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I did pre-apologize to Darrell about this one, but he ended up still walking away mad. The plan was to tick off the Generator Couloir up Big Cottonwood Canyon. We then booted all the way out the creek and to…
I’ve been heading up to AK and the Valdez/Thompson Pass area for the past several winters to film ‘big mountain’ lines for the PW flicks. This year we all wanted to try something different. We were tired of being cooped…
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again? A bit obsessed with this line by now, Courtney and I went back for a second attempt Sunday morning. Unfortunately our story stops here, or at least doesn’t continue down the…
The early bird gets the worm and the tardy skier gets the weather. Courtney Phillips and I started hiking with beautiful blue skies and spring temps late this morning. However, stormy weather started coming in as we reached the upper…
Despite it’s heinous looking traverse out the bottom, I headed out this morning to ski the Lightning Bolt Couloir. On booting up the lookers left chute (Thunderstruck) I realized I was a bit too late. The snow was warm and…
No real powder to speak of, so it must be steep skiing time. Spring conditions mean good snow pack stability, but often questionable turning conditions. I’ve been obsessing over this massive line that stares down at you every time you…
Wow! We’ve just wrapped up with one of the best storm cycles I can recall. The snow has just been non stop until yesterday and I’ve been out with friends filming and tracking up as much as possible. Flat light…
The Wasatch is busy on the weekends. Time to visit the deep random reaches for some recon. (Parking at the S-Curve in BCC) Andy Rosenberg and I have been talking about these ramps in upper Mill B for way too…
It’s snowed and it’s currently snowing in the mountains here in the Wasatch. The forecast is calling for more early this week. I’m guessing and hoping this will be the patch that sticks and starts the snowpack for the 2008/09…
Last fall Backcountry.com created their athlete program and somehow I ended up on the roster. From the get go it was clear this is a really well run company filled with creative and motivated folks. It was exciting to be…