Behind the scenes: Trail 429 Launch
An hour-long ferry ride would take us through the San Juan Archipelago, a group of hundreds of islands between Vancouver Island and the continental mainland. Our destination, Orcas Island, is the largest of the San Juan Islands and bears a distinct horseshoe shape. We were there on assignment to create a launch video for the newly designed Pivot Trail 429 mountain bike and we had three days to make it happen.
Backcountry Touring on a high-risk avalanche day: Should it even be done?
Last week was pretty intense. We headed out to a 10th Mountain Division Hut right as we were getting a huge storm in Colorado. What was already an unstable snowpack became extremely dangerous as another foot of snow fell. It was beautiful and we all wanted to get outside and explore, but we were also cautious and nervous of just how likely an avalanche could be triggered.