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ne pfeifferhorn

Blog,Gear,The Chuting Gallery

On April 1st 2011 I skied the NE Face of the Pfeifferhorn with Andy Jacobsen and Andrew McLean. This closes the book on a 13 year project to ski all the lines in Andrew’s skiing guidebook ‘The Chuting Gallery’. I…

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new sponsor

Blog,Gear

I’m proud to announce a great new sponsor- As many of you know I was born and inbred here in Salt Lake City, UT. What you may not know is that I was raised as a good normal Mormon who…

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great white icicle

Blog,Gear

GREAT? As an ice climb, yes. WHITE? Not really, more yellow and brown at this time of year. ICICLE? Yes there was still some ice and a tiny bit of snow. When Andy Jacobsen was 17 or so, he climbed…

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lightning bolt

Blog,Gear,The Chuting Gallery,Video

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…

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ciochetti’s ribbon

Blog,The Chuting Gallery

The original post on this outing was deleted in the transfer of servers, so here is an updated version. When I first saw Andrew Mclean’s book ‘The Chuting Gallery’ I was dumbfounded. I was peacefully enjoying the powder bowls of…

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mt shasta

Blog

High pressure in the Wasatch last weekend turned our focus elsewhere. After looking around the west we found that Mount Shasta had a favorable weather forecast and stable avalanche conditions. We packed up and headed out to see what we…

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freedom of the hills

Blog,Gear

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…

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kessler 4X4

Blog,Gear

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…

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plinko

Blog,Gear,Ski Mountaineering

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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Blog,Gear,Powderwhore,Video

I wish I had some long grueling traverse, or fall moto trip to report about, but I don’t. Jonah and I are traveling the road showing off our latest Powderwhore Flick to ravenous skiers throughout the western states. We head…