Art Walk opening

Come see some panoramic bike and snowboard mountaineering pictures at Barrel Mountaineering this Friday the thirteenth!

Rainier, Fuhrer Finger

We climbed and skied/snowboarded the Fuhrer Finger on Mount Ranier last weekend. It was my second trip up there and a much more interesting route than the first. More pics here

Saddle Peak

Finally went and did Saddle again now that the avalanche conditions have stabilized somewhat. As usual, it was a really windy and fun climb/descent.

From saddle peak ski

More pictures here

The Cold

It was a blower 2" powder day on top of ice with a balmy -5 degree breeze blowing. At least it was pretty sunny. Good times!

October snow

I went snowboarding last weekend on Branham Peak in the tobacco roots.







It was pretty good for October

Spring weekend

I went skiing on Saturday morning at Bridger Bowl. I had a polarizing filter that Jesse got me for Christmas on the camera and got some pretty intensely blue skies in all the photos I took.


Then there was some camping and biking at Pipestone and in Helena

Mount Timpanogos

Skied timpanogos with Marshall. Icy crust for 4000'. Our route selection left something to be desired too. At least the views of Utah lake and surrounding areas were nice.

Face shot

Illustrated

Bridger

This was Aaron's first run ever off the ridge.







The northwest flow is still going strong out there, we've got a Winter Storm Warning till tomorrow. . .

Jackson Hole

I went there last weekend and snowboarded Friday-Sunday. I have a 6 day pass there that I got for a price too good to refuse, but while I was down there I was introduced to how easy it is to ski there for free by using the tickets of flat-landers who couldn't handle more then a few runs. "Ticket clipping" in Jackson is unusually accepted by the ski area and is therefore a very popular way to start skiing for free around 11 am without buying a 77 dollar ticket.

The snow was exceptionally good, it snowed 50 inches in the 5 days before we got there and snowed 10", 10" and 8" the three days we were there. We spent a lot of time in the Slackcountry but were very careful because the avalanche danger was considerable because of all the new snow. I didn't stop much to take pictures, but here are a couple.





The strange orange things on the left shoulder straps of their packs are mouthpieces for avalaungs built into their packs. Not a bad idea, I may have to get one of these at some point.

Snow in the Bridgers

This picture is from last Wednesday south of Bridger Bowl. Really light, fluffy snow that was waist deep in a lot of places on top of lots of rocks. Dangerous for equipment.

Wapta

From a trip to Canada with Rob, Marshall and Tarby last spring. Tough to get photos with any contrast when everything is bright white. We got some good face tans from that trip.

Skiing

I never managed to post these. Marshall and I went skiing in the north Bridgers last Wednesday on my birthday. We both work at the university where apparently it's ok to just not show up all day if you don't want to. It was a really nice day and the skiing was surprisingly good. We skied "the Great One" which is a north facing and very well shaded chute that is well known around here because it will hold snow well into summer. Or, in our case, will hold snow that fell early in the fall.


MORE