To make a very long story short, I will mostly let my photographs and the goat speak for themselves. I took a trip up to a very special lake high in the Elk mountains of Colorado. The fishing was great and the views were spectacular. The highlight was definitely my journey chasing after a magnificent mountain goat. I became savage and connected to the great spirit, and hunted the agile and quick mountain goat with my camera, I was on a mission to get close enough to the goat to photograph it. The graceful beast led me on an inspirational journey up steep scree fields and across thin ridges to a high peak with spectacular views. I became one with spirit and goat and meditated through a thunder storm witnessing a rainbow materialize and the magic of nature, our mother earth, and the great spirit that is all of life. I found a new passion for mountain exploration and big mountain skiing, and found my new mentor, the mountain goat.
With two years of planning and preparation, my dream of starting a Big Mountain Telemark Camp in Portillo, Chile has just come true. The Crew was awesome and we were blessed with nothing but fresh snow the whole week. Every one improved and ripped one of the best lines of their lives, the “lake run,” as well as many other memorable lines. We practiced yoga twice daily, keeping us loose and injury free. I had a blast with the camp and learned so much from everyone as well as the mountains and myself. I cant wait for next year already! We have been in lockdown in the hotel for the past two days while an enormous storm dropped over three feet of snow on portillo. This morning went blue and it was a spectacular site, avalanches roared from high cliffs and the sun glistened off the mountains and lake, and then we laid down some fresh tracks when the mountain finally opened in the afternoon. Check out our web site for the camp, www.bigmountaintelemark.blogspot.com
Following are some photos from Portillo and some shots of campers schralpin portillo in half.
