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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 […]
Last weekend we met with Andreas and Kasi at a Trax station to head down to Provo for some skiing. The season thus far is quantitatively and qualitatively the best in 30 years. Utah is at the top of the pile for amount of snow this year with little variation. To top that, the persistent […]
Andreas, Kasi, Carly and I headed north to escape the holiday traffic of the Cottonwoods. It has been a bit of an amazing storm cycle here in Utah, though with more water content than our normal blower powder. Nonetheless, we found great snow on Cutler Ridge and few people. While not over the head deep […]
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!). […]
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 […]