Adventures Stories

Between Monday’s post about raising avalanche awareness and spending the weekend teaching an avalanche course in Colorado, I’ve been thinking about the complexities of winter travel – especially when powder skiing is a goal.When I first started going into...

You might be reading the title of this post and wondering how the subjects relate to each other. They’re both part of an ongoing quest for outdoor adventure and knowledge.On Monday, we went to an evening talk on how...

From faded midget rattlesnakes to tarantulas to desert tortoises – hiking in the southwest can be rather wild!Tarantulas on the trail! (Photo: B.Kopp)Snakes in SlotsWith names like “Peek-a-boo” and “Spooky”, it’s no wonder the slot canyons of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument are...

When icy blasts and nuking snow make setting up—and sleeping in—a tent seem like less than Type-2 Fun, think about building a snow shelter instead. With snow’s natural insulating properties, no matter how gnarly conditions get outside, the inside...

Hello,I wanted to give you some feedback from a victims perspective about the Pro Rescue Sled.Before I get into details, let me say thank you for an awesome product. On Saturday, March 3rd, I was out backcountry skiing with...

My Canadian friend, Ryan, has always been one of my favorite climbing partners. We’ve climbed together a lot through the years – everywhere from Squamish to Joshua Tree with many places in between. Ryan and his wife try to...

The Sum Of Its Parts (Alaska Grade V, AI6, M7, A2, 4,000’)Heavy Mettle (Alaska Grade V, WI5+R, M6, A0, 4600’)Expedition Report First Release – May 1st, 2012Peter DoucetteSilas Rossi and I just returned from the Ruth Gorge where we...

THE PEDRA DO TELÉGRAFO PICSEach year thousands flock to one of Rio de Janeiro’s favorite spots to take a death defying, instagram worthy pic. These Pedra do Telégrafo pics are taking instagram by storm. People can be seen doing...

There are some that love the rush of careening down a fresh slope, wind blowing against their face, feeling frigid and yet possibly the most free they’ve ever been. ‘The scene would be perfect’, you might say, ‘if not...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAILWhen Benton MacKaye proposed his idea for the Appalachian Trail in 1921, he was inspired by the formation of Vermont’s Long Trail. The Long Trail was everything a forest planner would admire; conservation,...