February 11, 2011
Share High pressure in the Wasatch last weekend turned our focus elsewhere. After looking around the west we found that Mount Shasta had a favorable weather forecast and stable avalanche conditions. We packed up and headed out to see what we would find. First view of 14,179ft Mount Shasta We arrived mid day and hiked [...]
January 5, 2011
Share The plan for the day was to climb Kessler four times and ski the four main lines off the peak by working our way from the East Couloir to God’s Lawnmower, then Argenta and finishing into Mineral Fork with the West Couloir. 11hr days make for long blog posts.Pass on this one if you’re [...]
March 22, 2009
Share I got a call from Derek to go ski Mt Nebo the other day. It seemed about time to get down to check out this nearby peak that has been beckoning for years. Derek posted a great TR with amazing pics HERE on the Teton Gravity Research forum. This was Derek’s third attempt to [...]
January 19, 2009
Share The Wasatch is busy on the weekends. Time to visit the deep random reaches for some recon. (Parking at the S-Curve in BCC) Andy Rosenberg and I have been talking about these ramps in upper Mill B for way too long. Time to take a closer look. Mill B is a huge drainage with [...]
August 23, 2008
Share I’m not sure of the origins of the quote, “It’s always snowing somewhere”, but I know it’s not snowing in Utah (currently 94 degrees and sunny). So what the hell are we doing here? With the coaxing of Andy Jacobsen and Jay Beyer, Jonah and I decided Powderwhore should finally visit the Southern Hemisphere [...]
July 28, 2008
Share In the Spring of 2007 Darrell Finlayson and I had plans to fly to a very remote Alaskan range to spend a few weeks freezing our asses off and skiing. The weather had other plans for us and our pilot couldn’t fly us in. I learned it’s always good to have a plan B [...]
June 8, 2008
Share A few weeks ago Darrell and I headed out to ski some chutes in Hogum Fork, up LCC. Our plan was to start later in the day, ski the Snapdragon, camp overnight, ski the Sliver in the morning and then ski out Hogum. It was a good melt/freeze cycle and we found some great [...]
April 24, 2008
Share Just returned from 3 weeks in AK where we spent way too much time holed up in the RV waiting for weather. So, it’s been great to see the snowpack holding up and see there’s still a ton of fun stuff to ski here in the Wasatch. Spring is a great time to taste [...]
December 29, 2007
Share Here is a brief trip report, with pics and vid, of a trip to Denali in the spring of 2006 Expediton name: Whiskey Ed Magin-Team Leader/Head Water Boiler/Alarm Clock Operator and Motivator John Colter- Photographer/Cookie Dough Porter/Morale Officer Noah Howell-Videographer/Igloo Engineer Ed enjoying the view on the flight in. Viewing the lower Kahiltna Glacier [...]
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