Seen from nearly any angle, Mount Muir’s East Buttress would seem to be self-evidently unskiable.

And then, from atop Thor Peak last April, Dave Braun and I saw what appeared to be a continuous thread of snow connecting the mountain’s south shoulder to the base of the buttress (more…)

A very chilly December day atop 14,012′ Mount Muir, enjoying the hair-raising exposure off the summit block.

I wanted to get some photos of Muir and Trevor wanted to check Muir off his list, so we teamed up for an unexpectedly long day via the Mount Whitney trail and the West Face (more…)

Wow, was this a trip down the rabbit hole! That Landscapes video inspired me to create my own timelapse. Naturally, I thought shooting from the top of West Baldy at sunset would be perfect.

Turns out day-to-night timelapse is shockingly difficult. Within the quirky realm of timelapse photography it is known as ‘the Holy Grail’ (more…)

California’s White Mountain, elevation 14,252′, offers a truly unique perspective of the High Sierra, allowing you to see essentially the whole of the range in one great sweep.

In addition to Sierra looks you also get a wonderful view of Owens Valley to the west and Nevada’s Fish Lake Valley to the east. This is certainly one of the more striking panoramas in the state. Enjoy!

Arr, my shoulders are sore, which can mean only one thing…I’ve been waterskiing at Lake Powell! My brother invited me to join him for a day of fun on the lake.

Funny to say I spent a lot more time in the water when I lived in Arizona than I do living in coastal California, but it is understandable (more…)

Like its prominent neighbor to the south, San Jacinto Peak, Death Valley National Park’s Telescope Peak is a desert summit offering nothing less than a mindblowing vertical rise.

Yes, of the two SJP offers the steeper facade, but in terms of total vertical, 11,043′ Telescope Peak reigns supreme, rising an astonishing 11,331′ feet above nearby Badwater, Death Valley, elevation -282 (more…)

Yes, it’s another entry in my critically-acclaimed ‘Top-to-Bottom’ video series, in which I go to the top of a ski area and ski all the way down to the bottom! What an absolute blast this day was: July 2 at Mammoth Mountain. I figured if ever there was a year to get up there for some July turns, this was it, and I sure wasn’t disappointed (more…)

Looks like this is going to be it for me this year: a double descent of Mount Dana via Solstice and then Dana Couloirs. Tioga Pass opened on Saturday, so we hit the road and skinned up Glacier Canyon to access the couloirs.

Accompanying Trevor and me this time for some backcountry fun was very special guest…Howie Schwartz of Sierra Mountain Guides, who was kind enough to join us on his day off (more…)

Huge, huge day on Split yesterday—we skied the north face right off the top of the north summit, then down into the Red Lake basin right beneath the east face and the central couloir. Yes, the video is long, but so was the adventure. The diversity, beauty, and abundance of skiable terrain in the Split vicinity really defies description (more…)

I’m so excited—Whitney has eluded me since 2006, when I passed on skiing the Mountaineer’s Route, figuring I’d get to it next season. Every year since then, I’ve waited for the north chute (above the notch) to fill in…and waited, and waited, and waited (more…)