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"5/13 to 5/14/2014 – After a couple weeks of day-in and day-out work on the trailer, Grete and I were hitting a breaking point… We were craving adventure, the fresh mountain air, and getting away from our monster project born in 1973. We had been shut down a week earlier on an attempt at the […]
Read more "Mt. Adams"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?"4/29/12 – After a solid week of schralping around the Cascades, Jonny and I set our sights at Mt. Hood to cap off the trip. Although it’s dwarved by many of the Cascade volcanoes, the mighty Wyeast held a special spot in Jonny’s heart after skiing on her lower flanks all season long; slowly learning […]
Read more "Skiing in the Hood"4/24/12 to 4/27/12 – Words by Jonny Cromwell, Photos by Yours Truely It was a muted grey Tuesday morning in central Washington. Clouds spilling over from Stevens Pass speckled the hazy blue sky, alternately hiding and revealing the late April sun. It was actually pretty warm out too; one of those surprisingly nice days during […]
Read more "Enchanted Lights"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”"4/15/2012 – 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 […]
Read more "Wandering Up Superior"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"3/24/2012 to 3/26/2012 – A few of the boys from Colorado swung in for a couple days of skiing en route to a couple of huts in Montana during the annual spring break hut trip and we ripped up some savage tours in Wasatch spring slush. Unfortunately for the crew – Old Man Reed, Daan, […]
Read more "When Colorado Invades"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 […]
Read more "Another Peek At Patrolling"
Zachary Stephen Miller 