3/18 to 3/19/2023 – There are certain ski lines that linger in the back of your mind for a long while. This is one of those ski lines: Grey Wolf Peak’s West Couloir. This little beauty is a Western Montana classic that has been well publicized on the internet ever since RandoSteve posted up a […]
Read more "Grey Wolf"1/6 to 1/9/2023 – I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to poke around in quite a few of the mountain ranges of the North American west, but for some unclear reason I have always just driven past the Tetons. My younger self idealized classic steep skiing there and certainly put it on […]
Read more "The Taste of the Tetons"December 2012 to April 2013 – My second winter out in the Wasatch I skied alot. I was fortunate to meet a new (and always available) friend and touring partner – Jesse Dudley – who was just as stoked to get out and after the mountains! The season also offered the most snow of my three […]
Read more "The Forgotten Season"3/2/14 to 3/8/14 – There is a certain special trip ski patroller’s can work to experience and it is called an ‘exchange.’ The basic idea is that one ski area will trade two of its patrollers with another ski area’s patrollers for a few days. As a visiting patroller your goal is to keep up (on the […]
Read more "Canadians Are Good People"3/13/14 – Well Jonny showed up for a week of skiing in mid-March and, given the stable conditions, he and those around him were able to get after it… Grete showed him and another friend, Bryce, the goods all week long around Silverfork, Solitude, and Big Cottonwood Canyon while I was stuck at work. When […]
Read more "The Northwest Couloir of the Pfeifferhorn"4/21/2013 to 4/25/2013 – Skiing in Idaho is the real deal. This little post covers a recent yurt trip in the Sawtooth Mountain Range, near Stanley, ID and gets the ball back rolling on updating this website with more photos from a fruitful summer, fall and winter! A handful of peeps from Utah (and one […]
Read more "The Sawtooths… or is it Sawteeth?"4/21/12 to 4/22/12 – Below lies the story of Jonny Cromwell and I’s first successful ascent of Mt. Ranier. There are no photos or words of the summit or the descent, because the shared spiritual experience was too overwhelming to be portrayed authentically in either medium. Words by Jonny Cromwell and photos by myself. Please […]
Read more "“This is Happening”"4/8/12 to 4/9/12 – Another weekend and another couple classics in the Wasatch needed to be slayed. On Sunday, I opted for a quick morning tour and ski of the Argenta Slide Path in Big Cottonwood Canyon. This 3,250′ slide path was quick and easy to ascend, and offered quite the variety of snow conditions […]
Read more "A Couple More Weekend Classics"4/2/2012 – After saving for most of the winter and a couple of boot sizing issues, I finally got my new touring setup mounted and ready for shredding. The setup is: Skilogik Howitzer 186s with Dynafit TLT Vertical ST bindings, Dynafit ZZero TC4 boots, and my beloved BCA magic carpet skins! Being that the skis […]
Read more "Breaking in the Howitzers"12/4/2011 to 12/26/2011 – Here are a few photos from a couple of recent tours out into the Wasatch backcountry. The first photo is of Scott Anderson enjoying some funky sugar pow in the Silver Fork Meadows on December 4th. A couple of the old Niwot Ridge crew were en-route to San Francisco and swung […]
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Zachary Stephen Miller 