alaska 2019 part 2, archangel ridge
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…
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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…
The very distant south face of Castle Peak. #26 of #50 (photo by Ben VandenBos of the Sawtooth Avalanche Center) This wasn’t my first rodeo so to speak. I’d ridden and wrestled snow-machines deep into the Cloud River Range…
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’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…
A friend asked me to come present a slideshow in Mammoth at the end of March. I agreed. Jason and Andy Dorais and Tom Goth were able to get some time off so we could make a proper ski trip…
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…
Each year I sign on for another slideshow or two. I enjoy going to them, more than I like presenting them. I do enjoy drinking a little too much and trying to tell entertaining tales with what is usually family…
The past two years I have attempted to ski in the Central Alaska Range in spring. I flew up to Anchorage, bought food and fuel, met up with motivated and capable partners, but just ended up spending weeks in Talkeetna…