Category Archives: Ski Descents

Ten Days in May

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Ski season is over in Colorado, for most of us at least. It wound up being sort of an odd spring with great coverage and ski conditions throughout May followed by a dramatic warmup in June. We went from something like 120% snowpack in the northern regions to an impressively rapid melt off, and all of a sudden spring ski season was over as quickly as it began. May was the month this year, and though I stayed close to home I managed to get out for ten days in the month on skis, revisiting some old peaks and lines and exploring a few new ones. Keep reading…

Of Huts, Elk, Boomers, and Pow: Winter at Janet’s Cabin

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A hut trip to Janet’s Cabin has been on my Colorado bucket list for years. As a lifetime skier of Copper Mountain, I’ve always known that there was a hidden cabin way up in the woods somewhere beyond the gate of West Ten Mile, the most westerly run on the mountain. I had skied past the gate dozens of times and pondered an outing beyond the rope lines. I had also seen plenty of fully loaded snowshoers and skiers riding the Kokomo and Lumberjack lifts en-route to a stay at the hut. Keep Reading…

After Rainier: Adams and Hood Ski Descents

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After a successful ski of Rainier the day prior, Dylan, Nolan and I packed up and motored down to Trout Lake, a small town between Hood River to the south and the Mt. Adams Wilderness area to the north. With near-perfect weather continuing to hold throughout the weekend and two more climbing days before our flight home, we knew we had a great shot of skiing Mt. Adams and potentially even Mt. Hood. Read more…

Mt. Rainier Fuhrer Finger Ski

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In June of 2012 a few of us headed up to Washington and attempted a climb and ski of Mt. Rainer via the Fuhrer Finger. After spending the night camped halfway up the mountain we tried for the summit the next morning and soon found ourselves in a total whiteout. Not fancying the idea of being in glaciated terrain with zero visibility we turned around some 2,500 feet shy of the top and got out of there. Then with most of the Pacific Northwest socked in for the following 8+ days, we gave up on Rainier and headed south for greener pastures.  Ever since I had always wanted to return and finish the job, and it finally came to fruition 2 weeks ago along with an awesome crew in Dylan Friday and Nolan Amos. Read more…