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 Garett: "Hey dude...get on over to CMH Heli lodge in Valemount BC. It's my dad Ernie's retirement party all week long. I also have this guy Tony that wants to use one of his packhorses to take our gear and bikes to a private alpine cabin. We can go explore around, take some shots, and maybe bag a first-descent on a nearby peak. Also, there's sick views of Mt. Robson, BC's highest mountain." Margus: "Done. C U there." |
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| Affectionately known as "Ernie", Ernst Buehler has been the lead guide and party provoker at CMH (Canadian Mountain Holidays) for over thirty years. Ernie is a funny guy. Here he is blowing the Swiss Alpine horn at the moon. Apparently, a common occurrence. |
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| But we had more in mind than partying it up at Heli lodge heaven. We needed to put these bikes... |
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| ...on Slim the packhorse. |
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| Slim meet Garett. Garett meet Slim. |
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| Thank you Slim. What would have taken us all day, and completely ruined us physically, only took three-and-a-half hours with Slim helping out. Tony walked with Slim the whole way up to make sure it all worked out. Tony was stoked. Some people call him the "non-Hollywood horse whisperer." Tony is a professional guide all year long. In the winter it's Snowmobiles, and in the summer it's Horses. Thank you Tony for seeing if it could be done. |
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| Tony Parisi. Non-Hollywood horse whisperer, kick-ass mountain guide, and all around great guy. |
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| The non-Hollywood alpine cabin...dialed. |
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| Peak to be bagged...on deck and in site for day two. |
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| With our gear hauled to the cabin, and the horses safely on their way back down, we had the rest of the afternoon on day one to explore the alpine landscape. |
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| Emergency backcountry refuge. Meager, but It will do the trick in a pinch. |
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| The alpine is an amazing place. It invigorates, it soothes, it just feels good. |
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| If you can't find a trail, make one. |
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| Mt. Robson...trying desperately to reveal itself amongst the clouds. |
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| Looming at 12,972 ft, Mt.Robson is a massive mountain. Massive mountains are often shrouded in clouds. |
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| Roaming the loam. |
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| Nice way to spend the day. |
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| Kinbasket Lake with the Monashee mountains behind. Chances are if you're a skier or sledder, you know Valemount, but if you're a biker you don't. At least not yet, but you will. Valemount is in the process of getting approval for a mountain bike trail system/bike park. It's about time, the place is vast, and the potential for epic riding is everywhere. |
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| At home in the backcountry. Garett spent most of his early years growing up in Valemount. Another fine example of small-town BC upringing...raising young senders since the gold rush. |
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| Back to the cabin for some dinner and planning. |
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| Bad news waking up in the morning. It snowed and it was raining. Bummer, but we had to call off the peak mission we had planned. |
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| That didn't stop us from sessioning the local trail from the top all the way down back to town. |
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| So long alpine. Until next time. |
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| Garett, heading back to work. |
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