It’s the first thing you notice when you enter Selkirk Lodge, which is odd considering it’s just a table. Sure you’ll spend a fair amount of time at it in the coming week as you log long days of backcountry skiing, but the skiing was the point of the vacation, not the table, right? Later [...]
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It’s Volcano Season!
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More than many years in recent memory, this year there is an incredible season of the volcano going on. With record snowfall during the Ten-11 season there is still snow worth hiking for as the dog days of summer settle in. Nowhere is that more true than on the slopes of the Cascade Volcanoes, from [...]
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Tags: Cascade Volcanoes, Mt Shasta, volcano skiing 
No Comments »Mt. Shasta – the Masta’
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Perhaps the most common reprimand that I hear comes from Shasta county locals fearing we’ll make Mt. Shasta more popular than it is. The thought that a little rag like this could have that much influence is flattering but absurd. Instead, I have a theory that the flaming cross on my front lawn carries deeper [...]
Posted in CA, CA, Dostie, Craig Tags: Cascade Volcanoes, ring of fire, Shasta, volcano, volcano skiing 1 Comment »The Sierra High Route – Panoramic magic
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Part of the reason it took me so long to get around to doing the Sierra High Route was a simple misunderstanding of what the trip was about. Mostly I did it because I knew it was a classic for a reason, but frankly, I couldn’t wrap my head around what it was. Indeed, to [...]
TR: Sierra High Route
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Back from a week in the Sierra Nevada and completion of a trip I’ve put off for too long, the Sierra High route. This is a classic crossing of the Sierra first pioneered in the 1930s by men like Otto Steiner, then made popular in the ’70s when Dave Beck defined an efficient line between [...]
Ten-11, D24: Secret Stash
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“Look, I blew you off the other day because I’m terrible at mornings man.” “Don’t sweat it. You got the goods, I had to be chained to a desk, so good call.” “Where can we go that’s close?” “I know a good avy chute with a cornice hanging above it. Excellent line if it holds. [...]
Posted in CA, CA, Destination, Dostie, Craig, N America, North America, Trip Reports Tags: avalanche, cornice, powder, Tim Dobbins No Comments »August skiing in Alaska
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There aren’t very many places that beckon skiers to the “Call of the Wild” in late summer like Alaska. I still have vivid memories of a movie adventurer who was dropped off by a bush pilot in a remote area of Alaska when it sunk in to him just how much of a commitment he [...]
Posted in AK, N America, North America, Trip Reports, USA, USA Tags: Alaska, crevasses, glacier, Mt. Saint Elias 2 Comments »California TRs from The Back Country
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A few of you have noticed that I’m starting to make a bit of progress with filling this site out with content related to backcountry skiing. To that end, I’d like to start compiling a listing of great sites that post good trip reports. There are a ton of them out there so if you [...]
Heli-skiing comes to Tahoe
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It looks like heli-skiing will be an available option for Tahoe area skiers this winter (by the time there’s enough snow, probably 2011). The last time heli-skiing was offered in the Sierra was in the early 1970s, near Mammoth. This will be the first time ever in the Tahoe area. According to Dave Rintala, owner [...]
