Whipple Couloir, UT - Photographer Adam Clark

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plinko-revisited

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  Another winter is slowly getting underway and lots of changes taking place. Excited about the partnership with Ascent Backcountry Snow Journal and seeing what a great job Paul Olerich is doing with it. The latest issue is out and…

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I’ve been updating my blog and in switching servers some posts were deleted. This was a highlight from last winter that I’ve rewritten with more pics and info from the route. Plinko! (new line on the Pfiefferhorn?) We were filming…

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notable ski descents

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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….

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diving board and rampage

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(A delayed posting from an outing several weeks ago) Alaska had produced 2 great skiing expeditions and I found myself back in the Wasatch with toes and fingers still thawing from the cold. Winter was attempting to flee and warm…

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Northwest Couloir of the Pfiefferhorn

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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…