My fellow outdoorsmen and snow sports enthusiasts,

I’m writing because one of our brethren, Jon Miller, needs our help! While not acquainted in the traditional, face-to-face, handshake fashion of yore, Jon and I bonded several years ago via this website over our shared determination that the only sane, backcountry touring rig would be a DPS Wailer mounted with Marker Lord Bindings using the novel CAST SI&I touring system.  After months of deliberation followed by an anxious wait for the manufacturing industry to catch up with our respective backcountry stoke, we each enthusiastically unleashed our new powder chasing-rigs on the New England backcountry, documenting  and loving every last bit of it.

Unfortunately, just a few weeks ago, Jon suffered a horrendous accident in Tuckerman Ravine and looks to be facing a long and uphill battle to recovery.  Jon has brought substantial enthusiasm to the New England backcountry skiing scene over the last several years, and now I believe it is our turn to return some of that enthusiasm!  Jon’s crew has created a gofundme page to raise funds for his presumed lengthy recovery.  I turn now to the community: one of our own needs our help and it is up to us to get the word out!  Get to it: Twitter, Instgram, Facebook; let’s not let this slide!

The best moments from my 14/15 season: May (!)…ending the season on a high note with an ideal day in Hillman’s and LG. And that is a wrap. 7 months on skis. Can’t wait to do it again next season. #skitheeast #gopro #backcountry #mtwashington #earnyourturns

A photo posted by Jon Miller (@jonmiller617) on May 20, 2015 at 5:55am PDT

The best moments from my 14/15 season: May (!)…ending the season on a high note with an ideal day in Hillman’s and LG. And that is a wrap. 7 months on skis. Can’t wait to do it again next season. #skitheeast #gopro #backcountry #mtwashington #earnyourturns

A photo posted by Jon Miller (@jonmiller617) on May 20, 2015 at 5:55am PDT

@jonmiller617 enjoying himself a couple months back. Hope everyone had a great Easter, it was awesome to catch up with @imjimb0 in VT! We go to the backcountry to find ourselves, but along the way it’s impossible not to find amazing people like @imjimb0, @pete6butler and @oldbathroad. #keepclimbingjonmiller #montlyall #chicchocs #skitheeast

A photo posted by www.dogydownfilms.com (@dogydownfilms) on Mar 28, 2016 at 9:36am PDT

The best moments from my 14/15 season: April…having a man vs wild moment. Photo credit: @artwright11 #skitheeast #gopro #backcountry #tuckermanravine #mtwashington

A photo posted by Jon Miller (@jonmiller617) on May 16, 2015 at 5:29pm PDT

#Montana ready! Powered by @DPSSKIS @CASTTOURING @MARKERBINDINGS @DYNAFITNA

A photo posted by Brian Sweeney (@briangsweeney) on Jan 11, 2015 at 4:36pm PST

Marker Lords, CAST SI & I and DES Wailer 99s. Ready to rock finally…

A photo posted by Brian Sweeney (@briangsweeney) on Feb 23, 2014 at 2:04pm PST

In the #tuckermaninferno start gate

A photo posted by Brian Sweeney (@briangsweeney) on Nov 15, 2014 at 1:26pm PST

Airtime at @Arapahoe_Basin

A photo posted by Brian Sweeney (@briangsweeney) on Feb 1, 2016 at 6:55am PST