Aaaah, the bucket list. We're guessing we're not the only ones out there that make to do lists. You know, some people make lists for what to buy at the grocery store, others for chores to do, or in the case of Steve Buscemi's character in the movie Billy Maddison... list of people from highschool to kill.

After Portillo on we headed to Las Lenas, Argentina on an overnight bus via Mendoza with a quick Asado stop at the parilla (aka BBQ of every cut of beef known to man) next to the Mendoza bus station.

If climbing and skiing Shasta in 36C heat didn't do us in, driving straight to Mt Hood Oregon certainly helped. We rolled into the parking lot at about 2am, 1 flat tire and a few wrong turns later, and were pleased to see the 2nd half of our volcano convoy posse already parked and sleeping in the Timberline parking lot.

There was only a few hours left before our trip departure, only 5 of 8 skiers had skis mounted, 4 were sporting brand new boots with no boot work, and none of us had a map... of anything. And so began the week long assault of the I-5 volcanos. And yes, I said 8 skiers.

The Crew?

After a month of the most epic sunny and hot weather, it's hard to imagine that Whistler Blackcomb was actually scheduled to be open for another week from today. Summer showed up like a bat out of hell this year, flip flops are on, BBQ's are fired up, and WB had to close a couple weeks early. Luckily with the awesome weather no could care less.

Shames Mountain is a little hole in the wall ski resort near Terrace, British Columbia. Located in a snow-zone in the North - Central Coast Mountains, this obscure little hills averages 12 meters (approximately 40 feet) of snowfall a year. Not a big deal in itself. I live in the South West B.C.

Submitted by Mark Lasseter Photos: Mark Lasseter & Vince Boelema

After getting over altitude sickness, scoping the local scene in Telluride, Colorado, and grooving to a local funk band, it was time for Vince Boelema and I to make the 2 hour journey across the pass to Silverton. Silverton Mountain, one of the newer resorts in Colorado at only 3 years old is located in the San Juan mountain range 2 hours from Telluride Ski Resort and about 1.5 hours from Montrose airport.

Words: Jamie Bond, Photos: Jordan Manley

An old wise man once said that at any given day of the year, it is snowing somewhere on the earth. What he forgot to mention is that more often than not... that place is Shames Mountain, BC. Or maybe he didn't forget, but rather 'neglected to mention' the name of the place. We'd love to keep it a secret too, but could we really do that to our fellow skiers stranded at closed resorts throughout BC? Hmmmmmm, damn we're too nice.

2900 metre peaks just off the Duffey Lake Road.  Drivable logging roads to 1500 metres and 4km from the summit!  Sounds too good to be true.  Well basically it was.  Jack and I had this great plan...there are a couple decent sized peaks, some of the highest in the south coast range, that look like worthy descents and had logging roads up to small lake at the foot of the mountains.  We then dug up a trip report on Bivouac.com that described the area, Dowton Creek drainage, and how easy it was to drive up a good way up.  Based on the fact that there's not much snow below 1500m this year we thought we'd give it a shot.