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Warning: You’re going to want to sit the fuck down for this one. Skiing the Archangel took me many years to finally get onto, it took a long time to actually climb and ski once there, now it’s taken me…
After a fun and a successful expedition to Alaska in the spring of 2018, Adam Fabrikant and I decided to return for a go at Mount Foraker in 2019. Why Foraker? Partly because the 11,000 foot Archangel Ridge is one…
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…
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’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…
The new Ascent Magazine is out. Look for it at your local gear or coffee shop in the western states. This is the final issue of the season and with expeditions and spring trips on the way I put together…
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….
Ben and I requested a fly over of the Archangel Ridge on Mount Foraker. We wanted to have a good look at our intended line and snap some recon photos for closer inspection. The pilot called in to HQ for approval….
Before proceeding it’s probably best to catch up with Part 1 if you haven’t already read it. Back at camp we sat and stared up at the Moose’s Tooth while the sun dried our boot liners.Visualization is important for the…