SierraDescents | Category | Video
June 1, 2010
U-Notch Ice Dancing
Here’s what I was thinking: I was nine hours deep on a ski attempt of North Palisade’s U-Notch Couloir, and all was going well until the easy snow I was climbing abruptly (more)
May 2, 2010
San Gorgonio Mountain
I'm going to have to make the drive out to the San Bernardino Mountains more often! Al and I skied San Gorgonio Mountain yesterday, and aside from a little wind up top, we were (more)
March 1, 2010
Telluride: Top To Bottom
I'd been thinking about getting this shot ever since I first bought my Contour helmet cam: a continuous clip skiing Telluride from the top of the Revelation chairlift, elevation (more)
February 16, 2010
San Antonio Ridge Traverse
Ah, where to begin? In the immortal words of Tech and Talk's Chad, 'A bad snake charmer always blames his snake.' So I guess I can't blame the snake. I knew, going in, that a (more)
February 1, 2010
Telegraph Peak: North Face
The Problem with Telegraph Peak is that it's way too easy to access. The typical San Gabriel Mountain approach serves as a fine gatekeeper to most of the range's technical (more)
January 25, 2010
Jean Peak: East Face
Driving across the L.A. Basin on Saturday was like being transported to a new and wintery world. Snow levels were down around the 3000' mark across Southern California, putting (more)
December 28, 2009
At the Snowbowl
Back home in California now and watching these upcoming storms to see what develops. Here's video of my day skiing the Arizona Snowbowl in Flagstaff—the mountain, for all (more)
December 19, 2009
Mountain High Boot Camp
It's boot review season here at Sierra Descents—I'm currently trying out pairs of Garmont's Radium and Helium boots, Scarpa's Spirit 4, and the much-anticipated Black (more)
December 13, 2009
Mt. Baldy: Not Much Candy Today
As Forest Gump might say, Mount Baldy Ski Area is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're going to get. Made it up today for some early-season turns—or so I (more)
October 31, 2009
Powell’s Prayer
How about a little time traveling today? We're setting the WayBack Machine for some skinny-ski fun in Northern Arizona's beautiful San Francisco Peaks. You might think I'm (more)
