Check out this months issue of Ascent Backcountry Snow Journal for a fabulous piece about skiing with our Ice Axe Expeditions crew in Sisimiut, Greenland. Editor Paul Oelerich does a fabulous job recounting our trip, an adventure that remains one of my most favorite yearly adventures to guide. We have open spots for our trip… Continue reading Grønland, Asavakkit! | Ascent Backcountry Snow Journal
The last Unofficial Networks State of the Backcountry report for 2015: As the last fat flakes of 2015 fall across the Sierra, the state of the Tahoe backcountry is fantastic. November offered a solid start. Close to five feet fell across high elevations setting the stage for a December to remember. Truth be told, even though… Continue reading State of the Backcountry 2015-2016: Tahoe and the Eastern Sierra
I hope to see you in Tahoe City this Tuesday! The Home Brew Series, presented by Alpenglow Sports and Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema, kicks off Tuesday in Tahoe City with ski guide Brennan Lagasse! The Himalayas are home to the biggest mountains on earth, but what many people don’t realize is there is exceptional ski… Continue reading Alpenglow Sports Home Brew Series| Himalaya Slideshow | Tuesday December 15th, Tahoe City, CA
Hello skiers and riders! From the bottom of the world, to the return of winter in the Sierra, this is the first Unofficial Networks State of the Backcountry report for the 2015-2016 ski season! Fall started quietly in California. September and October showed little precipitation in the form of snow, but thankfully November has dropped close to… Continue reading State of the Backcountry 2015-2016 | Antarctica, Ushuaia, and Tahoe
From Skiing Magazine: As I followed the skin track, my steps in time with my breath, I racked my brain for the answer to lead guide Brennan Lagasse’s question. I mentally checked all the information I had learned and practiced before this trip, certain there must be some trick of the alpinist trade I was… Continue reading From Skiing Magazine: Follow Your Compass | PNH Tour Camp with Warren Miller Ent.
As I write this Tahoe is getting slammed with its first real storm of the 2015′-2016′ ski season. After four years of drought conditions it’s a welcome sight for sore eyes! On that note, check out the first issue of Ascent Backcountry Snow Journal for this season. My article on skiing in the Sierra over… Continue reading November Ski Media in Ascent Backcountry Snow Journal, Powder Magazine, Tahoe Quarterly and Independent Skier Magazine
On October 16th, Warren Miller Ent. will premier their 66th and latest ski movie in Salt Lake City, Utah. You can purchase tickets here. Jeff, Wes, and I had a blast filming with the crew for the Tour Camp segment that’s part of this years movie. Check out a bit from the segment: Here’s the… Continue reading Check Out Points North Heli-Adventures Tour Camp Featured In Chasing Shadows, The New Warren Miller Ent. Movie Premiering In Utah On October 16th!!
It’s exciting when that first ski magazine gets delivered each year. It’s always too early, but it signifies an important change that’s about to come to all of our lives. I was thrilled to open the first Backcountry Magazine of the season this year to see three photos of myself skiing in Lake Tahoe, shot… Continue reading Photos and Words Featured in the First Backcountry Magazine of the 2015-2016 Ski Season
