For years, my more 'educated' outdoorsfriends have been trying to persuade me to take my Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course. For...

Last weekend we attempted to climb the Kautz Glacier on Mount Rainier in a single-day push. We had good maps uploaded to GAIA GPS and a...

The title 'long weekend' has nothing to do with the number of days I spent enjoying my time off from working. It's simply a descriptor of...

Happy Birthday to me! After our very educational/humbling/frustrating attempt a couple days prior, we set out to make the most of the...

We left Marble Mountain Snow Park around 8:15am and were, thankfully, able to step into our bindings right out of the parking lot. We saw...

After a grueling drive out of Portland, we finally rolled into the TH at 830pm on Friday night. The winding road leading out of...

When the alarm went off at 9:45pm, my first instinct was to throw my phone out the open truck window. It was too early, too late, too ___...

Andy and I have been talking about heading up Cooper Spur for months now. With the weird weather we’ve had in the PNW this year, getting...

It’s become a bit of a theme this Spring that the weather gods choose only to bless those who are able to take time off during the week...

We got the chance to climb Mt Hood again a couple of weeks ago- this time with a friend who’d never been up there. It was an incredible...