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Skiing the Grand Daddy couloir

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Last March with descent snow conditions and perfect weather I had the opportunity to ski a line that I’ve been looking at for nearly my whole life. Adjacent to the Telluride Ski area sits the Little Wasatch Face. Here is a little history by the late, great, visionary, Andrew Sawyer: “In March 1990, after several years [...]

Cerro Catedral, Argentina

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

September generally brings great snow and clear skies to the northern Patagonia region of Argentina. This year the eruption of Chile’s Peyehue  volcano often filled the air with “ceniza ” a thick ash blocking out the sun’s rays. Though when the wind currents cooperated and moisture swept over the Andes the mountains gave up some [...]

S-4

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

S-4 stands for: Super gnarly couloir in the Sneffels Wilderness. This line caught my eye years ago when I first got a look at it from Mount Sneffels. Read More

First Turns

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

A lot leads up to the first turns of the season. The long anticipated gathering of the ski equipment seems to happen subconsciously. It’s almost an unbearable wait between when the snow makes its first appearance on the peaks, until the day when the blanket reaches well below tree-line and there is actually enough coverage [...]

Filming with Warren Miller Entertainment

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

This past spring I had the fortunate opportunity to ski for the camera’s of Warren Miller Entertainment. The film crew descended on Telluride to document a segment for the 2010 film, Wintervention. I joined local skiers Hillary and Brian O’Neill along with Galena Gleason for early access and the pursuit of good light and soft snow. [...]