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Article written for Ascent Backcountry Journal with added photos by Jason and Andy Dorais and Joey Campanelli – “I’ve got to pee” I finally said reluctantly. I did have to go really bad, but when you’ve got a 2,000 mile…
I discovered steep skiing when I was young. It was the era when Kris Erickson, Hans Saari, Andrew McLean, Alex Lowe, Doug Coombs and others were bringing a more twisted vision of what could be descended in the North American mountains….
I wish I had some long grueling traverse, or fall moto trip to report about, but I don’t. Jonah and I are traveling the road showing off our latest Powderwhore Flick to ravenous skiers throughout the western states. We head…
In case you have been skiing too much to keep up on your internetting, you better check out the following. Andrew McLean just finished up a 10 day odyssey up and down the ‘Classic’ lines of the Wasatch. See the…
This is a Wolverine: This is a Cirque: a deep steep-walled basin on a mountain usually forming the blunt end of a valley. This is Wolverine Cirque: If you’re not familiar with Wolverine Cirque, well actually I don’t believe that’s…
Winter is over, but there are still many trips, vids, and pics that I’m planning on dragging out of the past to post. We’ll begin with this trip report from a few years ago. I wasn’t blogging then and wanted…
I decided to go for a hike at Brighton last week. In an effort to conserve gas I looked at alternate ways of getting there. My USGS topo map revealed a much more direct route which would cut off a…
Another little break in between storms gave me a chance to ski a great little roadside chute up Little Cottonwood Canyon. The White Pearl has been an elusive shot to ski over the past few winters, being located near the…