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Top of the Hallway Couloir
Dropping into the Hallway proper from the low entrance. The high entrance usually involves a little cliff, but as the snowpack is at a high for the year, it was completely filled in. You can just barely catch a glimpse of it on the skier’s right about halfway down the upper chute. Back on Friday […]
Top of the Hallway – video
And yet another little video clip – this one is leading into the top of The Hallway, which was much better skiing than the actual chute, which was full of chunky-style avalanche debris. These little video clips were all shot with the trial VIO POV 1.5 camera that I’m demoing. After a few days of […]
Matt Straight-lines “The Slot”
Another video while I’m in the Sawtooths – this one of Matt dropping a fun little slot in upper Mill D. ___________________ Help support StraightChuter.com and get the best prices on the best gear at Backcountry.com! Click the Golden Gear Goat below:
Skiing “The Tube”
I’m off to the Sawtooths for a few days, but in the meantime, here’s an aft-facing helmet cam clip from skiing “The Tube” with Miles and Matt last Saturday. ___________________ Help support StraightChuter.com and get the best prices on the best gear at Backcountry.com! Click the Golden Gear Goat below:
Friends of Flagstaff Letter Writing Suggestions
From the Friends of Flagstaff organization (www.friendsofflagstaff.com) Please take a moment to write Mayor Pollard (tjp@townofalta.com) expressing your opposition to construction of this lift. A simple statement stating you are opposed to this lift is fine, but more detail would be very helpful. Listed below are some useful talking points. 1. Skier compaction […]
Ouray – limited connection
I love Ouray, Colorado for its skiing, ice climbing and scenery, but the connection speed leaves something to be desired. This is a blessing and curse, but for now, it means more climbling and less Internet. So be it. Details to follow.
Trip to NYC
If there is such a thing as a silver lining to surviving multiple avalanches, it is that I am now considered an “Avalanche Expert” and as such will be talking on Good Morning America Now on Wednesday with Marit Fischer from Backcountry.com. I wonder if hunters who consistently shoot themselves in the foot are considered “Hunting […]
Ten in Ten Notes
Between ten days of skiing and then having the Outdoor Retailer show come into Salt Lake City, it has been a good reminder of how fortunate I’ve been to have so many excellent skiing friends. I’ll occasionally go skiing solo, but it is people and friendships that really animate the mountains for me. Below, I’ve […]
Little Man, Big Hole
Crevasses are no fun. If you are in an area with lots of big, obvious cracks, then it is easy to justify roping up, but there are many times where you won’t see a crack for days and the hassle of traveling roped up (and it is a hassle) don’t seem worth it. Even if […]
Merry XX-Mas
I got a good laugh out of this, although you may not… Everyone knows that Dynafit bindings are the lightest, sexiest, most bad-ass clampers on earth, although only the Euros know how to express this in simple terms. I’ll burn in hell for this, but click here for an adult version of how to tour […]
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