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Last year I was asked to speak at the USAW (Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop). I don’t think the presentation went very well, I tried to pack too much in, my delivery was poor and I was cut short on…
Project- 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America I’ve been toying with the idea and exploring the daydream of attempting to ski the Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America, but such a massive and unlikely project has made me reluctant…
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…
The first time I ever saw the Skillet Glacier route on Mount Moran it was printed on the front packaging of a camping cook set. I was figuring out the ski-bum life while stocking shelves and mounting skis at Kirkham’s…
The attempt to descend the “50 Classic Ski Descents of North America” continues with #25 deep in the Holy Cross Wilderness. Last May I checked in with my main Coloradan co-conspirator Adam Moszynski about giving the Cross Couloir a try. I…
A little over a year ago, my roommate at the time, had an epic on Denali while climbing the Cassin Ridge. Afterwards, he did an interview on The Firn Line podcast. That was my introduction to this excellent program based…
I’d never heard of Mount Stimson and NEVER would have ended up skiing it if it weren’t for the “50 Classics” book. This beauty is way the fuck off the beaten path and from what I can tell it’s only…
Spring skiing has been kind of hanging on in the Wasatch, but I’ve been looking elsewhere for turns. Two weeks ago I booked a last minute flight to New Hampshire (of all places) to try and tick off 2 of…
I’m just going to slip this video in here and pretend it hasn’t taken me two years to edit and release it ……….;) Perhaps the initial blog posts about Ben Peters and I on our Alaskan Ski Holiday, two years…