California Backcountry Skiing
Selected Tours from the Golden State
Andy's Favorites
- Mount Muir: The East Buttress
- Iron Mountain: The Couloir to Nowhere
- Lone Pine Peak: East Couloir
- Mount Williamson: Bairs Creek Cirque
California Fourteeners
- Split Mountain: North Face
- Mount Langley: Northeast Couloir Variation
- Mount Muir: The East Buttress
- The Muir Disconnect (video)
- Mount Whitney: North Face
- Mount Williamson: Bairs Creek Cirque
- Mount Tyndall: North Rib
- Split Mountain: South Face (video)
- North Palisade: U-Notch Ice Dancing (video)
- Mount Shasta: Avalanche Gulch
Mount Shasta
Northern Sierra
- Bloody Mountain: Bloody Couloir Bike-n-Ski
- Matterhorn Peak: East Ridge Ramp
- North Peak: the North Couloir
Southern Sierra
- Split Mountain: North Face
- Mount Whitney: North Face Proper
- Mount Muir: The East Buttress
- Mount Tyndall: North Rib
- Birch Mountain: Southeast Face
- Lone Pine Peak: East Couloir
- Mount Langley: Northeast Couloir Variation
- Mount LeConte: Northeast Cirque
- Mount Williamson: Bairs Creek Cirque
- Tuttle Creek: Winter Camping Shakedown
Southern California
- San Jacinto Peak: Snow Creek
- Iron Mountain: the Couloir to Nowhere
- San Jacinto Peak: East Face
- Mount Harwood: Northeast Ridge
- Cucamonga Peak: Southwest Face
- Mount Baldy: The Girly Man Chute
- Mount Harwood: Stockton Flats
- Ontario Peak: East Ridge Traverse
Arizona
Colorado
Mini Trip Reports
- 05/09/09 - West Baldy (San Antonio) - North Face
- 04/18/09 - Shepherd Pass
- 02/27/09 - Telluride's Gold Hill Chute No. 9
- 02/15/09 - Mt. San Antonio - Hourglass Chute
- 01/05/09 - Mt. San Antonio - Baldy Bowl/Manker Flat
- 12/27/08 - Baden-Powell
- 05/11/08 - Mt. Williamson by the Horns - South
Video
- False White: East Face
- Leavitt Peak: Y-Couloir
- Mount Conness: Y-Couloir
- Cuyamaca Peak (San Diego)
- Double Secret Hidden Peak
- Mount Dose: Solstice & Dana Couloirs
- Mount Whitney: North Face
- Thor Peak: Southeast Couloir
- Mount Baldy: Girly Man Chute
- Jean Peak: East Face
- Arizona Snowbowl: Top to Bottom
- Palmyra Peak
- Mount San Antonio: North Face
- Split Mountain: South Face
- North Palisade: U-Notch Ice Dancing
- Iron Mountain: the Couloir to Nowhere
- San Gorgonio Mountain: Northwest Face
- Telegraph Peak: North Face
- San Antonio Ridge
- Telluride: Top to Bottom
- Telluride: The Plunge
- San Francisco Peaks: Powell's Prayer
Interviews
Stories & Tips
- San Francisco Peaks: Falling Headfirst Down an Ice Cliff
- How to Melt Snow for Water
- The Ski Pole Belay
Teaching Your Kids to Ski
- Skiing With Kids: Introduction
- Kids Gear From Head to Toe
- Skiing With Kids: Culture
- Skiing With Kids: Safety
- Skiing With Kids: Everyone Has Fun; No One Gets Hurt
- Skiing With Kids: The Liabilities of the Leash
- Skiing With Kids: Embracing the Edgie-Wedgie
- Skiing With Kids: Dry Land Training
- Skiing With Kids: Finding Appropriate Terrain