Rock Climbing – Ice Climbing – Ski Mountaineering
Community Pillar is about as traditional a route you will find in Red Rocks, attacking the most obvious weakness on the 800 foot north face of Magic Mountain with six straight pitches of wide cracks and chimneys, no lead bolts or bolted belays, and several unapologetically bold runouts - a true cult classic.
Group Therapy is a popular 800' 5.7 just north of the super classic Tunnel Vision (5.7+ R, 800') on the Angel Food Wall. While the climbing was nowhere near as memorable as its neighbor, we still thought it a great day.
The Otterbody Snowfield is a 1,700 foot fairy tale ski mountaineering descent, 7,000 feet in full, on the East Face of the Grand Teton. On March 30th, 2025, I had the pleasure of descending the route with Hayden Evans and Julian Winston.
The Chouinard-Frost Chimney (5.9, IV) is a notoriously old-school rock route on the north face of 11,623 foot Disappointment Peak in Grand Teton National Park. Run-outs, loose rock, visionary traverses and a very real sense of adventure characterize this "classic" Teton route.
The Amor A' Vida Couloir is an ultra-classic Teton ski mountaineering objective on the south face of the South Teton. The full technical descent into Avalanche Canyon is nearly 3,000 feet - the first 900 on a vast and airy alpine face, and the latter 2,000 in a continuous, unique and especially aesthetic couloir.
On a bitterly cold March 2019 morning, John Walker and I set off to attempt the "Nez Perce Trifecta" - skiing the Sliver, East Hourglass and West Hourglass Couloirs in a single push - a Teton ski mountaineering classic. We didn't quite hit the mark. High winds, deep snow and sub-zero temperatures pushed us towards... Continue Reading →
In the last week of July 2021, I completed a bucket list free-solo ascent of the ultra-classic Exum Ridge route on Wyoming's second tallest peak, the Grand Teton.
Ten Thousand Too Far 