"We write a tale of adventure with our thoughts and actions every day. And it's a story that we don't get the opportunity to edit and rewrite. The first draft is the final draft. Let's write it well." – Royal Robbins
This hidden away gem in Washington State has been on my to-do list for several years, and now it's on my annual to-do list! The Scottish Lakes High Camp is on the Alpine Lakes Wilderness boundary and the quickest access into the Scottish Lakes within the Chiwuakum Mountain range area. The winter trails range from flat …
This course really helped fill in some of the gaps from my AIRE 1 course. Adding an emphasis on technique and learning how to become more efficient with my uphill travel along with picking better routes. Our instructor Solveig was extremely helpful answering questions about ascent routes, avalanche observations, and in general was an awesome guide to be leading our …
With a fresh blanket of snow Sunday night, and a midweek day off of work to tour. Brenan and I decided on an easy tour around Yodelin for the day to get time on our skins, and check out the old decommissioned ski resort (circa mid 1970's). Usually on weekends this is an overused madhouse for …
Every year for the last 7 years I've been ringing in the New Year on the right foot at Paradise and this year we incorporated camping on Mazama Ridge to our annual snowshoe/skin trip. The last few months I spent designing and building my pulk system to drag along with us. We had a couple of options for …
Lyss is still learning how to ski, but her first set of skis are a touring setup, so we took her out for some low angle wind blown powder at Paradise to try out her skins. Starting out at Paradise, we went above the lodge and up the Edith Creek Basin. Generally we avoid the bridge unless we …
Adventures Through The Looking Glass 