Sep 8, 2015 | 14er, Colorado, Rock Climb, Rocky Mountain National Park
First taste of winter. After a gorgeous night on Broadway, we were greeted by snow on the first pitch of pervertical sanctuary. Made for some fun photos though. In addition to Parker and I we have some good shots of TJ and Buster as well as the Taylors, yes they...
Aug 31, 2015 | Colorado, Rock Climb
Ari: “more like… my first time in the black, why not shoot my self in the face.” She did awesome after we got through the Vector. Just a little heady to clean if your limit is Black Canyon 5.9. Of course the mental crux is followed by a pretty...
Jul 31, 2015 | 14er, Alpine Climb, Colorado
A nice weather window last weekend made for some great exploring near the Mount of the Holy Cross. Spectacular views of the ‘bowl of tears’ in the Cross-Notch cirque as well as some fun moderate snow climbing. One of my new favorite ranges, it’s...
Apr 27, 2015 | Backcountry Skiing, Colorado
Great conditions. In the trees at around 12,000-feet on north aspects had about 6 inches of fresh on a rounding snowpack with weak crusts where there was sun effect. The usually N-NW wind was coming out of the east kept the fresh on the nice soft northerly aspects....
Apr 24, 2015 | 14er, Backcountry Skiing, Colorado
Skied a exposed technical line on the N. Rib of Mt. Arkansa on April 22 late in the day. Made for crusty nerve-racking skiing. A non-energetic wind slab was encountered high on the line. It was nearly bombproof but was able to step down through 3 to 4 layers of 1...
