Tag: backcountry

Get Stoked with Backcountry Basics

Winter IS here!!!! As the snow is starting to drop in Colorado, excitement is growing as fast as the flakes are falling. We can hardly contain ourselves here at Snow ...
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Training with Caroline Gleich

Last fall, Caroline Gleich and I met and bounced around ideas of video projects for the coming winter.  Over plates of delicious Middle Eastern food at Mazza’s in ...

MYSTery Alaska – Part III

Day two, we overslept. It was only 8 AM but we missed our window of opportunity to climb and ski anything of significance. We conceded that the day would be better ...
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MYSTery Alaska – Part II

Four season tent – check. Skis, boots, skins – check. Beacon, shovel, probe – check. Harness, rope, ice screws, crampons, axe – check. Beer, ...
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MYSTery Alaska – Part I

Fifteen hours into a day that will be burned into my memory forever, I paused amidst watching Nick Langelotti manhandle our gear sled down a now-grassy slope. I thought ...
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Soul Shred: Coping in Alaska

“Life is what happens when you are busy making plans.” - Mom It can be difficult to distinguish the trivialities of daily life from that which is truly important. For ...
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Pre-Season Skiing at Alta, Utah

First preseason tour at Alta, UT.  I’m the closet person to the camera along with a friend Mike just above me.  You can see Mt. Baldy in the distance.  We skinned up ...
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