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2023-02-18 & 19 Presidents Day Weekend

For most of the winter I’d been doing some training and looking forward to a trip to Cody to climb with Micah. Unfortunately, a number of things conspired to snafu that plan, but we were able to make some awesome climbing happen in Ouray. In fact I got on perhaps two of the most classic […]

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2023-02-04 & 05 Zion Ice

Until near the end of January the ice season around Utah had been pretty lackluster. The warm atmospheric rivers that were pummeling Utah with snow and making the ski season all-time were keeping temps warm at low elevations. I hadn’t been out more than a handful of times as a result. Then in the first […]

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2022-12-27 Ouray

Once again Carly and I headed to Ouray for some ice climbing in Ouray around Christmas/New Year’s. This year was a little shorter trip but we still had a great time and were able to see some friends. Hilary and Micah in Ridgeway for dinner and a quick crash at their place (thanks so much!). […]

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2022-04 Alaska Trip

April 6–14, 2022 For a number of years I’ve been hoping to get back to Alaska. A few obstacles have prevented me, lack of partners, lack of motivation, pandemic, etc. Finally, this year all the pieces fell into place for a return trip. It was for a shorter trip this time around, effectively a “smash […]

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2022-02-14 Hidden Haven

To cap our four day weekend off we stopped in Parowan to do an ice climb I’ve wanted to check out for a while. Parowan is on the road to Brian Head Ski Resort in southern Utah. The area is mainly arid and desert-ish, particularly in the summer time. However there’s an interesting slot canyon […]