This past weekend I got the opportunity to explore the Cascade Mountains in Northern Oregon and Southern Washington on a Cessna 182. Thanks to Erin and Josh Murray, we got to scope out the recent snow levels on Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens at sunset. With the snow coverage still pretty decent on the high mountains, it was really encouraging since we’ve such a low snow year.
Aviation by:
Josh Murray – josh.murray@gmail.com
It’s sad to read the extended forecast for the PNW, but either you can hang up your boots or get out and enjoy the spring conditions. Kelly & Jeff Steele and I chose the latter and headed up the worm flow route on Mt. St. Helens this past weekend. Finding consistent snow around 5,500 feet, we rode around 3,000 feet of corn down from the summit. The conditions are basically spring freeze thaw, so expect hard snow until it bakes in the sun for awhile and ice in the shadows.
Riding By:
Jeff Steele
Kelly Steele
Jesse Hambley
Filmed By:
Jesse Hambley
30 Minute Edit about our recent overnight splitboard trip on Mt. Hood’s North Side. As the temperatures keep rising in the PNW, we are forced to go longer, harder and higher to find winter. The trip took place this past weekend, December 6th – 7th, 2014 on the Cooper Spur. Created for Mountain Hardwear’s #findingwinter program.
Featuring:
Danny Cegla, Jesse Hambley, and Jack Wallis
Filmed by:
Jesse Hambley and Danny Cegla
After the recent storm that tackled the lower Cascades, we headed up Mt. Hood to check out conditions and pursue the much coveted POW. Here is a 30 minute edit of the trip, of course I spent a little bit over 30 minutes editing but these are meant to be super quick edits. As predicted, much of the snow has blown into the gullies below Palmer Glacier, leave a lot of exposed rock still. Above Palmer and into the West Crater Rim is a mix of wind blown hard pack and pockets of powder ranging from 18″ to 3′.
Production Notes:
First time filming with my upgrade to the Panasonic GH4. Great to finally see it’s 4k capabilities and how much I can scale in post. Still lots to learn on the camera. I gave the auto focus on the Panasonic 100-300mm a try because it was around -8 degrees with 30mph winds. So getting blasted in the face with drifting snow, made it extremely hard to do a fine focus on it. Over all great trip of exploring and geeking out on my gear.
Credits:
Filmed and edited by Jesse Hambley
Head cam photos by Cameron Brown
Music:
“Every Damn Day People” by BrokeMC (brokemc.com)