The Bonnington Traverse
The Dream Team My journey as a backcountry skier is told in place and time. Undoubtedly, improvements are made incrementally, but there have…
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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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Mt. Baker, North Ridge (AI3+)
Same Mountain, Different People Less than two years ago, Jacob and I climbed the Coleman Deming route on Baker. It was our first…
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WA Pass Birthday Tour
The WA Pass Classic The Birthday Tour is an easy, straightforward ski tour at Washington Pass. And after getting roughed up on the…
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Mt. Shuksan, Sulphide Glacier Ski
Primo Skimo in the North Cascades! It is prime ski mountaineering season in the Cascades. Most trailheads are accessible, but snow coverage is…
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Slot Couloir
A Speed Lap on the Snoqualmie Classic Early March was unusually cold, but late March held record breaking heat. Anthony and I finally…
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Chair Peak Circumnavigation
The Best and the Worst of Ski Touring Going into this trip, Logan, Kylie and I had two certainties: the weather would be…
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Asulkan Hut Ski Tour
A Powder Paradise The night we arrived in Revelstoke, Brant was scouring the internet and found a surprise opening for the night of…
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Middle + South Teton Ski
Tour de Grand Since Kylie was still feeling tired after our five day trip to ski Gannet Peak, I decided to ski Middle…
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Gannett Peak Ski Adventure
Growing Pains: An Introduction into Backcountry Skiing. It was silly, but I had this grand idea that I would naturally be able to…
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