outdoors

Wasatch Backcountry Adventures

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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A Day in the Tatoosh

11/29/2011 – What a slow start to winter.  No snow in Utah, no backcountry skiing yet, and no patrol work to be had.  Fortunately, I have a great family and happened upon the opportunity to enjoy Thanksgiving back in the Northwest.  Also fortunate, is that my beloved ski companion, Mr. Cromwell, was available for a […]

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The Mighty Mendenhall Glacier

10/28/2011 – No more than two hours after having landed in Alaska (back on October 3rd), I was out hiking around the Mendenhall Valley with a couple of my WEMT classmates.  The glacier was a powerful piece of geologic and climatological history that immediately instilled in me the belief that Alaska is something special and […]

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The Blue Mussel Cabin

10/23/2011 to 10/24/2011 – When you are stuck in a classroom in an abandoned gas station for nearly 8 hours a day, you really feel the urge to get outside and do something with your days off.  Our WEMT class’ favorite weekend activities included going out for some afternoon drinking in Juneau and exploring the […]

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Alaska and a WEMT

10/3/2011 to 10/31/2011 – With the culmination of rafting season came my first empty fall I’ve ever had, and with that, I felt an educational void.  To fill this void, I headed to Juneau, AK to take a EMT + W (wilderness) class through the month of October.  The month was largely spent inside the […]

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Roadtrippin’

9/18/2011 to 9/22/2011 – As rafting season came to a close this year, I was presented with the first fall (in my entire life) where I had no class to attend.  So what do I do? I sign up for another class… except this one is in Alaska and instructs me on things that ought […]

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Washington Righteousness

5/14/2011 to 5/20/2011 – After a week long roadtrip from Colorado back to Washington (due to Winston’s incredible stubbornness) the Pacific Northwest ski mountaineering adventure began.  I met up with Jonny Cromwell, Daan Stevenson, and Andrew Steger shortly after their 3-day attempt at Mt. Rainier.  We skied a classic PNW day at Alpental with rain […]

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An Introduction to Wild Basin

4/31/2011 – The last day of April is one of the best days to get faceshots.  Why? Because many ski resorts are already closed, many of your friends have put their ski equipment away, and you (as well as your few devoted… or “obsessed” friends) are still getting better turns than those ready for summer […]

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Playing With Avalanches

4/24/2011 – With snow down along the Front Range the day before (Coco’s Triathalon), I knew I had to get up to enjoy some of the fresh snow in the mountains that next day.  I rounded up Alex Umbhau and Jason Blair for a day of exploration and shredding out around Berthoud Pass.  We hadn’t […]

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