January 26, 2012
Share Last year was infuckingcredible in the Wasatch Mountains! That is, if you like powder snow. And I do! In sharp and painful contrast to this season’s grim start, last winter delivered. I remember passing on days because it ONLY snowed 12-14 inches. Now we are begging for anything (and it looks like change is [...]
October 3, 2011
Share per·verse (pr-vûrs, pûrvûrs) adj. 1. Directed away from what is right or good; perverted. 2. Obstinately persisting in an error or fault; wrongly self-willed or stubborn. Route is marked in red. For 23 hours last week I unlocked the mysteries and misery of what I call the Perverse Traverse. Over 27 miles I hiked, [...]
March 14, 2011
Share The quest to finish the Chuting Gallery continues with the classic Lightning Bolt on Cardiac Ridge. Rating-S6+, Pitch-60 degrees, Vertical 450ft Some great quotes from the book- “hopefully avoided all together” “seldom in good shape, lots of rocks in it even with tons of coverage” This is another one of those lines I’ve never [...]
February 2, 2011
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 [...]
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 [...]
April 14, 2010
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 [...]
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 [...]
February 18, 2008
Share 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 mouth of the canyon, it takes a ton of valley snow to make it [...]
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