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Solid Ground: Descending Annapurna IV
By Ben Clark May 18, 2008 Tossing and turning throughout the night, my eyes scoured tiny visions of darkness through the slit between my fleece hat and draft collar on my sleeping bag. Where was morning? A frozen water bottle...
Andrew's Alaska Trip Report
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Andrew's Photos from Alaska
Andrew McLean is back from Alaska. Enjoy a selection of Andrew's photos: Click here to view more photographs While Andrew and his team were camped out, they experienced a rather unpleasant storm. Andrew captured this footage with a small point-and-shoot...
Seven Weeks on Baffin Island
Robert Jasper and Stefan Glowacz (the cofounder of Red Chili) have headed out to Baffin Island for seven weeks of kite skiing and climbing. The duo hope to explore new routes in the Querbitter Fjord region, "an unexplored area...
Bagley Icefield 2008
By Andrew McLean Known as the "Mountain Kingdom of North America," the 13.2 million acre Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve is the largest National Park in North America. During the first 3 weeks of April, a team of...
Kids, Don't Try This At Home
Andrew decides to ski without a helmet. Watch the results....
Lisa Falls Couloir, Utah -- Andrew's Tips on Skiing BC Couloirs
Andrew McLean sent us this video of Dylan Freed skiing the Lisa Falls Couloir in LCC, UT. Enjoy! View Andrew's Photos from Lisa Falls. By Andrew McLean Skiing huge couloirs is one of my all-time favorite activities. There is just...
Powder Hunting in Cactus Country
View More Photographs from Cactus Country on Flickr. By Nathan Friedman Arizona. Home to hundreds of species of cacti, thousands of miles of sandy desert, and a seemingly endless list of venomous creatures. Not exactly the prime location for...
Andrew McLean Graces the Colbert Report
Comedy Central seems to like our athletes. Last night, Andrew McLean appeared on "The Colbert Report." We always enjoy watching Andrew do his thing, and we like Stephen, too, so we thought we'd share a short segment from last night's...
Wasatch Dawn Patrol
By Andrew McLean At long last, the Wasatch Mountains are open for backcountry skiing! The high country has had traces of snow for a while, but without the snowpack filling in down low (to 7,500') it means very limited options...
Opening Day
View Andrew's Photographs from Previous Seasons on Flickr. The First Day of the 2007/08 backcountry ski season in the Wasatch Mountains By Andrew McLean There is a lot riding on the first day of a new ski season. Technically,...
The Las Ardillas Expedition -- Playing Catch up with the Crew
David Marchi, Petit Pinson, and Forrest Coots have returned from Las Ardillas. Follow Petit Pinson's day-by-day account of their experiences in Patagonia. We will post their trip journal in installments, so check back next week for more entries! View...
Fresh Powder and the Kootenay Cold Smoke Festival
See more photos from the event at Flickr By Andrew McLean The concept of the Kootenay Cold Smoke Festival was easy to understand—get a bunch of backcountry skiers together, throw in some demo gear, hold some clinics, have some...
Touring with the Warm Fuzzies
By Andrew McLean The other day I took a run at a ski resort before heading out of bounds and almost froze to death in the middle of the groomed trail. It was COLD! I was dreading a day of...