SierraDescents | Category | Video
May 23, 2011
Skiing Whitney!
I'm so excited—Whitney has eluded me since 2006, when I passed on skiing the Mountaineer's Route, figuring I'd get to it next season. Every year since then, I've waited for (more)
April 19, 2011
Thor Peak
Every time I visit the Whitney Portal area, I always look up at Thor Peak and wonder about skiing it—but I never do. Erratic coverage in the Eastern Sierra had us (more)
April 5, 2011
The Girly Man
Yes, it's Southern California's infamous steep-skiing classic, the Girly Man Chute, seen here in far from ideal conditions on an alternately foggy and sunny warm April day. Girly (more)
March 7, 2011
SierraDescents Performance Art
Believe it or not, this actually started out as a business-as-usual review of the Icebreaker Quantum Liner Glove. Occasionally, however, a truly unique piece of gear comes along, (more)
February 23, 2011
Arizona Snowbowl: Top to Bottom
Continuing my award-winning Top to Bottom video series, here is a POV ski descent of the Arizona Snowbowl via the Spur Catwalk, Lower Bowl, Logjam, Wild Turkey, and Round (more)
February 15, 2011
Palmyra Peak
You really can't understand how extraordinary Telluride's hike-to 13,320' Palmyra Peak is unless you actually go up the bastard. This is wild country, fully deserving of its EX (more)
January 24, 2011
Mt. San Antonio – North Face
My history skiing Mt. Baldy's north face has typically run in one of two flavors: abominable, or terrifying. Sometimes both. Baldy's north face seems particularly vulnerable to (more)
December 6, 2010
Winter Yearbook (2009-2010)
Maybe I needed a little space to make sense of this past winter. It seemed at the time like I just wasn't getting out there as much as I wanted, but now that I've edited all the (more)
November 15, 2010
The ‘Couloir to Nowhere’ DVD is Here!
It's here at last: the Couloir to Nowhere DVD is now available, just in time for the holiday season! SierraDescents' first-ever short film tells the story of our ski descent of (more)
