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BCA Arsenal Backcountry Skiing Shovel Review

Review of two shovels from BCA, Arsenal/Companion and Arsenal with Tour blade and 240cm probe in the handle. The blades can attach to either handle, and the probe can fit in the saw handle,...

BCA Arsenal Backcountry Skiing Shovel Review

Review of two shovels from BCA, Arsenal/Companion and Arsenal with Tour blade and 240cm probe in the handle. The blades can attach to either handle, and the probe can fit in the saw handle,...

New Zealand!

Check out this backcountry skiing in New Zealand! As many of you know, I'm working as a ski patroller at Mt. Cheeseman, a "club ski field" in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is a fun place to work,...

Report from Down Under

Went on a short tour on Thursday in Tairn Basin (the basin behind cheesman ski area). Some great powder turns, I have some good pictures so I can make a sweet little trip report once I get good...

The Ski Journal 3-2 — Review

I went out to the mailbox on my first day back in Colorado, and guess what I found? Stoke. The summer issue of the ski journal, in all its glory. First came the usual set of amazing backcountry...

The Ski Journal 3-2 — Review

I went out to the mailbox on my first day back in Colorado, and guess what I found? Stoke. The summer issue of the ski journal, in all its glory. First came the usual set of amazing backcountry...

Report from the Wet and Scrappy — Lookout for Winchester!

This weekend my friend Skyler and I took a trip up to Winchester Fire Lookout, an historic fire lookout north of Mt. Baker highway on top of Winchester mountain up here in Washington State (see map...

Skiing (and tree climbing) The Baker Backcountry — Also, New Zealand?

Mount Backer backcountry skiing video has a variety of angles and terrain.

65 & Slushy — Baker TR from Louie and Jason

After a brutal finals week spent stuck inside, I was eager to get out skiing. Especially since the forecast for Mt. Baker called for sunny skies, something that I have a feeling I am not going to be...