The Spearhead Traverse

Ryan opens up a beautiful line into the clouds during our traverse.

Words and photos published in the Winter 24-25 edition of Tahoe Quarterly   We’re socked in, stuck in a cloud, with visibility only a few feet at best. It’s snowing, and we’re lined up for a long tour. Rocks give us a slight sense of depth, but it’s too hard to see cracks and subtle undulations… Continue reading The Spearhead Traverse

Celebrate the New Year with Patagonia Cardiff & the Sunshine Daydream Launch Party

Have you heard the good news? That’s right…in some GOOD news for people and the planet, the federally mandated lease sale for the Arctic Refuge flopped! Zero bids offered!! It’s important to celebrate every win and this is a BIG ONE!!   A great way to celebrate, if you can make it, is in Cardiff… Continue reading Celebrate the New Year with Patagonia Cardiff & the Sunshine Daydream Launch Party

A Rose For All Ski Film in the 20th Annual Backcountry Film Festival

  Our Flylow/KGB Productions ski film centered on the importance of the Mt. Rose area in our Tahoe community made the cut for the 20th Annual Backcountry Film Festival (BCFF)!   Check out Tour Dates here and enjoy the trailer below.       More about the BCFF: The Backcountry Film Festival, presented by Winter… Continue reading A Rose For All Ski Film in the 20th Annual Backcountry Film Festival

Peaks and Passages Season 2 w/Flylow

Skiing East on a favorite run from the rim of Tahoe into the desert with KGB Productions.

  Super excited to share the trailer for Peaks and Passages Season 2! Filmed with KGB Productions last winter with support from Flylow, my contribution, A Rose for All will be shared this December. Check out the Flylow post on the season here, and get fired up for winter with the trailer for the series right… Continue reading Peaks and Passages Season 2 w/Flylow

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Red Rocks, CO | Glide Magazine Photos and Show Review

Photographed and written for Glide Magazine: King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard returned to Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on September 8th, the night before they would play two shows on Monday, September 9th at Red Rocks. On the backend of the first leg of a blistering U.S. tour, Gizz has been leaving its… Continue reading King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Red Rocks, CO | Glide Magazine Photos and Show Review

Mountain Gazette #201| The Spot

A special piece for Mountain Gazette #201 that I wrote supported by photos from Ming Poon. This story focussed on our summer 2023 trip, an adventure that was several years in the making. You can subscribe to Mountain Gazette and even order issue #201 individually by going here. From Outdoor Sportswire: Readers of the print… Continue reading Mountain Gazette #201| The Spot

THE SACRED PLACE WHERE LIFE BEGINS | BACKCOUNTRY MAGAZINE

With the threat of drilling on the jagged horizon of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a skier and conservationist looks to the local Indigenous community for answers. Words and photos by Brennan Lagasse   This article was originally published in The Backwoods Issue | No. 156. To read more, pick up a copy, or subscribe to see… Continue reading THE SACRED PLACE WHERE LIFE BEGINS | BACKCOUNTRY MAGAZINE

INVITATION TO THE ARCTIC: BRENNAN LAGASSE’S JOURNEY TO SAFEGAURD THE ARCTIC REFUGE’S HERITAGE AND FUTURE| PROTECT OUR WINTERS

Our 2023 Arctic Refuge experience with current students, alumni, Ming, myself, and Robert.

  For POW Creative Alliance member Brennan Lagasse, protecting the Arctic is about more than just safeguarding the landscape from fossil fuel development and drilling. It’s about preserving the culture and way of life of its human inhabitants. Lagasse is a sustainability professor at UNR at Lake Tahoe (formerly Sierra Nevada College), a writer and… Continue reading INVITATION TO THE ARCTIC: BRENNAN LAGASSE’S JOURNEY TO SAFEGAURD THE ARCTIC REFUGE’S HERITAGE AND FUTURE| PROTECT OUR WINTERS