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A Washington Surf Outing

Garrett Grove — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:22:47 +0000

I am not a surfer, this was actually the first time I have ever gone on a surf trip. I completely suck, but trying something new and getting my ass totally handed to me has never been so much fun and I plan to try again. A bunch of good friends gathered for 5-6 days of surfing, banjo picking, relaxing, camping and celebrating earlier this summer. Below are some random shots from a time well spent.

Interior BC Bike Trip

Garrett Grove — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:02:03 +0000

In hopes to find some good biking, put the truck/camper through it’s final trial run before the big departure and take up an offer to explore the new trails around Retallack Lodge. Bridget and I packed up and rolled north for a week of biking and it did not disappoint in any way. Huge thanks to Kevin Landry for the hospitality, hard work and showing us around.

Glacier Gorge, CO | forgotten moments

Garrett Grove — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:47:34 +0000

Throughout the Glacier Gorge trip I was intent on capturing the forgotten moments, the ones that are so often overlooked while out camping and climbing. To those that don’t climb these moments might seem obvious to capture but after 10 years these little things can go without notice. Similar to someone wanting to take a picture of you while vacuuming your house or making some dinner. In general focusing on these moments has been a growing goal of mine over the past year+ and it is exciting to see it become more of a habit and excitement. I take off tomorrow for 7-8 days for more climbing and camping but this time on an assignment and in the Cascades, stoked to see what comes of it.

Glacier Gorge, Colorado

Garrett Grove — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:18:30 +0000

Returned from a trip to Rocky Mountain National Park with 8 new and old friends. What a place. Reminded me of Washington with it’s high alpine lakes and stellar granite climbing. The frequent thundershowers however did not remind me of Washington. Anyway below are a few random shots. Thanks Blake for putting this trip together.

Three Sisters Wilderness, OR

Garrett Grove — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:28:39 +0000

I was given another great opportunity to explore some new territory and meet more great people. A quick reflection from this winter: there are so many good people scattered all over the place. Not sure if it is the low-key nitch of backcountry skiing that produces so many quality, caring and motivated people, but everywhere I have gone this winter I come away meeting more individuals that I am inspired by. The two folks I happened to meet on this trip are Jonas Tarlen and Shane Fox, both own and share the responsibilities of operating the Three Sisters Backcountry Huts. This was an assignment for Backcountry Magazine with Tyler Cohen and Jeff Campbell so more info will be shared when the magazine is released. I highly recommend a visit to this place, Jonas and Shane have worked extremely hard over the years to get these yurts opened in such a pristine place.

Holden Village, WA

Garrett Grove — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:06:55 +0000

I just returned from an assignment with Skiing Magazine to a very unique but amazing place: Holden Village, WA. I was joined by the likes of Sakeus Bankson, Drew Stoecklein, Patrick Haggerty, Forrest Coots and Jeff Campbell. A bit of a dude trip eh? Holden is a Lutheran Retreat Center found deep in the heart of the Cascades. We found an extremely gracious and welcoming community as well as huge mountains filled with endless amounts of skiing. Not much to complain about there. I highly recommend checking it out.

On another note, I take off for a yurt trip in the Three Sisters Wilderness, OR this coming weekend and right now Bridget and I are in the process of moving out of our place and in with a couple of good friends. This move is our first big step towards downsizing so that we can be living on the road in a truck/camper by the end of this summer for about a year. Vague explanations, more will be written soon, but I am in between packing boxes and wanted to give a little update. Exciting times are ahead.

Nelson, BC | Good Times with Good Company

Garrett Grove — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:01:21 +0000

Last week 8 friends and myself loaded up the cars to make a ski pilgramage to Nelson, BC. For most of us it was our first time, we had all seen the photos and heard stories about this quaint little town that somehow has managed to stay true to it’s nature and avoid the agro ski scene. The stories were true. No rat race for first tracks, no huge crowds and super pleasant people. So with those factors and the two feet of snow that fell the few days prior, we had ourselves a great time.

On the way up we happened to be first responders on a pretty hair raising semi-accident. The roads were sheer ice and a semi neglected to put on chains which caused it to do a 180 turn back up hill and swung off the road into a ditch and trees. It was a double trailer filled with liquid zinc, Jeff Campbell was the hero and talked to the driver while holding him in C-spine for 30 minutes until the help arrived. The driver was ok but suffered a bad head injury and his spine was sensitive to touch…be careful out there.

Ski Salt Lake Shootout | People’s Choice

Garrett Grove — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:43:31 +0000

A quick post. I will put up more photos and some reflections later this week. I just got back from the Ski Salt Lake Shootout on Sunday and was honored to be judged with the 1st Place Portfolio! Everyone there did an amazing job, from the athletes, photographers, coordinators and even the weather. But now it is your turn to help out and vote for the “People’s Choice” Award going on Facebook all of this week. The photo with the most votes wins, simple as that. So any help would be much appreciated….till then I need to go get some personal skiing in. I realized it has been about 2 months since I went skiing without the camera on my back. Thanks.

Link to my photo in the contest is HERE

Link to the voting is HERE

Ski Salt Lake Shootout | Contest

Garrett Grove — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:15:18 +0000

I have wanted to partake in a photo competition for quite some time and just recently I found out I was selected to participate in this years Salt Lake City Shootout. I leave this coming Monday and will be going up against a very intimidating and talented group of 8 other photographers over the course of next week, many of which I have looked up to for inspiration for numerous years. Check out the details on how it works here. I will try and post updates over the course of the week. Also there is a people’s choice award that is given out to the photo that gets the most votes on their Facebook page. Funny thing is I don’t have a Facebook account (ironic I know) so I will need all of you to do some serious voting and campaigning for me…