SierraDescents | Category | Video
May 31, 2011
Split Mountain
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 (more)
May 23, 2011
Skiing Whitney!
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 (more)
April 19, 2011
Thor Peak
Every time I visit the Whitney Portal area, I always look up at Thor Peak and wonder about skiing it—but I never do. Erratic coverage in the Eastern Sierra had us (more)
April 5, 2011
The Girly Man
Yes, it's Southern California's infamous steep-skiing classic, the Girly Man Chute, seen here in far from ideal conditions on an alternately foggy and sunny warm April day. Girly (more)
March 7, 2011
SierraDescents Performance Art
Believe it or not, this actually started out as a business-as-usual review of the Icebreaker Quantum Liner Glove. Occasionally, however, a truly unique piece of gear comes along, (more)
February 23, 2011
Arizona Snowbowl: Top to Bottom
Continuing my award-winning Top to Bottom video series, here is a POV ski descent of the Arizona Snowbowl via the Spur Catwalk, Lower Bowl, Logjam, Wild Turkey, and Round (more)
February 15, 2011
Palmyra Peak
You really can't understand how extraordinary Telluride's hike-to 13,320' Palmyra Peak is unless you actually go up the bastard. This is wild country, fully deserving of its EX (more)
January 24, 2011
Mt. San Antonio – North Face
My history skiing Mt. Baldy's north face has typically run in one of two flavors: abominable, or terrifying. Sometimes both. Baldy's north face seems particularly vulnerable to (more)
December 6, 2010
Winter Yearbook (2009-2010)
Maybe I needed a little space to make sense of this past winter. It seemed at the time like I just wasn't getting out there as much as I wanted, but now that I've edited all the (more)
November 15, 2010
The ‘Couloir to Nowhere’ DVD is Here!
It's here at last: the Couloir to Nowhere DVD is now available, just in time for the holiday season! SierraDescents' first-ever short film tells the story of our ski descent of (more)
September 6, 2010
Half Dome Cables & Crowds
Bill Henry and I made a go of Half Dome's infamous cables route on a very crowded August day. This marked the last year of the no-quota era. Rangers have subsequently instituted (more)
June 11, 2010
Split Mountain – South Face
Originally our objective was a fiercely ambitious loop in the Williamson area, but conditions didn't look favorable, or maybe we just weren't stoked about putting in that much (more)
June 1, 2010
U-Notch Ice Dancing
Here’s what I was thinking: I was nine hours deep on a ski attempt of North Palisade’s U-Notch Couloir, and all was going well until the easy snow I was climbing abruptly (more)
May 2, 2010
San Gorgonio Mountain
I'm going to have to make the drive out to the San Bernardino Mountains more often! Al and I skied San Gorgonio Mountain yesterday, and aside from a little wind up top, we were (more)
