A break in the action at the 2015 Freeride World Tour, Verbier, Switzerland. Logan would go on to secure several podium finishes on the tour. Photo: Dom Daher Moreover, the Kinship project is a chance for Logan to unlock a vault of world-class adventure stories and learn more about his father’s past in the process. Eric doesn’t talk much about his past or share many ski stories with his sons—or anyone for that matter. In a 1999 magazine profile about Eric, his brother Dave said he’d never heard Eric tell any ski tales. Dalton, born a month after Trevor’s death and named after another first ascent by Eric and Trevor, says he’s never seen his dad cry. “Maybe I don’t ask him enough,” Logan says. “He’s not the person to talk about himself.” When Trevor passed away, Eric dialed it back, but not out of fear. Trevor was Eric’s drive and the once-in-a-lifetime partner he knew he’d never find again. As Kye says, their partnership flourished on connection rather than objectives. “My dad was more the motivator, and Eric had the skills and the style on skis to make it work,” says Kye, who is five years older than Logan, and Logan’s ski mountaineering mentor. “I’m getting motivated by Logan. He’s younger, he pushes me—which I like.” Though Logan and Kye have known each other their entire lives, the age gap and different ski pursuits hindered a close relationship. Until they filmed for Numinous , their ski days together were limited to the occasional resort rip at Whistler Blackcomb. Now the two hope to deepen their friendship as they approach their fathers’ descents decades later. “He’s got a good head on his shoulders,” Kye says, echoing a sentiment shared by many in Logan’s circle. “He’s definitely not afraid, but he’s calculated with all the risk he does take. He’s learning the time and place to send it—that’s when you really start showing your skills.” Logan and Kye’s skiing and filming plans this winter remain loose, but they will revisit the Tantalus Range and spend some time around Revelstoke. They want to go to Alaska, where their fathers made first descents on peaks like Pontoon and Meteorite—two of the most famous lines in the Chugach. Logan won’t be scoring a first descent like his father and Trevor experienced, but his approach—the line, the speed and the style—will carve a different kind of signature into the mountains. Logan is on course to accomplish things Eric, in his day, could never imagine. But first he’ll have to follow his father’s tracks. 078 The Ski Journal
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