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Ouray Visit with Eric, Matt, Kevin, and Della

January 17-18, 2015 Since about the beginning of December I’ve been in Salt Lake.  Weather hasn’t been good or bad enough to really dictate an out of SLC weekend.  However things are getting a bit dire. We had a good storm last week but before that the ice all but melted and the snow was […]

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New Year’s Day 2015 Ski Tour

January 1, 2015 Today Carly and I headed out for a tour with Adam from work and his girlfriend, Stephie.  We headed to Porter Fork off of Millcreek Canyon, a place none of us had visited before.  The weather was bluebird but cold, similar to the last day Carly and I went out.  We got […]

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Christmas Break Skiing

December 25 & 27, 2014 Carly and I stuck around Salt Lake rather than going back to the East Coast for Christmas.  We lucked out and were blessed with a Christmas Eve storm that made it a White Christmas down in the valley with 4″ and upwards of 20″ in the mountains.  Christmas Day we […]

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Bozeman Icefest 2013

December 11-15, 2013 I returned to the Bozeman Icefest again this year, once again for work–slightly less doe-eyed than last year however.  Many of the climbing luminaries I met last year were present as well as a few new ones.  It was great to meet Ines Papert, Jay Smith, and Dave Macleod, Sam Elias. Unlike […]

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Ruth Gorge, Alaska 2013

April 27 through May 12, 2013 Alaska, the Last Frontier, so the license plate says.  It must be true then, right? Since getting into mountaineering a few years ago I’ve wanted to travel to some of the bigger destinations of the world.  These include but are not limited to Alaska, Canadian Rockies, Alps, and Patagonia. […]