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Snow Blind in the Teton’s
March 2011, Grand Teton National Park Under a grey sky and through intermittent snow flurries, Charlie and I skinned up to and past the top of 25-Short, a 2,200-foot glade of pines on the Buck Mountain Massif. Our plan is to gain a ridge that divides the north and south forks of Avalanche Canyon […]
The Great Northwet
“Um….Sir- are you going to Seattle today?†It’s the Delta gate agent- annoyed, everyone else is on the plane except for me and my traveling companion, Tyson, and he’s nowhere to be seen. We arrived at the airport early, paid our fees for the extra baggage, and answered a few questions for the curious as […]
Steep Skiing in the West- A Look Back
“If you fall, you die!†This catchy, morbid phrase, popularized by Coloradan, Chris Landry, one of the sport’s foremost pioneers, defines the allure of steep skiing. Although people have perished, it is rare, and most never consider that dire possibility. Mountaineering skiers are driven by a passion to descend improbable lines, and the reward is […]
A Comprehensive and Authoritative Guide to the Original Winter Sport of Sledding
The fossil record remains unclear as to what exactly started the trend, but approximately 240 million years ago the first winter sport was born. As the story is told, a tiny trilobite spied the icy slope with a degree of trepidation. He began to reconsider. Then the guy holding his beer shoved him from behind […]
