Tag
“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…
Peru was a wash, literally. It rained most of the time and kept us from skiing the mountains we barely even had a chance to see. It was a difficult time both mentally and physically, but it was an eye…
Back safe and sound from Peru, but that’s another story. Too many pics and thoughts to sort through right now. And another trip is on it’s way this weekend if weather holds! For the past several years most of my…
Spring has historically been Alaska expedition season, but this year has been a strange one. I’ve been trying to get up there, but trips kept falling through. When Matt Primomo and I met up in the Tetons this year we…
Jonah and I did some ski testing for Voile this weekend at Snowbird. Conditions were better than we’d thought they might be. And after staring at the “forbidden fruit” like Pipeline and Red Stack all day I decided I needed to…
When “Fifty Classic Ski Descents” was released, I was excited see the incredible images and read the accounts of some historic, proud lines in North America. I loved the large format and enjoyed reading about the first descents and the…
That night in Stanley was cold and clear, dropping down to near 10 degrees. We slept in the rafting guides bunk-house again and woke up early. In time to enjoy the sunrise, and coffee with the view from Scott’s backyard….