Spring Review: Peak 1 – Ascent

Before long, we found ourselves on the ridge from the top of the lift line to the summit. It had to be one of the most beautiful climbs I have ever done. [Read More...]

Photos from the Crestones

I actually hate blogging about failed mountaineering missions, but the photos Tyler and I captured are too good not to share [Read More...]

Slaying the Dragon Tail

Four years ago, I arrived at Rocky Mountain National Park for an educational adventure in the art of snow wizardry, and I was forsaken a vision I would not soon forget. That sight was of the Dragon Tail Couloir, a mythical strip of snow that falls continuously for nearly 2,000 vertical feet above the mystical Emerald Lake.[Read More...]

Shit for Brains, Revisited

It became apparent very soon, however, that the snow was being kept frozen by a continuous wind up the couloir, which was also making the snow firmer by the minute [Read More...]