I love receiving last minute phone calls with the 2 stroke hum of snowmobiles in the background.
PortersTahoe.com Team Rider
Brendon Drury
hit me up and said he and his younger brother were up at Mt. Rose
riding around on his snowmobiles in search of some terrain for some
snowboarding.
It
is always fun riding side saddle getting up to your destination as it
can be quite a task. I did bail once off the sled on my belly like a
land seal! Out in the backcountry you never know what kind of
characters you'll run into as we ran into these slednecks who offered
us cheeseburgers, beer and some of that funny smelling "rope".
After
a brief chat with these friendly dudes (Brendon snatched a brew), we
proceeded to find our zone where we could get some shots. Brendon
dropped into a face that was really sunbaked and it was hard to get the
spray that we wanted. It was a fun turn but we wanted more.
Brendon
got another ride up on the sled and I was scouting a zone trying to
find a good place where he could snap a turn. The snow surface had
about a 3-4 inch crust layer on it so I had to find an area that was
thinner. I found just the spot.
Brendon hiked over to where i was camped out & we planned our shot.
In
pure anal photographer fashion...I had to light this shot up. Packing
light this time out I had my Lumedyne 400 WS Action Pack, Canon 1D Mark
II, Canon 15mm fisheye lens, Canon 50mm 1.4 prime, and my Canon
70-200mm lenses. This is a great 3 lens & one light setup to have
out in the backcountry or anywhere for that matter.This is what we got.
Not
bad considering the snow only had an inch of crust in this zone. He did
break through to the bottom and hit the rock, but in the end it was all
worth it. On the way down we had to stop just one more time to take in
another epic Lake Tahoe sunset.
