ODE TO THE STEEPS Jacob Wester Adventures, 10

If you has asked the 20year old me if I thought I would ever spend half a day climbing a steep mountain in crampons and with ice axes in my hands, only to billygoat my way back down a chute barely a skilength wide, without a single turn in powder snow, I would have thought you are crazy for even asking such a question. Leaving the terrain park for the backcountry, my only aim was to find the deepest snow with the least effort possible, and I didn t mind catching a ride with a helicopter or a snowmobile t