John Fellows Gallerie
A photo of John Fellows as a young boy sits above his well-used work desk. The boy is wearing a red knapsack and crouches in a Sound of Music-esque Swiss mountain field, feeding a cow adorned with a traditional bell....
What He Sees
above The Adair family at the 2017 Outdoor Retailers Show where Zac, executive director of the National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education, was a finalist for the Individual Outdoor Inspiration Award. I am setting up fences around the magic...
Aging but Resolute
It’s been nearly a decade since K2 Sports moved its operations from Vashon Island, WA, in the heart of the Puget Sound, to the hustle and bustle of Seattle. But it’s not hard to see the roots the company left...
Meet Ski Chef
Owning an expensive camera doesn’t make you a filmer, just as buying a fancy knife doesn’t make you chef. Each is just a tool, and to lay claim to either title you have to learn to use them. Matt Cook...
It's Just Us
The Ski Journal is proud to present "It's Just Us," a video exclusive documenting Vancouver Island's Mount Cain Alpine Park, presented by 10 Barrel Brewing. Tucked deep in huge coastal mountains and run almost completely by volunteers, there are few...
Mt. Baker 2016-17 Recap
View Feature A December to remember. Then, a March miracle. Powder aplenty in between. La Niña delivered as promised during the 2016-17 season at Mt. Baker Ski Area. With an unprecedented cold snap before the holidays, we were treated to...
An Issue of Priorities
It is Thursday night. My phone rings. It is Ian demanding I come over. I have an 8 a.m. test the next morning, and finals week is quickly approaching. But his roommate has white chocolate covered Oreos hidden in the...
HELLA NOSTALGIC
View Feature The dream of the 90s is alive at Mt. Bachelor. Remember the 90s, those halcyon days of snowboarding’s youth, that movie Ski Patrol? Slick Willy was playing Sax on SNL, your Mom had those Lee jeans and there...
At Home with Lucas Wachs
Presented by Bend, OR has become an outdoor mecca in the last few years, but for lifetime-local Lucas Wachs it’s his hometown and home base. Having grown up plying the skate park-esque windlips and natural doubles of Mt. Bachelor, Wachs...
Moe Knows Alaska
Moe knows powder. Tommy Moe, that is. The Olympic double medalist from Lillehammer in ‘94 has been on the powder prowl ever since he hung up his speed suit. And Moe knows Alaska. These days, Moe splits his time between...
Riding Shotgun with Chris Benchetler
Nearly 25 years ago, a portly, fictional motivational speaker named Matt Foley—R.I.P. Farley—made the phrase “living in a van down by the river” a cultural punchline. That same year, T.J. Burke and Dexter Rutecki’s van provided them little glamour as...