcountry
The limitless Shames Back Country
Some sea gulls chillaxing in Prince Rupert
When it snows which it frequently does....just a few hours in the ski hill car park
Regular Face shots leave you feeling....snowy, snorkel time, Shames, Terrace, BC..
You can push right up into big Alpine terrain if you choose, Shames Back Country
Camped out about a 20minute skin from the T-bar
Gorgeous Reflection near Prince Rupert
Looking right down onto the ski hill, Shames Backcountry
The limitless Shames Back Country
Some sea gulls chillaxing in Prince Rupert
When it snows which it frequently does....just a few hours in the ski hill car park
Regular Face shots leave you feeling....snowy, snorkel time, Shames, Terrace, BC..Sorry I do not have more photos from the skiing. It has been to good to worry about getting the camera out that much...!
Look forward to seeing you all in the spring..
Peace
Blair
Look forward to seeing you all in the spring..
Peace
Blair
Friday, February 11, 2011
Africa Video Wrap up
Here is my little edit from recent trip to Africa.
Full mountain bike edit still in the works.
Hope you like this one.
Enjoy!!!
Make sure you watch it in full screen and crank up the song!
Peace
Blair
Full mountain bike edit still in the works.
Hope you like this one.
Enjoy!!!
Make sure you watch it in full screen and crank up the song!
Peace
Blair
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sweet Snow Boarding edit from the Kiwi boys. CHeck it out!!
Wicked little winter edit from Jason Wright, Grim and the rest of the kiwi boys ripping it up over here in Canada.
Enjoy
Peace
Blair
Enjoy
Peace
Blair
Saturday, December 4, 2010
'lo para el amor' Sweet little Creeking Edit from Costa Rica trip 2010
A little edit of some boating me and Dean got to do before our work trip.
Rivers are Upper + Lower Pacuare and the Peralta to Siquirres Section of the Reventazon.
Based around Turrialba.
Enjoy
Peace
Blair
Rivers are Upper + Lower Pacuare and the Peralta to Siquirres Section of the Reventazon.
Based around Turrialba.
Enjoy
'lo para el amor' Costa Rica 2010 from Blair Trotman on Vimeo.
Peace
Blair
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Octobre in Costa Rica & Panama
So I was lucky enough to spend the better part of October down in Costa Rica and Panama. The first two weeks myself and Dean made Turrialba our base in Costa Rica. This is a paddling destination with a huge range of runs to suit a decent range of abilities.
There is low volume steep creeking and all the way through to MASSIVE volume river running.
Costa Rica is a beautiful country with some very dramatic Geography and more than its fair share of absolutely mind blowing scenery!!!
I have to say the Peralta and down sections on the Reventazon is one of the coolest runs I have ever done. Never ending continuous big volume class III-IV with a bit of Class VI int here two. Absolutely sick!!!
From paddling through house sized boulders surrounded by the steep claustrophobic walls of the Jungle canyon to gorgeous white sand beaches with coconut palms lapping at the waters edge, Costa Rica has it all!!!
The Jungle is something I have to say is just absolutely fascinating. The biodiversity that is contained in that place is just something else. The ants are crazy, the birds are just stunning and the plethora of other creatures contained in this beast is amazing.
I was lucky enough to make it out to the Caribbean Coast with Dean before our work trip started. We stayed in Puerto Viejo and did a little biking mission down as far as you can go to Manzinillo. The coast is gorgeous and the water was so warm!! We skinny dipped before 6 am both mornings which was epic!!
The work trip in CR was phenomenal, we paddled some amazing rivers and saw some awesome progression from all the clients.
Panama was super awesome!! Great group of people with sick mustaches and the paddling was epic!! The food across the board was great even with myself being a Vege...
Here are some pics from my time down there!!
There is low volume steep creeking and all the way through to MASSIVE volume river running.
Costa Rica is a beautiful country with some very dramatic Geography and more than its fair share of absolutely mind blowing scenery!!!
I have to say the Peralta and down sections on the Reventazon is one of the coolest runs I have ever done. Never ending continuous big volume class III-IV with a bit of Class VI int here two. Absolutely sick!!!
From paddling through house sized boulders surrounded by the steep claustrophobic walls of the Jungle canyon to gorgeous white sand beaches with coconut palms lapping at the waters edge, Costa Rica has it all!!!
The Jungle is something I have to say is just absolutely fascinating. The biodiversity that is contained in that place is just something else. The ants are crazy, the birds are just stunning and the plethora of other creatures contained in this beast is amazing.
I was lucky enough to make it out to the Caribbean Coast with Dean before our work trip started. We stayed in Puerto Viejo and did a little biking mission down as far as you can go to Manzinillo. The coast is gorgeous and the water was so warm!! We skinny dipped before 6 am both mornings which was epic!!
The work trip in CR was phenomenal, we paddled some amazing rivers and saw some awesome progression from all the clients.
Panama was super awesome!! Great group of people with sick mustaches and the paddling was epic!! The food across the board was great even with myself being a Vege...
Here are some pics from my time down there!!
Dean, La Paz Waterfalls
Some Gorgeous jungle Scenery
The Iguana
Lower poza Azul Gorgeous
Dean bathed in Light in the Costa Rican Jungle
The Market..mmmmm
Living the Dream..
The Little Frog....
LAPD
http://www.lightandsoulcreations.com
The Cock Keeping guard in Panama City
The Panama Canal
Flower on Macro....cheers for the Lens Bruce!!
The War Beetles
The Lower Pacuare Warriors
Poza Azul Cascada, Myslef, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Poza Azul Cascada, 2, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Pejibaye, Myself, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Sweet Sketchy Brdge
Panama, GORGEOUS
The cute and Cuddly Sloth
Poza Azul Cascada, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Poza Azul Cascada, Photo: Dean Woodgate
The Reventazon huge goodness!!!
Dean with Vulture above his head...look carefully
Dropping into Upper Huacas with Huacas Falls in the background, Photo: Dean Woodgate
The Toucan
Shuttle Time
The Carribean
Huuge Tarantula
Some Gorgeous jungle Scenery
The Iguana
Lower poza Azul Gorgeous
Dean bathed in Light in the Costa Rican Jungle
The Market..mmmmm
Living the Dream..
The Little Frog....
LAPD
http://www.lightandsoulcreations.com
The Cock Keeping guard in Panama City
The Panama Canal
Flower on Macro....cheers for the Lens Bruce!!
The War Beetles
The Lower Pacuare Warriors
Poza Azul Cascada, Myslef, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Poza Azul Cascada, 2, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Pejibaye, Myself, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Sweet Sketchy Brdge
Panama, GORGEOUS
The cute and Cuddly Sloth
Poza Azul Cascada, Photo: Dean Woodgate
Poza Azul Cascada, Photo: Dean Woodgate
The Reventazon huge goodness!!!
Dean with Vulture above his head...look carefully
Dropping into Upper Huacas with Huacas Falls in the background, Photo: Dean Woodgate
The Toucan
Shuttle Time
The Carribean
Huuge TarantulaSo all in all my time in Central America was super awesome, cool, amazing and wicked!! We got to paddle some cool runs personally and we got to take a bunch of cool people down some of the most beautiful challenging runs they have ever done!!
I still have a few more Panama photos to sort through so will chuck them up when I get a moment. Also a bunch of video. Keep your eyes out!!
hasta luego
Blair
I still have a few more Panama photos to sort through so will chuck them up when I get a moment. Also a bunch of video. Keep your eyes out!!
hasta luego
Blair
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