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May: Long Weekend #1
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...
May 8, 20174 min read
Skiing Helens in Photos
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...
Dec 16, 20162 min read
Glacier Peak: Desperate for Sweet Turns
After a grueling drive out of Portland, we finally rolled into the TH at 830pm on Friday night. The winding road leading out of...
Jul 7, 20168 min read
Mount Rainier: In a Day
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 ___...
Jul 4, 20167 min read
Mount Hood: North to South
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...
Jun 10, 20164 min read
Mount Baker in a Day
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...
May 7, 20166 min read
Hood in April
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...
Apr 15, 20161 min read
First Time UP The Old Chute
Compared with our climb at the end of March, this trip up Mount Hood was a different beast altogether. The old chute has formed...
Mar 11, 20162 min read
World On Fire
As we were beginning the icy slog up to the Devil’s Kitchen yesterday morning, the sky reminded us that, once upon a time, Mount Hood set...
Feb 8, 20161 min read