Safe As

I recently returned from a weeklong road trip to the Northwest with the ladies of the Safe As clinics -- pro skiers Ingrid Backstrom, Elyse Saugstad, Michelle Parker and Jackie Paaso and guide/patroller Lel Tone, who took their women's avalanche safety clinics on the road this year.

It was my first time back to Stevens Pass, Washington, since the avalanche in February 2012 and I couldn't have imagined a better reason for returning. 

I shot some photos of the journey (which was done in a massive Red Bull truck equipped with our own driver) for ESPN.com. Check out the shots here!