Backcountry Skiing Mount Hood, Oregon

Backcountry Skiing Mount Hood, Oregon

Photograph by Richard Hallman

"It felt like I was flying," recalls skier Tommy Ellingson, seen here launching off a jump at 8,000 feet on the White River Glacier on Oregon's Mount Hood. "The jump had a little pop on it so we went up before we started to fall so that we could match up with the landing. There was a weightless feeling, for sure."