life is good when you travel with great friends!

the element road trip to kimberly bc- toko helping with new pup rosie rose!!

My Hero, Sarah Yancey.

Sarah Yancey should be profiled in the Title Nine Catalogue.

Her Bio would say something like:

Mother of Alden 2, Grace 5, and recently Rosie the Great Pyranees puppy- 11 weeks. Sarah works as a backcountry hut operator. In her spare time she trains her pup to ride in helicopters, plays the cello, and makes first descents of unreal couliors. Oh and by the way- she can traverse a large table(circumnavigate) without touching her feet to the floor!!! These photos are of a first descent off of Porcupine Ridge that we named "Mother's Milk" in honor of Sarah! Go Go Snow Girl!

Girls gone skiing- boulder hut purcells

Hello All!

Check out the wonderful photos from the Boulder hut outside of Kimberly. Dear friends operate the hut. Lets make plans for next year!!!

anne

http://picasaweb.google.com/Toko.Keller/BoulderHut2010#

sorry- you might need to cut and past the address to get it to work. I am a computer rookie!!

guide training and recon north cascades heli

Hello powder hounds!!

just to let you know that the north east corner of washington state stayed cold through the last wide spread rain event! What does that mean?

65 centimeters of snow since jan 1!

I was out the last three days flying around with the good folks from nchs and a guest guide extraordinaire- Colin Zacharais from Canada. He was down to do some training and to keep us current on the latest guiding and snowpack topics. here is a link to the nchs blog to see some photos of conditions: http://www.heli-ski.com/blog/

contact me if you are interested in any programs. remember it is only 375 for a day of heli assist ski touring in some of the most spectacular ski terrain anywhere!!

lets go!

just back from whistler

hello all!

Just passed my Canadian Avalanche Association Industry Training Program Level 2 forcasting course. It was really a great course with a complex snowpack this year!!

off to Christmas in Spokane with dad - then to Crystal mountain for some patrolling fun!!

We have five gals for the ptarmigan tours trip(purcells- boulder hut) jan 31- feb6. Need one more to make the trip run! www.ptarmigantours.com Join us!!!

ciao bellas!

anne

My latest ad campaign....

North Cascades Heli- "It Sucks"

Ten reasons why you would hate it:

1. It snows too much

2. There is no grooming.

3. Mazama is the coldest place in Washington so it always snows in the winter instead of raining like in Seattle. It is just way too dry!!

4. There is no speed control.

5. Helicopters are really loud.

6. It is kind of boring because you never see any other people in the backcountry.

7. On the east side it often clears off quickly after a dump. Blue sky and powder really don't go that well together...

8. You only get to ride with four other people because the heli is so small.

9. It is really hard to see with all that snow flying in your face.

10. It might be fabulous but at least its expensive!

rogers pass

NRC Gully-

fabulous early season conditions at rogers pass! 2meters in the alpine!!

get the party started!

Powder at Rogers Pass yesterday! almost 2 meters in the alpine. Winter is here!

rock climbing and yoga retreat

Here is a trip report from the rock climbing/yoga retreat in mazama this summer!!

http://www.ncmountainguides.com/permalink.asp?id=525#525

Hey all- for more photos from last seasons all girl heli assisted ski touring at nc heli, check out this link!!

http://www.heli-ski.com/blog/?paged=3