Whipple Couloir, UT - Photographer Adam Clark

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twin peaks-high five

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The Powder Keg really kicked my ass! It took a solid week to feel energized and recovered. Thursday was the last day of winter. A winter that acted more like spring, and has now been replaced by a spring that already…

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pfeifferhorn north ridge

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No it’s not the Tetons part 2, but that trip got me so damn inspired that I just wanted to go run up a rugged mountain instead of blagging!  The North Ridge of the Pfeiff has long been on my…

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lone peak, chipman, box elder

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Moving apartments, good powder skiing, resting, and schmoozing at the Outdoor Retailer have filled my days since the Jackson Skimo race. High pressure and good avalanche stability moved in last week. This is when things get really interesting. Where to…

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vorpal

Blog,Ski Mountaineering

  “And you will come to find that we are all one mind capable of all that’s imagined and all conceivable.” “Reflection” by TOOL   I guess it was on THIS outing last season that I really decided it was time…

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generator

Blog,Gear,The Chuting Gallery,Video

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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whippet retrival

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If you’ve been following along, last spring this happened- https://noahhowell.com/?s=generator+couloir(Scroll down to Generator) During the rappel Darrell set his whippets down and forgot them. By the time he remembered, we were too far committed to the descent to retrieve them….

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moto-vated on mount nebo

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So if you checked the link from my last post (here) you saw some high quality pics from Derek that pretty much covered the outing. Well it might be redundant, but I’ve got a few to add. We hoofed it…

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generator couloir attempt 2009

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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…