Just back from leading a ski trip on Mt. Shasta. Conditions are looking very good and it’s safe to say the spring climbing and skiing season has begun. Record snowfall this winter has left a sizable snowpack on 14,172 ft Mt. Shasta. Keep an eye on the temperatures and plan your trip to #26 in [...]
Every season the question is asked. “What do you carry in your ski pack?” Here, again, the answer is: “It depends.” Winter conditions? Spring conditions? Doing a single day or multi day mission? Steep skiing or mellow corn harvesting? Doing a
Far too many of these kinds of posts lately. My sincerest condolences to the friends and family of Kip and Allison. Be careful out there folks!
Their bodies were found near Split Mountain, a classic ski mountaineering destination in the High Sier
It’s April and the High Sierra is ripe for skiing.
Time for alpine-starts and amazing ski descents all along the East Side of the Sierra. Thousands of ski options can be found from Bridgeport to Lone Pine, all along hwy 395. Short tours, long tou
My AT boot of choice this season is the Black Diamond Quadrant. After spending about 30 days in them so far this season I feel like I can give them a fair assessment.
I believe it’s fair to say I’ve skied them in just about every condition (i
The Guides Corner: Tips, Tricks, Trip Reports, Gear Reviews, and Mountaineering Ramblings from Rich Meyer Alpine Guide.
Ah, duct tape – the tried-and-true, do-anything, fix-anything mainstay in every backcountry kit. Its uses have been documente
It’s never too early to get stoked for the coming ski season. Here’s a good way to waste some time for all you office-bound suckers like me: a round-up of the 2010 ski film trailers from TGR, Matchstick, Warren Miller, Powderwhore and etc (in no part
Thanks to BCA (makers of great backcountry gear including the most-used avalanche beacons) and Teton Gravity Research (the venerable media company responsible for AMAZING films like the recently debuted Re:Session) for this 7-part video series on ava
Homewood is doing some simple, but powerful, things to keep Tahoe blue.
They’ve begun an effort to keep sediment from running right down the hill and into the lake. If you haven’t been to Homewood, it sits right across the street from Lake Tahoe
I’m not sure about the history of this video. It says it was shot in April of 2008, but the Vimeo page says it way uploaded just a few weeks ago. So many of you may have seen this already. But if not, watch it!
It shows the entire sequence of a Ta
