Washington Adventure Runs
A huge list of great adventure runs in Washington state, from half day jaunts to 24 hour epics.
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So You Want To Learn to Backcountry Ski
My story as a skier and advice how to get into backcountry skiing with no previous skiing background.
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Showa Tem-Res 282 Gloves
How some fishing gloves from Japan have revolutionized climbing and skiing in the PNWet Note: This post was originally written for the Turns-all-year…
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Ice Observations Page
A new ice observations page.
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New Trip Map
Announcing a new map of trip reports on my website!
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Footwear in the Cascades
My thoughts about footwear in the cascades: guiding principles, different footwear classes, and hypothetical use cases. Consider it a “footwear strategy”.
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Cascade Ice Guidebook
Discussing the new online ice guidebook at cascade-ice.com.
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Washington High Routes and Traverses
A comprehensive list of high routes, linkups, technical traverses, and ski traverses in Washington State.
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Forgotten Alpine Ice Cascade Testpieces (FACTs)
A huge list of great alpine ice and mixed routes in the Cascades going back 40 years.
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The Hunt For Ice
Searching for the Elusive Beast To climb water ice in Washington is to chase after rainbows – they appear seemingly randomly without warning,…
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