Drew Stoecklein has been hell bent on getting into the distant peaks behind his folks ranch to make some turns. He’s gone through hell over the last few years to make that happen. With failed attempts involving everything from donkey’s to snowmobiles and more epics than such an objective may warrant, I wasn’t that interested [...]

A brief interruption in the follow up reports from Norway. Still 2 more to come. Turns out the season isn’t over just yet! Heading up to Idaho this morning with my brother, Drew Stoecklein and Griffin Post to ski Bad Rock Peak in Idaho. This has been a mission of Drew’s for years and he [...]

You travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. -Ella Maillart- Off we go by snowscooter with loaded down pulks full of gear. The 4hr ride was pretty cush and the seals, reindeer, fjords and endless peaks kept the “are we there yets” from ever creeping in. Many strange and unique surprises were in [...]

Spring means 2 things, spring expeditions! The past several years have been to Alaska and I was planning on returning to do a sea to summit expedition with Nick Devore and Andy Jacobsen. We kept an eye on conditions and as a very unusually  dry and windy winter unfolded our plans were changed. Snow continued [...]

Throwing all the gear in a pile and then staring at it doesn’t actually make it get smaller or lighter. On the current trip to the Arctic, we will be taking advantage of the endless daylight to ski and kite as much as possible.  But as always, the weather will determine whether. And in case [...]

In preparing for my trip to the Arctic Circle I’ve been geeking out trying to get my cooking gear dialed in. Here are some of the helpful items I’ve picked up, or modifications I’ve made to existing gear. The goal is to keep things functional, simple and lightweight. I’ve included highlighted links if you want [...]

Some very unexpected and upsetting news last week. Kip Garre died in an avalanche with Allison Kreutzen while they were on a day trip to ski Split Mountain in the High Sierra. I spent a few days with Kip waiting out poor weather playing Scrabble in a tent on Mt Foraker a few years ago. [...]

I’ve only been north of 66 degrees once before and I would have to agree with the tag line ‘where the good stuff is’.  As for the restaurant, I’ve been there and I think they are full of shit. Several years ago Darrell Finlayson and I went to Baffin Island with Eric Johnson and Chris [...]

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On April 1st 2011 I skied the NE Face of the Pfeifferhorn with Andy Jacobsen and Andrew McLean. This closes the book on a 13 year project to ski all the lines in Andrew’s skiing guidebook ‘The Chuting Gallery’. I wouldn’t say I saved the best for last, but this is a pretty cool line. [...]