Snowbash PDX2013
Read the telemetry? Avalanche forecasts? Thought So. Please join us Thursday, February 28th at Velocult for Snowbash PDX2013 a benefit for the The Northwest Weather & Avalanche Center.
Tickets are $25 at the door or $20 when purchased in advance here.
Friends,
Join us next Tuesday at Mt. Hood Ski Bowl for the second and final Tele Tuesday of the season. The Mountain Shop will provide unlimited alpine touring and telemark demos the proceeds of which benefit The Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center and there will be a telemark freestyle competition in the upper bowl. Pints of Terminal Gravity pale ale will be served in the a-frame which is the last building on the left as you approach the lower bowl chairlift.
See you Tuesday!
Powderwhore’s THIS Thurs. @ The Kennedy School 7 & 9 PM
Powderwhore Productions returns to Stumptown this Thursday for 2 shows, 7 & 9 PM, of their latest film ‘Choose Your Adventure’ at NE Portland’s Kennedy School.
Despite the underwhelming winter of 2011-2012 the Powderwhores were able to make make the most of conditions at home and abroad with visits to Cerro Castillo, Chile; La Grave, France; the Antarctic Peninsula; Svalbard, Norway; Mount Foraker Alaska; British Columbia and, of Course, The Wasatch Mountains.
Snowrider will conduct it’s annual raffle of cool geat including a Mt. Hood Fusion Pass, Black Diamond Skis, Patagonia outerwear, Gerber Knives and more.
See you Thursday!
Michael G. Halle
2nd Annual Salmon River Canyon Cleanup
Saturday our volunteer crew was greeted at Timberline by a clear and mostly windless Autumn day. We gathered, hauled and bagged roughly 4,000 pounds-or 2 tons-of trash, metal and pvc in the Salmon River headwaters. Thank you to all our volunteers and partners: Portland Mountain Rescue, Timberline Lodge, The US Forest Service, The Sandy River Basin Watershed Council, She Jumps, Stone Brewing, Charlie’s Mountain View, Voodoo Doughnuts, Mt. Hood Coffee Roasters, Steven Lenhart Photography, Nike and Next Adventure.
Absinthe Films back in Portland Fri., Sept. 14 @ 8pm
Absinthe Films is back with their annual Sphere of Influence Tour to premiere their latest shred flick, Resonance, at the Hollywood Theater on Friday, September 14th, 2012. Doors open at 7:30pm, show starts at 8:00pm.
Resonance is an artistic celebration of Mother Nature’s 2011/2012 winter and captures the highlights in snowboarding across the globe in backcountry and urban riding with some of the best snowboarders on the planet. Directed and edited by Justin Hostynek and produced by Patrick Armbruster, this unique duo has released a long list of classics; adored by shred nerds everywhere.
The carbon neutral Sphere of Influence Tour is a film premiere event for all ages to meet the featured riders, crews behind the scenes and win prizes. We encourage our audiences to help out Mother Nature by walking, skipping, biking, skating or taking public transportation to the theater as we will also roll up with featured riders in a vegetable oil powered bus at most events.
Tickets are $10.00 and are available at select snowboard retail shops Mountain Shop, Exit real World, US Outdoor, Gorge Performance and will also be available at the door. A portion of tickets sales will go to The Snowrider Project.
For more information on the premiere event, about how we make our tour carbon neutral, the non-profits we donate to, or interviews with riders and crew members, please contact North American tour manager Jennifer Rebbetoy at 760-807-9823 or Jennifer@absinthe-film.com
Visit our website and Facebook page for more general tour information.
Salmon River Canyon Cleanup 22 Sept. 2012
Please join us Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 9am at Timberline Lodge’s Salmon River parking lot for the 2nd annual Salmon River Canyon Cleanup. All participants except the Portland Mountain Rescue crew will head down canyon to put a serious dent in a spectacular mess. Bring gloves and be prepared for alpine weather contingencies. We will provide coffee, doughnuts, garbage bags and an after party, sponsored by Stone Brewing, at Charlie’s Mountain View in Govy.
The schedule for the day is as follows:
8:00am-9:00am Gather at Timberline’s Salmon River parking lot
9:30am-12:30(ish)pm give the Salmon River headwaters a good scrubbing
1:30pm-4:00pm(ish) gather at Charlie’s Mountain View in Goverment Camp
Thank you in advance to our partners and participants!
Michael G. Halle
Tele Tuesdays 2012
Coming up next Tuesday Night (January 10th) at Ski Bowl is our first of two Tele Tuesday events (the second event is Feb 21st). Tele Tuesday is a fundraiser for The Friends of the NW Weather and Avalanche Center.
The Mountain Shop will be set up from 5 PM to 9 PM demoing the latest Telemark and Alpine Touring equipment. At 7 pm we will also have Telemark lessons available for beginning and intermediate level skiers provided by WyEast Nordic. Also at 7PM we will have a uphill/downhill race. The uphill/downhill event (known in some circles as a rando race) is open to all disciplines, Telemark, Nordic (if you are brave enough to ski off the top of the upper bowl on skinny skis), Alpine Tourers and Splitboarders.
New for this year at Tele Tuesday’s is a Avalanche transceiver demo from 5-7pm. Avalanche instructors from Timberline Mountain Guides and Mountain Savvy will be on hand to help participants check out the latest avalanche transceivers. We also will have Terminal Gravity beer on tap in the A-frame (Outback Lodge) for $3 a pint with the proceeds going to the Snowrider Project. We will move up to the Bierstube at 10 pm for a raffle and prizes for the race.
All event participants must purchase a lift ticket from Ski Bowl or have an active pass. Registration for the race, demo, and lessons goes from 5 pm to 6:30 pm. Event fees are as follows.
$10 for ski and avalanche transceiver demo
$15 for uphill/downhill race
$25 for Telemark lessons
See you up on the mountain!
*Thank you to Pail Design, Jim Richardson Photography, Walt Murphy, Smokey The Bear and Isa G for their work on the poster!*
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