Ruth Gorge, AK - Photographer Garret Grove

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great white icicle

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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

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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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generator

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My last post on the Ribbon at Alta got me focused again on the Chuting Gallery. I’ve had plenty of excuses lately, some good and some not. I guess I’ve been waiting for ‘ideal’ conditions after being shut down so…

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ciochetti’s ribbon

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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

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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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kessler 4X4

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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

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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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powder magazine cover

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I got a phone call from Jay Beyer about a month ago and he said, “guess who’s on the cover of the November issue of Powder”? After the initial excitement and discussing which shot it was and that there might…

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exploring utaaaaaaah

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Funny how much a broken pinky toe impacts what you can and can’t physically do. Fall plan was to attempt some long traverses here in the Wasatch before hitting the road with the Powderwhore film tour. Instead, the last few…

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Northwest Couloir of the Pfiefferhorn

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Too much time spent staring at the Pfiefferhorn and the mind does wander. Before ticking of PLINKO a few weeks ago, I was interested in this little ramp variation that would skirt around the standard rappel route. So Jim Harris…