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Still unpacking some trips from last season since there’s not much to report on yet this year. In the quest to explore and possibly ski the “50 Classics” I ended up in the San Juan Mountains outside of Telluride last…
Uploaded these images last spring, but never got around to publishing. Better late than never? I had my eyes set on some classics in the Elk Mountains. I headed out there with Louis Aravelo to meet up with local shredder…
Each year I sign on for another slideshow or two. I enjoy going to them, more than I like presenting them. I do enjoy drinking a little too much and trying to tell entertaining tales with what is usually family…
Before proceeding it’s probably best to catch up with Part 1 if you haven’t already read it. Back at camp we sat and stared up at the Moose’s Tooth while the sun dried our boot liners.Visualization is important for the…
For four days I followed Jason Schlarb, Scott Simmons and Paul Hamilton through the San Juan Mountains of Colorado connecting together the first completion of the iconic Hardrock 100 route on skis. Watch video HERE! The full four part trip…
The Grand Teton is one of the pinnacles of ski mountaineering in the lower 48 states. It’s big, complex and iconic! It requires ropes and crampons and ice axes and all that shit that makes you feel like you’re doing…
Today we had a great plan, but it didn’t really happen. I’m not going to give away the shot we wanted to ski, but we ended up climbing and skiing this fun little line off the south west ridge of…
The past 6 weeks have been one of the best stretches of powder skiing in the Wasatch that I can remember! All that snow, however has created considerable to high avalanche hazard ratings. Skiing the trees gets repetitious and the…
“For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends RAIN on the righteous and the unrighteous.” -Matthew 5:45– I guess all the praying for sunshine that we did was for naught. But we did…
This is the mostly true story of how I ended up in one of the greatest untapped steep skiing destinations on the planet this spring without making a single turn. A real “ski vacation” if you will. My skis have…