Last winter Travis Rice and Chris Rasman went deep into Alaskas Tordillo Mountains Their trip coincided with about five feet of fresh snow which was followed up by about 100 MPH winds This lead to long days of searching and even longer nights in the lodge sipping exotic wines and contemplating fate or at least thinking about where oh where those pockets of good snow might be hiding By the end of it Travis and Chris started to feel like truffle pigs animals known for their acute ability to find rare objects or situations You know like geographical oddities and good snow In other words they nailed it