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Zopkios follies
I’ve been getting complaints that my trip reports peaked a while ago. I can’t really argue with that. Even a few years ago, I was managing to end up skiing off something inadvisable by mistake and ending up in the dark, … Continue reading
Red Heather Debacle 2024
Trip date: November 24th, 2024 Condolences to Ross who dropped his phone into the parking lot outhouse. The sound of the splash will forever live in our hearts. May he get pants with more secure pockets. This is a trip … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged 4wd, beginner-friendly, broken ski, Epic, Red Heather, ski touring, Winter
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Snowshoeing to Metal Dome
Trip date: November 3rd, 2024 This is a report for a snowshoeing and backcountry ski/snowbaord trip to Metal Dome on November 3rd. Overall it was a success, with moments of clear sky for views. Early snow season was good althought a … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Other, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged 4wd, backcountry, day hike, fun, snowshoeing
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Take the Misty
Trip Dates: May 8-11, 2024 Trip Participants: Thomas Morrissey, Alex Barth On May 6th, Thomas Morrissey contacted me that his original partner for a long-planned Misty Icefields traverse had to bail due to emergency circumstances, and that he was now … Continue reading
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A VOCer’s First Taste of Europe
“La prochain arrêt est Orsières… ” was the sound I heard as I got off my 4th train of the day, on the way to my first ski tour in Europe. Although one might think the Swiss transit system is … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Special Reports, Trip Reports
Tagged Europe, Gemmi Pass, hut, ski touring, Switzerland, Valais
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Skiing Baker in July
Dates: July 2nd-July 3rd 2024 Participants: Lewis Clarkson, Ivan Fediaev, Julian Larsen, Joe Meyer, Stefanija Rekasius, Nick Voth All it took for this trip to happen was for Ivan to ask on the Discord if anyone wanted to ski Mt. … Continue reading
Baker: a bike-n-ski
March 2020. On that infamous weekend when the world shut down, and I was still so new to skiing, I was skinning up towards First Pump. We were laden with crevasse rescue gear on a strange modified G1 (after it … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged car-free, Intermediate, Mt. Baker, multiday, self propelled, Ski Mountaineering, Small Group, washington, Winter, winter camping, Winter Small Group
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Bigger Than It Looks
Trip Dates: May 17th-30th, 2024 Participants/Authors: Simeon Faehndrich, Thomas Morrissey Early in the morning of May 17th, we (Simeon Faehndrich and Thomas Morrissey) left Vancouver armed with skis, crazy carpets, nine days of dehydrated food, and plans to explore that … Continue reading
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A Cheeky June Neve Traverse
Flavia Caprez, Alex Barth, Ivan Fediaev, and myself (Erik Reimers) After spending a couple weeks pouring over route descriptions, trip reports, forecasts, and Copernicus/Sentinel Hub satellite imagery, Flavia and I decided to start off our “June adventure week” on skis … Continue reading
Ice-scape to Brandywine Glacier: an Unofficial Glacier School
Pre-Glacier School: I’d like to start off this report with another huge thank you to Jeff Mottershead. Thanks for teaching us the ropes literally and figuratively on glacier traversing and for babysitting 11 eager ‘kids’ for a weekend. The first … Continue reading