This is my friend Casey. She’s a rockstar, and summitted Mt. Baker via the Squak Glacier last weekend in a single day. We spent 13 hours on our feet going from the top to the bottom, with 7-8 of those hours under direct sunlight. As you can tell from the photo,...
In the Pacific Northwest, March-May are typically some of the best skiing months of the year. Most often you’ll get new snow to start off the spring, then slowly it warms up and turns to spring corn. My favorite season of all is “Volcano Season”...
Experienced adventuristas often forget what it was like to be ‘the noob’. We have our kit dialed, know how much food to pack, and can go from no plans to leaving on a two-day ski trip in 30-minutes without breaking a sweat. But we were all beginners once,...
Having grown up in Montana, my mind always convinces me that February is the absolute BEST month to go skiing. The snow is abundant, fluffy, and playful. The weather is cold and sunny, and it’s the ideal time to perfect a google tan. Or that’s what my...
I met Theresa at 9,000ft on Mt. Hood on July 28, 2013. At the time I was working on month 21 of turns all year, but she was rocking month 33. That’s the problem with having a best ski friend who just happens to be a year ahead of you on turns all year –...
Skiing this month has been a little like this:So. Much. Snow.With four ski days under my belt for the month, snow DUMPING in the mountains, a new pair of powder skis in the quiver, and seven more days left in the month I’m pretty damn stoked. Rather than go on...
