alpinism

But even the darkest cloud has the potential to produce beautiful powder. Thus, sooner or later I suspect we’ll see a movie about Davenport’s fourteener project. I’m sure it will be enjoyable, even award winning — and perhaps better than the original cut by focusing even more on the personal, spiritual and wilderness aspects of Colorado ski alpinism.

Saturday we drove down to southern Colorado for a try at El Diente Peak, a fourteener near the town of Telluride that’s not particularly tough to ski, but has a lengthy approach with more than its fair share of avalanche…

Steep ski movie review and preview, terrific film about ski mountaineering and extreme skiing.

Sole footbeds reviewed and used in Scarpa boots for summer alpinism

A few thoughts about the Steep movie, how it will portray modern ski alpinism and mountaineering, rather than heli-skiing.

Report from skimo ski mountaineering race in Utah, Powderkeg was super fun.