Glacier Winter Overnight Mission - Our Tent Failed

Lydia Fahrenkrug, Will Phelps & I set out on a mission with our overnight gear to ski a peak in Glacier National Park. We were met with less than ideal conditions and our adventure did not go as planned. Many lessons were learned on this adventure, yet it ended up being one of the more memorable days of my ski season.
Skis: Atomic Backland 107
Bindings: Atomic Backland Pure
Boots: Hawx Ultra XTD 130
Jacket: Trew Stella PRIMO
Bibs: Trew Chariot PRIMO

[@IntenseAngler]

Stellar vid! Definitely looked like an epic for sure. There's nothing like a little type 2 fun to make the adventure a bit more memorable 👍

[@AndyOnTheMountain]

Type 2 fun activated! I love my HMG Ultamid 2 tent but not for the winter. I'm ok with carrying a few extra pounds with my MSR Access 1 now days. This is what it's about tho! great video and the reality of winter ski adventures. It's hard! Cheers

[@gabbyvaladezz]

Love seeing some ladies and gent having type 2 fun in the glacier bc!! Good stuff Riko!

[@Kefoo_]

-- You awakened to appreciate that no one had disappeared to become something's breakfast. SURVIVAL . . . YEA!

[@OutdoorPrep]

It seems like you failed the tent by not setting it up properly 🙈 😂 But seriously- they can handle a lot. Use the extra guylines HMG sent you with their tent. Be safe 🙏

[@mobilewintercamp7515]

Beautiful place. Keep going, trying, learning and practicing.

[@Aurianabrassington]

A birthday you’ll never forget:) Also I am so stoked to see more and more women making ski videos/films. Incredible work!🤙🏼

[@riko_flo]

Thanks a ton!! 😊

[@johnpatterson5744]

Happy birthday dear Ericka 🥳 loved your blue and yellow outfit 👌.all the best and a whole lot more,from bonnie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏕️🔥WOOF!🐕‍🦺😂👍.✊🙏❤️

[@vladd.i]

Awesome video, thanks so much for filming and sharing! I'm an avid backpacker but have never gone winter camping like that so it's cool to live through your experience and know what to prepare for once I decide to venture out in snow in the future.

[@nibbarkfc2863]

i see a bright future for this channel

[@DemiGod..]

Got a tent flattend in a storm, so got the Hillebrg Tarra along with a second set of poles to double pole it as didn't want to go through that again. No such thing as overkill, winds in Scotland having been recorded upto 173mph which I doubt any tent could handle, the winds that flattened my tent were forcast to be upto 80mph, 1/4 the power.

[@user-jq1cv3qd9j]

I feel like I stumbled across one of those youtube channels that is going to be super big someday. Good luck.

[@BasedPsychologyDecoded]

This is a gem

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

Nice video, Riko Flo. Bummer about the tent, but sounds like a nice birthday overall.

[@manuelmanev6008]

Awesome video!!!

[@maxmillington8363]

Every time I try to ski on the East side I feel like the mountains try to tell me "you don't belong here". One of these days I'll ski Allen.

[@buddybolin001]

Love the video! Don’t you think a four season tent would handle better than a trekking pole tent? I used zpacks duplex on ghetto jmt and it handled ok in thunderstorms. No way I’d take that tent on a winter trip.

[@jc4evur661]

Too bad there are so few glaciers left in Glacier.

[@john26razor340]

Keep it up

[@SummitForWellness]

What all happened to the tent? Did it break/tear or did the stake anchors just pop out? In those winds did you have any upper guylines attached? We've been in 70+ mph winds with the ultamid and as long as we had additional guylines attached we never had problems. But yours looked like it was getting hammered!

[@riko_flo]

There was much less snow than we anticipated, and we didn’t have much space to bury our skis attached to the lines. Eventually, the constant wind caused our skis to slice the lines with their edges!

[@MoeketsiThebe-fe2bh]

Love it , wanted to do the same last year for my birthday but my ex gf refused and wanted a glamping thing. She gone now cause she refused to make it up to me for not wanting to do what I wanted for bd .

[@Bikepacking]

Tent brand and model

[@mtadams2009]

It’s a Hyperlite and I am not sure of the model. Its their model with the single pole in the middle.