Category Archives: Skiing

For a July long weekend adventure Sam suggested we hit up Rainier, Shawn countered with Mount Adams, we settled on Hood. It was our first time backcountry skiing at Hood. However, at the last minute Sam had to back out … Continue reading →

Here’s the gear list for our 5-day ski mountaineering trip to Mount Baker. Since we each spent hours pulling our gear together for our first big adventure I thought I’d share what I took. Personal Gear Internal frame back pack … Continue reading →

We summited Mount Baker! And not the ski resort, we summited the volcano. All 10,781 feet of it this past Saturday, June 4th. The adventure began in February when Shawn, Becky and I all realized we were interested in summiting … Continue reading →

I first read about Flylow in Inc Magazine, I could build a $1 million company or ski 100 days a year. I choose to do both and have it all, and was instantly intrigued about their story. Then I noticed … Continue reading →

We got up to Snoqualmie around 9:30 and had been planning to hit Pineapple Basin but Summit West was looking good so we geared up and planned to lap it a few times until security came along and told us … Continue reading →

We’re just getting into backcountry skiing and were looking for something close to home and not too technical so we decided to hit up Kendall Stump. We parked at Summit West and headed under the highway to get started. In … Continue reading →

If you ever get the chance to do a last minute heli ski trip and you know the conditions will be epic, do it. Wednesday morning my buddy JJ got the heads up about two spots opening up on a … Continue reading →

Saturday we made one of our latest departures ever, 11 am, for a day trip up to Steven’s Pass. Though instead of skiing at the resort we parked at the lot across the street and skinned up Skyline Ridge. Here’s … Continue reading →

The plan Friday was to hit Baker on Saturday and earn some turns at Steven’s on Sunday (since Steven’s hadn’t opened yet). However, our usual go-to source of ski conditions didn’t have any Steven’s trip reports and early reports from … Continue reading →

Ski season is here! After much debate about Baker versus Crystal, we settled on Baker (36″ base), and believe it or not I actually woke up before my 5:20 AM alarm. After picking up Shawn and Ming we were on … Continue reading →