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2011 | A Retrospective

Garrett Grove — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:33:35 +0000

The dust has settled from the holidays and I now find myself based in Revelstoke, Canada for the next 3-4 months. The last year was certainly a good one filled with travel, new friends and growth personally and professionally. In chronological order below you will find a single random photo from nearly every trip I took my camera out on over the past year, most are the “b” shots that I never put up online or have gone to print. After spending most of the day going through all these photos taken over the last year I find myself incredibly grateful for the support that sits around me constantly. It is the most important aspect of my life and the driving force behind nearly all that I do, without these relationships my motivation would run dry and my life wouldn’t hold the purpose that it does. A big, big thank you to Bridget, family, and dear friends for all of your support over the last year.

- New Years Eve 2011, Mount Baker Backcountry with Molly Baker, Zack Giffin and Jeff Campbell

- Sorcerer Lodge, Northern Selkirks, BC. Best snow we experienced all winter. Jennifer Ketler is the snowboarder enjoying the goods.

- Adam Roberts enjoys the Baker Backcountry while Mount Baker looms in the background. Just another day in the Northern Cascades.

- Greg Hill ascends Mount Cheops, Rogers Pass, BC. Working with the fine folks of Fitz Cahall and Byran Smith who put together the webisode series The Season.

- Adam Roberts on the Curtis Glacier below the summit of Mount Shuksan before descending it\'s prominant North Face

- Nick Russell in the Wasatch Backcountry during the 2011 Salt Lake City Shootout competition which our team including Forrest Coots and Jason West had the honor of winning.

- A bluebird day back at home in the Baker Backcountry with South American skier Santiago Guzman.

- Low snow levels allowed Sakeus Bankson and I to explore the lower moss covered trees found in the North Cascades, WA

- Slick conditions covered the roads throughout British Columbia. On our way up to the Kootenays we ended up being first responders to this semi accident.

- Jeff Campbell enjoying Nelson, BC after a mid winter storm. It was my first time exploring this sleepy Canadian town that offers tons of amazing skiing and biking.

- Forrest Coots drove out from Utah for an extended stay to enjoy what the NW has to offer...this shot was from our first day exploring the trees at Mount Baker Ski Area.

- A self portrait in the Mount Baker backcountry.

- Once again Forrest Coots enjoys some more NW snow during a rare clear day in the North Cascades, WA.

- Holden Village, WA, Central Cascades. A week long trip exploring the culture, community and skiing surrounding an ex-mining town and now current Lutheran Village.

- Jeff Campbell exploring the recently opened Three Sisters Wilderness yurts in Oregon.

- A late season storm gave all of us a surprise. Adam Roberts is enjoying it\'s bounty. North Cascades, WA.

- Spring skiing began with a trip to the North Sister in the Cascades with Drew Tabke and Adam Roberts.

- Adam U at the Mount Baker Ski Area after completing the Watson Traverse up and over Mount Baker this past May.

- Bridget Grove works her way up Mount Baker on the Roman Headwall.

- Greg Hill takes his final steps up to the summit of Mount Rainier as we concluded the filming for The Season webisode series.

- Let summer begin. Art Lim climbing Equinox in Gold Bar, WA

- Bridget and I took an excursion out to the Washington Coast to celebrate our six year wedding anniversary.

- I went back out with the fellas to film the mountain biking segment for The Season. Matt Madolini is seen taking a much deserved rest. Squamish, BC.

- 11 friends and many days spent enjoying the alpine rock climbing found in Glacier Gorge, Colorado. Bacon, whiskey, egg scrambles, burritos...just to name a few of the creature comforts we induldged in while "roughing it".

- Good friend Ben Ketler took me out to a secret bike trail nearby Mount Hood, Oregon...it turned out to be the most productive day of mountain bike photography I had ever had.

- Blake Herrington and Scott Bennett ascend "Let it Burn" in the Enchantments, WA, one of many new modern alpine rock climbs found in the area.

- A few days spent in the North Cascades while on assignment with Outdoor Research.

- Bridget and I spent a week exploring the trails around Nelson, BC. Here Kevin Landry rides some of the single trak found in the Kootenays.

- Ryan Wapnowski walks towards the waves on the Washington Coast.

- Bridget and I picked up our home and moved onto the road in October, the first month was spent in the Utah Desert climbing and mountain biking. Here Scott Bennett and Troutman put in bolts to start the second pitch of a seldom climbed 5 star finger crack.

- After a month in Utah we traded bikes and climbing gear for surf boards and wetsuits. During the 3+ week road trip up HWY 1 we tried to learn how to surf while visiting old friends and family.

- After surfing we spent some time in the redwoods...in awe.

- Early season snow stacked up fast and brought me back to Baker in anticipation of powder...the storms stopped fast & quickly turned to the driest December the NW has seen in a LONG time.

- Since the snow stopped we ventured into the alpine. Here Aneka Singlaub works her way up to Mount Matier in the Joffre Group, BC.

- Down to Oregon we went to visit family and friends, the snow still wouldn\'t fall, so we gave in and picked up our bikes. Tyler Horton on an un-named trail in Oregon.

- A few months of planning and prep allowed a move up to Revelstoke, Canada.

- So that pretty much does it, the current location is Revelstoke and I can\'t wait to see what 2012 brings.

New Website Imagery

Garrett Grove — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:19:30 +0000

This has been on the boiler for about 8 months and I finally decided to tackle this project. After a stellar winter & summer exploring via bikes, skis, climbs and runs I had a back stock of imagery that I really wanted to throw on the site and I also wanted to add a new section, stories. Right now the stories cover a skiing magazine assignment to Holden Village in the Central Cascades, a bike trip exploring the newly revealed Retallack Lodge biking program in the Kootenays and a climbing trip to the spectacular Glacier Gorge with 10 great friends.

Overall I felt that my website was lacking a bit of story and that is what I love to cover, the whole experience. Action shots are fun but without the details, people and landscape they can be pretty lifeless. So enjoy the new bigger photos.

www.garrettgrove.com

Published | Backcountry, Powder, Scarpa, Outside & Patagonia

Garrett Grove — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:47:46 +0000

Some new photos went to print recently for Backcountry Magazine, Powder, Scarpa, Outside and Patagonia. A pretty random collection of imagery from this past year but it is great to start seeing ski photos from last winter going to use!

Jeff Campbell has the opening spread in the 2012 Backcounty Gear Guide. North Cascades, WA on New Years Eve 2010.

This photo was taken on our way up to the Sorcerer’s Lodge in January and was used by Powder as the opening image for their article reflecting on the epic La Nina winter we all had this past winter. It was snowing hard and gave me the feeling I was in Star Trek hitting warp speed.

This was a shot from skiing in the Holden Village area this past March. Skier: Forrest Coots.

A couple old photos from 2009 of Mark & Katie Regier on Cutthroat Peak, North Cascades. The other is of the Park Butte Lookout nearby Mount Baker, WA.

This shot was taken on an assignment with Rock and Ice magazine in Red Rocks, NV. Climber: Scott Bennett

Ryan Wapnowski running through some old growth in the North Cascades, WA

Published Mountain Magazine

Garrett Grove — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:39:11 +0000

This just hit the shelves, great big print of my wife Bridget running through the Iceline Trail in Yoho National Park, Canada.

Climbing, Patagonia, Competitor and Powder

Garrett Grove — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:47:19 +0000

More recent publications from the last month. Some more fun stuff should be coming out soon that I am pretty excited about…

BJ Cassell’s trusty Subaru. Photo in May 2011 Climbing Magazine

Blake Herrington climbing Adventure Punks. Photo in May 2011 Climbing Magazine

Bridget Grove (yeah that’s my wife!) online for Patagonia’s Womens Trail Running

Ryan Wapnowski running in the North Cascades. Photo in June 2011 Competitor Magazine

A gallery of 13 images was also featured on Powder.com

Outside, NG Adventure, La Sportiva, Cloudveil, more…

Garrett Grove — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:31:23 +0000

Below are some updates on images that have been running around recently.

This photo of Paul Kimbrough continues to garner attention. This time over on National Geographic Adventure as their “Extreme Photo of the Week”

Website header shots on the new Cloudveil website of Jason West and Jeff Campbell

Image in the latest Outside Magazine of Ryan Wapnowski running in the N. Cascades

La Sportiva advertisement in Outside Magazine of Bridget and I running in the North Cascades

La Sportiva just completely redesigned their website too. Below are two homepage images of Adam Roberts skiing and B & I running and another of B & I running in Yoho Park, Alberta.

Ski Canada just came out with their 2011 Photo Annual, two images made it in their publication. The one on the left is of Adam Roberts and the other is of Sakeus Bankson both taken at Mount Baker (two photos directly below are not mine)

2011 Backcountry Magazine Photo Annual included a shot of Sakeus Bankson taken a few years ago.

I was contacted by the Authors of this Alps Guidebook to see if they could use the images below of Zack Giffin setting off an avalanche last winter. Of course I said yes. They kindly sent me the book but unfortunately I cannot read German…but I can look at pictures, which made me really want to make a trip over that way soon…

Recent Publications Not Pictured:

2011 Rock & Ice Photo Annual, Mountain Life, Urban Climber and Climbing Magazine

Cloudveil, Skiing Interactive & Trail Runner

Garrett Grove — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:04:44 +0000

First off, it has been storming a TON around the northwest for the last 3 weeks. The base up on Pan Dome is approaching 300 inches. Feels good to have a winter storm cycle at Baker, just like the good ol’ days. Pictured below is Forrest Coots who is up visiting from Utah for the next couple weeks. I have been doing my best to show him what the NW has to offer…

Next up are a few images that have been published over the last couple weeks. The first image is of Jeff Campbell skiing in the backcountry by Mount Baker.

Next are shots of Jason West (Left) and Jeff Campbell (Right) used by Cloudveil. I have had a great opportunity collaborating with the good people at Cloudveil this winter. They went through some rough times in the past few years and they nearly lost it all, but with some new internal folks heading it up they are trying their best and doing a good job of revamping the look and feel. Stay tuned over the next couple of years…

Lastly a photo of Ryan Wapnowski in Trail Runner taken at Cascade Pass this past October.

Published | La Sportiva Skiing & Running

Garrett Grove — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:50:36 +0000

A few new images are up and rotating on the La Sportiva website and probably in print soon as well. La Sportiva is coming out with a brand new ski line for next winter, so it is fun to be able to work with them as they debut their new skis, boots and bindings. Skier is Adam Roberts nearby Mount Baker, WA and the runners are Bridget and myself in Yoho National Park, Canada this past summer.

New Galleries | Rock & Trail

Garrett Grove — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:35:14 +0000

This spring/summer I was asked to get out on spec to take climbing and trail running photos for various commercial and editorial clients. Due to these opportunities I found I had plenty of imagery that was not reflected in my online portfolio. So I updated it. Have a look, the galleries are titled Rock & Trail.