SASS client and Freeski World Tour competitor Emma Lande on another backcountry mission in Argentina this August. P: Skylar Holgate
Summer 2010 in Bariloche, Argentina was another one for the books – an epic Santa Rosa storm that dropped 10 feet on Cerro Catedral at the end of August, team visits from Roxy (including Olympian Torah Bright), Dakine, Burton, and One Life, greenhouses and biodiesel reactors being built and donated to the community, great coaching from our guides and coaches, piles of amazing meat, and an amazing group of clients. With the deepest and most stable snowpack in six years, the SASS crew absolutely crushed Bariloche – from the Palmero trees to the park to Laguna cliff hucks to 3,000 foot backcountry lines to 3-day hut trips at Refugio Frey. Always incredible to see the energy, motivation, and stoke that the SASS crew has – it’s unlike anything else. Here’s to another great season…