The Road to Gnar, Via the Powder Highway

Powder Highway Map to GNAR

And we're back after a few weeks of radio silence.

I'm proud to say my brother Nick and I are on the road trip of a life time! 2 weeks of Kootenay snow exploration capping it all off with a 3 day cat-skiing with Selkirk Wilderness.

We started the trip off right with a pit stop at Manning Park Resort off the #3. They had received snow all week accumulating 92 cm of freshie goodness. We got there early and got 1st tracks all day! There may have been 40 people tops (including staff) and we scored all day. 

A local TV station, CBC, were up there interviewing people about their thoughts of Manning Park closing down indefinitely. They found us and this is how it turned out... 'the Interview' 

We are currently in Penticton BC, visiting family, stocking up for the mountains and frothing for the next leg.

Next stop Castlegar to link up with an old buddy from high school and gear up for a few days of Red Resort and Whitewater

http://www.skiwhitewater.com/

http://www.redresort.com/

If you have any tips or suggestions on point of interests, please feel free to write a comment below.

Cheers and may Ullr puke his brains out on us!

Off Diving the Gnar for Urchins North Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii for a month

Good news, I'm off commercial diving for a month with MIke and Gary Lagos for red sea urchins. This should be a good adventure up to some pretty remote and pristine islands and fjords in Middle and Northern BC. It's hard work but can pay very well, which is handy, I have a EPIC trip booked with my brother to Selkirk Wilderness Cat-skiing for a few days and then hitting the local "resorts" Whitewater and Red Resort.

Back in a month.....

More Banked Slalom Pics

Well here are some shots on Saturdays qualifying. Unfortunately the PA system was quiet and it was almost impossible to hear. I know for sure I got pics of Travis Rice, Terje Haakonsen, and Sammy Luebke. I only shot on Saturday when it was foggy, but some of them turned out pretty good with a little tweaking.

Travis Rice

the top of Chair 6

unknown

unknown ripper making his way down

Terje Haakonsen

Travis Rice

here's a link to the rest of the shot's on Flickr: Gnar Inc.

The Legendary Mt Baker Banked Slalom

What a killer long weekend up at Mt Baker! I convinced a buddy of mine last minute to join me for a camping adventure in the middle of Feb. The vibe was great up there and everyone was in a good mood. Saturday was a socked in with clouds and fog, but Sunday was bluebirds and the mountains were popping...

And here's the sleeping situation. 

Here's a link to the Handplant Comp held at the Raven Hut:

Gnar Inc.

I'm trying to see what works on the page with lots of photo's... I'll take any suggestions.

Welcome to Gnar Inc. 1st blog

Well I'm not too sure how to blog yet, but I plan to use this blog for sharing my photography and travel exploits as oppose to put it on Facebook. So here we go.....

My name is Jesse Bueckert (the guy on the left) and this is my photo story. I have always loved travel and photography and started my 1st journey way back in 2001 immediately after high school to Europe, after that, it was on. I've been to 4 continents now and looking forward to seeing the rest of them. 

What is Gnar? 

Gnar is a shortened version of the word gnarly, meaning high on the scale of dangerousness and coolness. 

This is what I hope to achieve with this photo blog.

Enjoy!