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The San Juan Snowpack

The San Juan Snowpack

Telluride sits in the northern San Juan Mountains—a part of the Rockies notorious for its unstable snowpack. A big, ugly beast of a natural avalanche put an exclamation (more)

San Antonio Ridge Traverse

San Antonio Ridge Traverse

Ah, where to begin? In the immortal words of Tech and Talk's Chad, 'A bad snake charmer always blames his snake.' So I guess I can't blame the snake. I knew, going in, that a (more)

Avy Education: Motivation

Avy Education: Motivation

Following up on my post about my reluctance to take an avalanche course, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about what finally motivated me to bite the bullet and go take (more)

The San Jacinto Report

The San Jacinto Report

Maybe one of the things to remember about an El Nino year is that the storms love to ambush the Southland. I don't think anyone was expecting the rain intensity we saw Friday (more)

Telegraph Peak: North Face

Telegraph Peak: North Face

The Problem with Telegraph Peak is that it's way too easy to access. The typical San Gabriel Mountain approach serves as a fine gatekeeper to most of the range's technical (more)

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