Go Big or Go Home
We’ve been here and there. Roamers and loungers. A nice mix for us. A little bit of home and a little bit of away for the day. Then usually home by dinner. The days are getting longer, brighter, and...
“4 Skinners” take GOLD
Skin-it-to-win-it was a super fun day up on Dollar Mtn. I raced in a 4-person team that ended up on top at the end of the day. Each member of the team took turns racing to the summit of dollar and ski...
Central Idaho: Be Still My Beating Heart.
The jury is still out regarding the best part of this weekend. Was it the 2011 The Abyss from Deschutes? Was it two days of stunning blue skies and perfect powder at Galena Summit? It could certainly ...
Trix turns 400,000 miles: Red Rocks
Trixie turns 400,000 on the odometer as we roll into another 30 mile long straight stretch of Nevada desert. A few curves, a slight rise in the road, and then its straight again flanked by Joshua Tree...
BLAZERMANIA
I used to cry when the Blazers lost a close game. Okay maybe I still do… After Thanksgiving we checked into a 14th floor hotel room overlooking the Rose Garden Arena and sipped Terminal Gravity ...
ISSW 2012
When your academic conference rolls (quite literally) seamlessly from a talk on “Directional Mechanical Properties of Radiational Recrystallization Snow Layers from Experimental Testing” t...
Detours
Turning north on highway 93 we drove through a broad sagebrush filled valley before stopping at the Mt. Borah Trailhead. The sign gave us the stats of the climb, over 5,000 vertical feet in 3.5 miles&...
Hooligans
The Fins has quickly become our go-to weekend crag thus far here in Hailey. During our first visit we both surprised ourselves with hard sends and gutsy onsights, and we were excited to find a motivat...