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• Kootenay Mountain Culture - Si Kootenay Mountain Culture - Sidecountry Sessions Episode 4

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    When you find a place that’s good, stay there. The ski dream tells you that traveling from snowy destination to winter wonderland is the guaranteed way to find powder. Yes, you may see the world of ski areas and communities. Just make sure you’re there long enough to enjoy a few storm cycles. Once you’re out of the pattern it becomes more and more effortless to miss this storm or that one. For the tiny house and crew, driving away from Whitewater before a 70-centimeter cycle was our pattern mistake.

    We may have not skied the best day in five years at Whitewater, but we did meet all the folks who would once we left. One of those folks was local patroller, Orry Grant, otherwise known as OG. A blonde hair, blue-eyed, hiking-machine, and unassuming bad-ass, Mr. Grant is without a doubt skiing powder at this very moment, regardless of what moment you are reading this. As a patroller and member of the avalanche control crew for Kootenay Pass, the Nelson native breathes ski-lifer.

    Orry Grant embodies Kootenay mountain culture being born in Nelson, living in Revelstoke for years, and knowing the nooks and crannies of the best ski zones in the Koots. Coincidentally, one of our first impressions of the OG was in Kootenay Mountain Culture, a beautifully designed magazine that pays homage to the people, places, and centimeters that make BC a skier’s heaven. The Kootenays are a blessed place. For people like Orry Grant, that place is home.

    Choosing Orry was really just another gift for the tiny house crew. We missed the major, epic storm, but we got to feel like we were helping make things happen for the Whitewater local. With a recent G3 sponsorship and a spot on the ambassador program for OR, Orry’s life just became that much more entrenched in the world of skiing. And for that, the skiing community should feel grateful.

    A smile goes a long way. Orry’s kind demeanor and smiles (plus his assistance as a patroller) will undoubtedly keep many people out there skiing. It will definitely bring us back to Whitewater. That and the hopes of hitting the storm we missed.

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  • 1 year ago
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• Nelson Bound - Sidecountry Ses Nelson Bound - Sidecountry Sessions Episode 3

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    Outdoor Research's Sidecountry Sessions Episode 3 takes the tiny house crew from Silverton, Colorado, to Nelson, British Columbia, where their truck "Rusty" breaks down.

    However, there could be no better place for a crew of ski bums living in a 112-square-foot house on wheels to be stranded. While Rusty gets repaired, the tiny house crew blasts through powder at Whitewater Ski Resort. Lemonade, anyone?

    Click here to watch more episodes on the Outdoor Research Channel.

  • 1 year ago
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• Sidecountry Sessions Trailer B Sidecountry Sessions Trailer By Outdoor Research

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    This winter, OR ambassadors Molly Baker, Zack Giffin and Neil Provo are subscribing to the gypsy life, taking off on a two-month tiny house road trip in celebration of a passion-driven, low impact, ski bum lifestyle.

    “The opportunity to explore the accessible powder stashes with the most passionate locals is the mission," Provo said. "Getting it the best we can is our objective."

    Over the next six weeks, the three OR ambassadors, along with videographers Sam Giffin and Andy Walbon will be road tripping to North America’s most respected sidecountry areas in search of deep powder and influential snow loving locals.

    "We are refining the entire process of living as ski bums." Giffin said. "It is really about figuring out what you do and don’t need. For me, I want to ski and there isn’t much else that I need."
    
    Unlike any previous skiing road trip, the Sidecountry Sessions crew is on a mission to find the best snow and greatest communities in prominent powder territory while living out of a ski bum’s dream-home-on-wheels. Along the way, the team will be on the search for the most esteemed, enthusiastic and talented individuals to bring on as members of OR’s Grassroots Athlete Team. Could you or one of your friends be the next team member?
    
    Based on recommendations of local skiers via Facebook (no, you can’t nominate yourself), Molly, Zack and Neil will ski, climb and adventure with chosen nominees in order to select the newest members of OR’s athlete team.

    "Being a part of Outdoor Research is really about being genuine with an honest devotion to a life in the mountains," Baker said. "It makes it really easy for the right people because they essentially continue doing whatever it is that they do and that embodies the mission of the company as a whole."

    To nominate someone you know, post their photo to the Outdoor Research Facebook page. In the comments section, reference hash tag #SCSessions and include a brief description of why your person would be a great OR Athlete. If we come to their hill, Molly, Zack and Neil want to get in touch with them for a session of slaying pow.
    
    Find out what it’s like to spend the season searching for new ski talent while living in 112 square feet of unconventional living space. Showcasing local talent, communities and mountains, watch video episodes of the Sidecountry Sessions releasing each week and find out what happens when these gypsy shredders occupy your parking lot.
    
    The tiny house made its debut last weekend at Powder Magazine’s 40th Anniversary party in Sun Valley, Idaho. Stay tuned to outdoorresearch.com/scsessions and Facebook for the next Sidecountry Sessions destination.

  • 2 years ago
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