RSSTrip Reports

PackRaft Practice Outing

PackRaft Practice Outing

| June 5, 2010 | 9 Comments

After seeing an inflated PackRaft in Alaska Mountaineering & Hiking last year, it was love at first sight and I ended up buying one.  PackRafts are burly little personal rafts that are capable of carrying things like skis, bikes, packs or bloody chunks of moose on them.  Deflated and folded up, they weigh in at […]

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Cold Fusion and Warm Limestone

Cold Fusion and Warm Limestone

| May 31, 2010 | 6 Comments

Memorial Day in Utah goes a long ways toward easing the pain of triple digit temps here in Ahhhgust.  I can’t remember a Memorial Day with bad weather, but then again my memory is so bad that that’s not saying much. In any case, you can ski, climb, bike, hike, fish or mix & match […]

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Mt. Hunter Skiing Topo

Mt. Hunter Skiing Topo

| May 26, 2010 | 7 Comments

No, not the one in New York, but the lesser known one in Alaska.  I drew this topo a few years ago to see if I could still remember which end of a pen to use, and recently a couple of friends had been asking about skiing the peak, so here it is.  And a […]

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Ruby Mountains, NV Trip Report

Ruby Mountains, NV Trip Report

| March 26, 2010 | 14 Comments

This was my second trip out to the Ruby Mountains in Nevada and it made me wonder why I don’t get out there more often.  It is about a 3.5 hour drive from SLC and the range itself is quite a bit like the Wasatch, except I think it has more steep skiing potential.  Like […]

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Beijing Trip Report

Beijing Trip Report

| March 11, 2010 | 2 Comments

This trip to Beijing reminded me of my first “business trip” in the outdoor industry about 18 years ago.  We were going on a ski testing outing to Mammoth, and since we were staying in a hotel, I didn’t bring anything but clothes.  Once we got there and all six of us moved into the […]

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The Hash Pipe Couloir

The Hash Pipe Couloir

| March 1, 2010 | 7 Comments

It’s short, harsh, dangerous, leaves you dazed, your bases stoned, you’re likely to get burned, it smells like shit (mountain goat shit in this case) and is unrecommended, but it is also fun. I’ve stood at the top of this couloir roughly five times over the last ten years and yesterday Courtney Phillips and I […]

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Scotties Bowl – Topo

Scotties Bowl – Topo

| February 5, 2010 | 0 Comments

Scotties is a classic little Wasatch one-hitter.  It is in danger of being over-run by Snowbird as it borders the resort, but if you time it right, it can serve up a nice powder run.

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Utah Interconnect – SPOT Tracking

Utah Interconnect – SPOT Tracking

| January 19, 2010 | 2 Comments

Alright, this didn’t work so well last time as I didn’t RTFM (Read The Fuggin Manual),

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Antarctica Photo Gallery

Antarctica Photo Gallery

| December 1, 2009 | 7 Comments

I know, I know… everytime I go on a trip it ends up being the best one ever, but in this case, I really mean it.  The 2009 Antarctica Ski Cruise was a five-star blast and here are the photos and captions to prove it. http://straightchuter.com/am-content/2009_Ski_Cruise/index.html If and when it happens again (and assuming I […]

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Tierra del Fuego Fishing

Tierra del Fuego Fishing

| November 28, 2009 | 1 Comment

After our two-week Antarctica adventure (trip reports coming soon), I extended my stay in Argentina by four days to go fishing in Tierra del Fuego with John Griber, Tucker Patton, Dan Starr and Scott Flint.  All of these guys were either fishing guides or superb fishermen at the least, which made it fun for me […]

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