Posts Tagged ‘steep skiing’

Share The original post on this outing was deleted in the transfer of servers, so here is an updated version. When I first saw Andrew Mclean’s book ‘The Chuting Gallery’ I was dumbfounded. I was peacefully enjoying the powder bowls of the Wasatch Mtns and had no idea of the crazy shit that was going [...]

Share I’m not really sure who is out there reading this, but my guess is it’s folks who love the mountains like I do. Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy this, the 100th post!! When I started blogging a few years ago it was at the request of a sponsor and I wasn’t [...]

Share Too much time spent staring at the Pfiefferhorn and the mind does wander. Before ticking of PLINKO a few weeks ago, I was interested in this little ramp variation that would skirt around the standard rappel route. So Jim Harris and I headed out to see how it looked. It was a nice sunny [...]

Share Sorry for the posting drought! It’s been my goal to add something of interest once a week, but that hasn’t been easy this winter. The thin and scary snowpack has made it difficult to safely attempt much. The tick list on my dry erase board next to the computer is still fat with projects. After [...]

Share Last spring I became a bit obsessed with the NE Couloir of the Pfief. I posted two reports of failed attempts by Courtney Phillips and I. Well we weren’t going to give up that easy. If at first you don’t succeed, fail and fail again. Not really a great caption for a motivational poster, [...]

Share So if you checked the link from my last post (here) you saw some high quality pics from Derek that pretty much covered the outing. Well it might be redundant, but I’ve got a few to add. We hoofed it to the summit and had a snack and a view. Both Delicious! Sorry no [...]

Share I recently purchased a street legal dirt bike for cruising town and playing around off road. Got a call from Derek who just picked up a bike as well, he wanted to put them to use for a ski tour. I’m going to go the lazy route and just link to Derek’s site. He’s [...]

Share I did pre-apologize to Darrell about this one, but he ended up still walking away mad. The plan was to tick off the Generator Couloir up Big Cottonwood Canyon. We then booted all the way out the creek and to the car. A shit show? Yes, I would have to say so. But also, [...]

Share If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again? A bit obsessed with this line by now, Courtney and I went back for a second attempt Sunday morning. Unfortunately our story stops here, or at least doesn’t continue down the objective we were intending. With just a few too many signs of snow instability [...]

Share Not satisfied with just looking down the Whipple I recruited Darrell Finlayson to join me on a return trip to ski it. And for the sake of clarity, this is not the ‘Whipple’ that is pictured and written about in The Chuting Gallery, that is a misprint. I refer to that as the Whiffle [...]