Months...
For work:
I worked every day in February.
Some Alpine guiding.
Venusian with Pieter |
U Notch with Joe |
Some ski guiding. Dunderberg with Chad:
I taught some avalanche skills.
Level One course at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center |
And wrote tens of thousands of words for OutdoorGearLab.
March was even more varied:
More ski guiding, this time in the Mammoth area. |
Joshua Tree with Chad and Allie |
I taught "MultiPitch Efficiency" at the Red Rock Rendezvous. And then proceeded to be very inefficient on some personal climbing. |
I didn't work much in April. But what I did do was badass! A week of ski touring around Valdez, Alaska should be on every skier's list.
You don't see this sort of sight at most ski destinations... |
Coco and Torrey brought high-level downhill ski skills and unprecedented toughness to big and wild AK! |
The weather in AK often looks like this. Helis are grounded and film crews steer clear. But touring skiers have the run of the place in this flat light. |
For fun in the mountains:
I cooked this up back in early February: http://www.wildsnow.com/12403/sierra-backcountry-skiing/
I managed to grab some fun missions in March.
I managed to grab some fun missions in March.
Sean, Dale and I skied Banner Peak. In a day. From June Lake. Hard stuff. |
With a little spin drifted down climb in the middle. |
The work trip to Joshua Tree wasn't all work... |
Nor was Red Rock... |
Scott and I scored a short coverage window on some Mammoth area classic lines. |
Early April brought a round of fresh to Mammoth. Just in time for Meagan's visit. She said it was just as good as Rossland. |
And the weather cleared out in time for a couple weeks of family fun on Mammoth Mountain. Thomas Greene photo. |
Finally, Meagan and I escaped to the corners of Yosemite for some Mount Lyell action. We had an eventful trip, to say the least... |