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The past 6 weeks have been one of the best stretches of powder skiing in the Wasatch that I can remember! All that snow, however has created considerable to high avalanche hazard ratings. Skiing the trees gets repetitious and the…
“If you feel safe in the area that you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little out of your…
Happy New Year! Cheers to deep powder and steep lines in 2016. It’s not a New Years resolution to go new places and ski new lines, that’s always been the goal. The tick list for the Wasatch is huge, but…
Glad to see the second season of Ascent Backcountry Journal hit the racks! Fun to see the diverse mix of articles about skiing coming from skiers. The good folks at Ascent said I could write whatever I wanted. It’s early season…
A good while back I let the cat out of the bag about the end of PW. Here is the “official” announcement. The earth will probably continue to spin, and hopefully light and fluffy snow will still fall in…
Warning: the following is a shameless plug for my beautiful and intelligent friend, lover, and Yogi. My yoga history dips up and down over the past 15 years like many rounds of sun salutations. It’s one of those things that…
“For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends RAIN on the righteous and the unrighteous.” -Matthew 5:45– I guess all the praying for sunshine that we did was for naught. But we did…
From Huarez we caught a bus to Caraz and then headed into the foothills on a single lane dirt road. Huscaran National Park. A scenic drive indeed! It felt good to be moving into the direction of the mountains! Spirits…
This is the mostly true story of how I ended up in one of the greatest untapped steep skiing destinations on the planet this spring without making a single turn. A real “ski vacation” if you will. My skis have…
Some nice new gear arrived last week, so Jason and Andy Dorais, and I headed up Suicide chute to do some skiing. I forgot my camera, Andy forgot his pants and we all tried to remember how to ski since…