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After a fun and a successful expedition to Alaska in the spring of 2018, Adam Fabrikant and I decided to return for a go at Mount Foraker in 2019. Why Foraker? Partly because the 11,000 foot Archangel Ridge is one…
The very distant south face of Castle Peak. #26 of #50 (photo by Ben VandenBos of the Sawtooth Avalanche Center) This wasn’t my first rodeo so to speak. I’d ridden and wrestled snow-machines deep into the Cloud River Range…
I originally wrote this as an article for Black Diamond’s blog and then Ascent Magazine, but I wanted to go further in depth for the blog, so I’ve added a shit ton of photos and quite a bit more blabbering. These…
Got really lucky on the South Teton last year. The next day after skiing Mt. Moran I headed out with two of the Teton’s top guns. Adam Fabrikant and Aaron Diamond had big plans that involved ropes and shenanigans and…
Spring ski season is upon us! It’s raining damn near all the way to the summits in the Wasatch right now and snowing the spots I’d like to be traveling to. Sooooo….I’m sitting at the coffee shop working on a…
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…
Ten years into blogging and I keep telling myself I’ll do more gear reviews and product highlights. The reason I don’t is just that I’m lazy I guess. So, when I do get around to posting about gear it’s because it’s…
The big Wasatch thaw continues and so does the ticking of big lines. Last week Billy and I went to explore an eye opening line he’d been eyeing for some time. I had a faint idea of what he was…
Pretty speechless about the winter we’ve been having! It’s been mostly deep powder skiing with a few short breaks in snow and weather to get into some higher peaks and ski big objectives. Thankfully the stability has been good the…
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…