
There a lot of folks here in the PNW who actually ski year-round. I’m not one of them. But I do love backcountry skiing and there really is nothing like that first ski tour of the year. Despite a pretty abysmal start to the winter, we were lucky to hit Mt Rainier on a very [...]
Nov 28, 2008 | Categories: Backcountry Ski Photos | Tags: backcountry, Backcountry Ski Photos, backcountry ski touring, backcountry skiing, backcountry skiing photos, images pictures, mt rainier, mt rainier photos, northwest, pacific nw, photographs images, pictures nature, pictures of skiing, seattle, ski adventure, ski photo, ski pics, ski tour, ski touring, ski trips, skiing, skis, snow, telemark ski, telemark skiing, the backcountry, Washington, winter | Leave A Comment »

It wasn’t so long ago that I was actually looking forward to the onset of spring. An epic winter in Whitefish, Montana, left me secretly yearning for sunny days and warm temps. Let me rephrase that, I just wanted the temps to rise above freezing so I could start training for what would be an [...]
Nov 23, 2008 | Categories: Backcountry Ski Photos | Tags: backcountry, Backcountry Ski Photos, backcountry ski touring, backcountry skiing, backcountry skiing photos, mt rainier, northwest, pacific nw, seattle, ski adventure, ski photo, ski pics, ski touring, ski trips, skiing, snow, the backcountry, whitefish, winter | Leave A Comment »

One of the many benefits to backcountry skiing in the Pacific Northwest (besides tons of snow and huge amounts of terrain) is we don’t have to worry AS MUCH about hoar frost. Which is why, while living in Whitefish, Montana, last winter, I was always a bit nervous ski touring. Although I wouldn’t say Whitefish [...]
Nov 19, 2008 | Categories: Backcountry Ski Photos, Ski Touring Resources | Tags: avalanche awareness, avalanche center, avalanche facts, avalanche forecast, avalanche rating scale, avalanche website, backcountry, Backcountry Ski Photos, backcountry ski touring, backcountry skiing, backcountry skiing photos, glacier national park, ski adventure, ski photo, ski terrain, ski tour, ski touring, skiing, snow avalanche, telemark ski, the backcountry, whitefish | Leave A Comment »

I’ll be the first to say, out loud, that anyone still telemark skiing or ski touring on the ‘old’ telemark bindings are crazy. Although I’ve only been backcountry skiing on the Black Diamond O1s for about a season and half, it took all of two steps to realize, very quickly, that we pin heads were [...]
Nov 19, 2008 | Categories: Backcountry Ski News | Tags: backcountry, Backcountry Ski Photos, backcountry ski touring, backcountry skiing, rottefella ntn, ski touring, telemark binding, telemark ski, telemark skiing, the backcountry | Leave A Comment »

All of us backcountry skiers in Washington are waiting patiently for the snow to fall. In the meantime there are other adventures we can partake in. Unlike a large portion of my friends who are enjoying epic whitewater paddling at the moment, my wife and I took advantage of the abnormally warm and sunny weekend [...]
Nov 17, 2008 | Categories: Backcountry Ski Photos | Tags: images pictures, oregon, oregon coast, oregon images, oregon photos, oregon pictures, oregon surfing, photographs images, pictures nature, pictures of oregon, surf pics, Surfing, Washington | Leave A Comment »

I don’t think you can find a single backcountry skier in Washington State who hasn’t anxiously awaited their day on the Muir snowfield of Mt Rainier. From novice ski tourers to experienced mountaineers, Mt Rainier is a skiers playground.
The below photograph was shot after a day of touring, looking down at the Paradise Inn, and [...]
Nov 11, 2008 | Categories: Backcountry Ski Photos | Tags: Backcountry Ski Photos, backcountry ski touring, backcountry skiing, backcountry skiing photos, mt rainier, pacific nw, pictures of skiing, ski photo, ski pics, ski touring, skiing lodge, the backcountry | Leave A Comment »

Yesterday I posted the video “A Dozen More Turns“, which was played at Saturdays Northwest Avalanche Summit here in Seattle. The avalanche video, showing the real-life story of a group of friends enjoying some epic hut skiing was, and is, a reminder that no matter how much avalanche experience you have, things can go wrong. [...]
Nov 10, 2008 | Categories: Ski Touring Resources | Tags: avalanche awareness, avalanche center, avalanche forecast, avalanche rating scale, avalanche video, avalanche website, Backcountry Ski Photos, nwac, ski photo, ski pics, ski tour, ski touring, skiing, snow avalanche, telemark ski, the backcountry | 1 Comment »

A Dozen More Turns is a reminder that anything can happen to anyone while backcountry skiing.
Nov 10, 2008 | Categories: Backcountry Ski News, Backcountry Ski Photos, Ski Touring Resources | Tags: avalanche awareness, avalanche center, avalanche forecast, avalanche video, avalanche website, backcountry, Backcountry Ski Photos, backcountry ski touring, backcountry skiing, ski touring, telemark ski, the backcountry, winter | Leave A Comment »

It’s raining. Yup, it’s that time of the year. Actually, this time two years ago was when the NW received copious amounts of rain. Just check out some of these photos from Mt Rainier – http://mountrainierclimbing.blogspot.com/2006/11/mt-rainier-storm-flood-damage-photos.html. Believe it or not, there are sections of the park that are just now opening from that storm.
But that [...]
Nov 08, 2008 | Categories: Backcountry Ski Photos | Tags: backcountry, Backcountry Ski Photos, backcountry ski touring, backcountry skiing, backcountry skiing photos, broken top, mt rainier, northwest, oregon, oregon cascades, pacific nw, pictures of skiing, pineapple express, ski photo, ski pics, ski tour, ski touring, telemark ski, winter | Leave A Comment »

Last night I was browsing the world wide web so I could share some avalanche education with my readers. I stumbled across the Forest Service avalanche center website and uncovered this pretty cool little interactive avalanche game.(Although I suppose calling it a ‘game’ isn’t very appropriate.)
I applaud the forest service for providing such material, even [...]
Nov 07, 2008 | Categories: Backcountry Ski Photos, Ski Touring Resources | Tags: avalanche awareness, avalanche center, avalanche facts, avalanche forecast, avalanche rating scale, avalanche website, backcountry ski touring, backcountry skiing, ski terrain, snow avalanche, the backcountry | Leave A Comment »

In the winter of ‘05 a group of us took a chopper deep into the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia. For a week we reveled in the backcountry ski terrain that surrounded us and the Fairy Meadows hut, mostly inspired, often intimidated. Temperatures were utterly freezing (at one point hitting -32 degrees!) and while we [...]
Nov 05, 2008 | Categories: Backcountry Ski Photos, Ski Touring Resources | Tags: alpine club of canada, alpine terrain, backcountry, Backcountry Ski Photos, backcountry ski touring, backcountry skiing, backcountry skiing photos, bc skiing, british columbia, fairy meadows, pictures of skiing, selkirk mountains, ski adventure, ski photo, ski pics, ski terrain, ski tour, ski touring, ski trips, skiing, skiing lodge, skis, snow, telemark ski, the backcountry, winter | Leave A Comment »

You probably never knew there was such a thing as extreme cross country skiing, did you? Me neither, and actually I wouldn’t argue this is extreme per se. Instead I would have termed our little ski adventure to the tiny outpost of Polebridge, Montana, last winter as more backcountry cross country skiing. No groomed trails [...]
Nov 03, 2008 | Categories: Backcountry Ski Photos | Tags: backcountry, Backcountry Ski Photos, backcountry skiing, backcountry skiing photos, cross country ski, glacier national park, nordic skiing, pictures of skiing, polebridge montana, ski adventure, ski photo, ski pics, ski tour, ski touring, skiing, skis, snow, telemark ski, whitefish, winter | Leave A Comment »