W. Andrew Loe III

March was good for my snowboarding fu.

Mt. Baker is crazy.

Mallory has some good moves.

My first day riding in the Northwest! It was pretty warm and slushy, but I had a good time getting warmed back up and exploring my new backyard!

I actually saw sunshine, apparently its rare in these parts.

Lots of snow.

I spent my last weekend of freedom with some old friends at Dartmouth. We did a little bit of snowboarding and a lot of partying. Oh yea, I brought some goonie from Louisana, we’ll call him “Greg.”

Greg..arious?

Mallory has stolen my nice hat

zomg Nucci has moon boots

My favorite television event of the year!

EXPN has awesome online coverage.

We finished our amazing trip with a stop in Breckenridge. It was a bit crowded with all of the holiday day-skiers, but we had a good time in the park and on the groomers. We get home just in time for the holidays, with the rest of the family already waiting.

Smiles all around

Another day in paradise. We rode the perfectly sculpted man-made constructions of the Buttermilk park and pipe crew. I landed a some good spins and John got his feet wet in the Supah-Pipe.

Spin to win! Indy Frontside 360

Grabbing for style

After the long pow filled day, John and I were ready to dork around and cruise some blues. We spent most of the day screwing around in the beginner park and hitting rollers over on Naked Lady. I took a few runs through the expert park, the jumps were large and gave me a huge rush.

Backside 180

I am all that is man…

Our predictions were spot on for the day. We got to Aspen Highlands right at 9 in the morning. After a warm up and a few runs on upper mountain, ski patrol opened the Highland Bowl at 11. With no line for the snow cat (which saves you from a pretty tough hike) and no crowd, we were able to lap the bowl until we couldn’t walk. The pictures say it all. Powder!

Can he do anything without his tongue out?

Pow slash!

After sleeping in a bit, we mosied up to Snowmass for a lazy day. This is the first week of the season for both of us, so our legs are still pretty weak. In the morning we found a few stashes in the Big Burn glades. Around mid-day it started lightly snowing, so we continued our search for stashes on Elk Camp, eventually settling on the more sheltered Alpine Springs. At around 2:30 we called it a day, and we are getting psyched up to hit Aspen Highlands. New snow tomorrow, combined with the snow we received today should add up to an excellent day.

John charging it this afternoon

I got a fancy new jacket!

For day 2 we tore up the familiar old Snowmass Mountain. We did everything from steeps, to glades, to parks and rollers.

Stylie Nosegrab

Slash n’ Go

Pow!