Cascade Ice Guidebook
A few weeks ago, I published a list of Forgotten Alpine Ice Route of the Cascades. It was met with a lot of…
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Life After Sloan
The Story Goes On This post is a follow up to the wild adventure on Sloan Peak Porter and I had a few…
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Forgotten Alpine Ice Cascade Testpieces (FACTs)
A Lifetime of Adventure This post is dedicated to all the tough, rugged alpinists who were willing to explore, get beat up, and…
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FA: Sloan Peak, Superalpine (WI3-4, 1000′)
The Story of Sloan On February 28th, 2020, Porter McMichael and I made what we believe to be the first winter ascent of…
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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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Canmore Ice Climbing
Welcome to the Canadian Rockies A few weeks ago, a climber from Oregon, Deborah, invited me to go to Canmore for a weekend…
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Colfax Peak, Cosley Houston (WI4)
Threading the Needle Three years ago, during my junior year at Gonzaga University, I took a Wilderness First Responder Course over winter break….
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Dragontail Peak, NE Couloir (WI2, M5 R)
The Whole Hotdog Fall rolls on in the Cascades, but the mountains are still barren and naked. The unusual accessibility of high trailheads…
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Eldorado Peak, NW Ice Couloir (WI3)
Living the Dream “Hey dude, did you see Porter’s video? That looks awesome. Want to take Wednesday off and get it?” I blinked…
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Heliotrope Ridge Ice Playground
Getting Back into the Swing of Things After a snowy start to fall in late September and early October, the weather has dried…
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