Ruth Gorge, AK - Photographer Garret Grove

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backcountry skiing

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wildcat rally

Blog,Gear,Ski Mountaineering,SkiMo

  There was the initial idea by Teague Holmes to go up Neffs Canyon, head into Porter Fork and keep skiing north facing shots off Raymond and Gobblers and finish with Wilson Headwall, or till our legs fell off. Tom Goth…

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tushar mountains-mount baldy

Blog

    This past weekend was my mothers retirement party in St George. Good excuse to get outside the Wasatch and explore on the way down south. I’ve only skied in the Tushar Mountains once and well, we did more…

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buried weak layers

Avalanche Awareness,Blog,Gear

    Trips are popping up and the calendar is filling in. The hit list seems to grow daily. Gear is dialed. I’m fit and chomping at the bit after two less than satisfactory winters in the Wasatch. We are…

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Icon?

Blog,Powderwhore

Pretty huge surprise in this month’s issue of Backcountry Magazine! Andreas Fransson appropriately takes the cover of the icon issue. If you haven’t been following his exploits, you are missing out on the most talented and exciting skier currently pushing…

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tearing it up this winter

Blog,Powderwhore,Training

This has been my longest drought since I started blogging and I apologize for not checking in. I like journaling out loud, but it’s been a challenging season and I haven’t felt like writing about it until now. A slow starting winter…