In late February 2018, I received a phone call from filmer Tanner Pendleton asking if I would like to join him and Arthur Longo for a four-day weather window in Chamonix, France. Although flying transatlantic on a day’s notice for questionable conditions seemed a bit overzealous, it was exciting enough to go. All I really knew about the area was there are very big mountains. Upon arrival, I was surprised—not only by the intensely jagged peaks that loomed over the valley, but also by the amount of terrain on offer for the non-adrenaline-junkie. After shooting for just two days of that trip it felt like we had barely scratched the surface.

A year later, I returned to Chamonix with filmer Jake Price to meet up with Arthur, photographer Matt Georges and Vans Europe snow team manager Bruno Rivoire for a Vans project entitled Triple. We’d shoot for two weeks in an attempt to make a video and photo book. I’ve always enjoyed the short-travel project idea of committing a certain amount of time to one spot and seeing what the weather and conditions provide. It allows for time to get to know a place…

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above We spent a lot of time hanging out in this zone—it’s one of my favorite spots I’ve ever been to. The terrain is mostly low-angle boulder fields with some convex rolls and wind-lips here and there. Towering right above you are massive glacier-covered peaks with blue ice that lights up in the evening sun. The tram above is full of tourists from all over the world—they were probably looking down at me while I was building this, wondering what the hell I was doing. Back three melon.