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Goodness Gracious

11/10/12 & 11/11/12 – I’m going to start this post off a bit different because I’m too excited about ski season to contain myself and showing restraint in not posting photos of fresh snow would just be downright awful.  Therefore, I will skip many of the updates that needed to happen – Hawaii, Mt. Massive, […]

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Wandering Up Superior

4/15/2012 – As my season in the Wasatch drew to a close, I still knew that I had to stand on top of Mt. Superior before I could call it a successful winter.  Sunday was my only day off that week, and therefore was my last good chance at bagging the peak.  Sunday was also […]

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Breaking in the Howitzers

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 […]

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Another Peek At Patrolling

2/7/2012 to 2/19/2012 – Just a couple more photos of daily life on the patrol.  The first photo is of Brendan Finneran ready to tear shit up in the Headwall! Put more cleanly, he is enjoying the variety of patrol work and is headed out to cut up a down tree after a wind-storm.  The […]

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Carrying A Camera At Work

1/20/2012 to 2/18/2012 – Wow, its definitely been too long since my last update… but whatcha gonna do?  To update you folks, I haven’t been shooting nearly as many photos as I ought to, have been working much too much (19 of the last 21 days), and have been messing around with shooting video (so […]

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Some More Exploration in the Wasatch

1/9/2012 & 1/14/2012 – So far, my tours with Matt Primomo have been excellently adventurous, and our late-start afternoon tour only further reinforced this feeling.  Starting at the trailhead around 1pm, our group of Matt, Todd,  Laura, and I headed out and began to explore.  We hopped through drainages and skied shots the entire afternoon […]

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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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