Tag: wasatch mountains
Chuting Gallery Survivors
Although it was never intended to be skied in its entirety, the 90+ lines and accompanying check boxes make The Chuting Gallery a logical steep skiing ticklist for the Wasatch. It took about five years of collecting lines to write the book and since then about ten people have collected the entire set. Skiing/riding them […]
New Chuting Gallery Hats & Gift Combo
Book & Hat Gift Combo The ultimate starter kit for steep skiing in the Wasatch Mountains, or an excellent gift for your favorite chute skiing fanatic. This is a combo gift package of a signed copy of “The Chuting Gallery – A Guide to Steep Skiing in the Wasatch Mountains” and an embroidered Ouray Sideline […]
Wasatch Backcountry Alliance
I’ve often thought how wonderful it would be to show up at a Forest Service meeting with a big sack of cash. “Here you go, I brought this for you. Keep it.” While this may sound crass and borderline illegal, it is essentially what all of the ski areas and guiding concession do by […]
Wasatch Update
Now that the Wasatch Mountains actually have some snow, it is like celebrating November in February – a bit late, but welcome. Last Saturday we followed a masterful skin track up the Argenta aprons on Mt. Kessler and caught the trail breakers right on the summit, who turned out to be Alecs Barton and two […]
Cardiac Bowl Peace Accord
Last Tuesday, May 1, 2012, the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest re-issued a permit to the Cardiff Canyon Owners Association (CCOA) to allow motorized access to their private property. As part of this agreement, the private property owners have agreed to allow the public the same right-of-way through their land for backcountry travel. On the surface, this […]
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