Fossil Alpinism

Having a long drive coming back from a meeting with junior boarding school headmasters I started listening to this incredibly engaging b...

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The Andes of Peru are in the tail end of their rainy season. It is time to get serious about training, although that will be a challenge w...

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Indiegogo Pitch Video for Finding Traction from Partnership Productions on Vimeo . GOING TO HAVE A STEADY DIET OF MOUNTAIN TRAIL RUNNI...

The ground was firm enough for me to do an easy 5k out in the Dexter Pasture ... glorious day.

Browsing through the Rock and Ice website, I found this gem of a feature story on Tom Patey. A good reminder, that ONE MAN'S MOUNTAIN...

Chalk&Chocolate with Natalija Gros Trailer from Jure Breceljnik on Vimeo . At the same time that I start to stow my skis over at th...

The World Beyond the World from Paxson Woelber on Vimeo . In 1974 I graduated from college and was beginning to become fanatical about ...

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A 40 minute ski at the Middlebury Snow Bowl on our way back from St. Paul's. About 6k and 650'. Lucy's Easter Weekend Ski

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There is too much snow, and at lower elevations too much mud, to run any of our mountain trails. However, as I ran some dirt roads yeste...

Beyond Good and Evil from morgan on Vimeo . I had a long travel day yesterday, but made it home just before dark. The snow is going qui...

It was a great ski reunion and although we still have snow in the Adirondacks it may be time to put the skis away. Alta Ski Tours-Grizzl...

I road the lifts until 1:00 pm, grabbed a quick lunch at Alta Java and skinned up Grizzly Gulch to the Solitude Ski Area Boundary. We catch...

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Fantastic spring conditions continue, and the combination of riding the lifts for 3-4 hours and then ski touring for 1.5 - 2 hours is awes...

We have the mountain to ourselves, it is warm and sunny, it gets pretty slushy by 2:00 pm, but that's when I go touring up in Grizzly ...

Trap Dike, Mt. Colden, Adirondacks from Macky Young on Vimeo .

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Guillaume, Gary, and I skied this Adirondack classic on Sunday April 6. A superb day, with the upper slide never really softening up. S...

Gary, Guillaume, and I had a great time skiing the Bennie Brook Slide on Sunday. By 12:30ish much of the lower slide had softened up, a...

Ascensione al Dente del Gigante (Mario Piacenza, 1911) from Cineteca MNC on Vimeo . A note from the fossil historian ... The Geant was ...

I skied the Porter Mountain Loop today, and also did my third run of the spring on some dirt roads. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO OF A...

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Given a very cold and snowy March, it was one of the latest starts to the sugaring season that I can remember.

We still have great snow to ski on, however spring is knocking at the door, and so as I said last week, every third or fourth day I will ...

Of course, always be safe, be mindful of potential avalanche danger, dig a pit, check snow conditions with knowledgeable locals, have sh...

March was very cold and snowy, but spring-like weather has finally arrived. We will probably be collecting sap in the sugarbush tomorrow....

John Roskelley - Piolet d'or Carriere 2014 from Planetmountain.com on Vimeo .

I took advantage of great spring conditions, and took out my ski mountaineering gear for a 90 minute tour around campus. The workout include...

Take the Adventure Journal poll, unfortunately they left out two key questions: Is there an age limit? Never on a mountaineering trip? ...

Alaska Primer from Mark Westman on Vimeo .

We still have great snow ... wonderful track skiing over on the Olympic trails, the rope tow up and running, as well as great backcountr...

Just back from the Olympics and the last World Cup events in Holmenkollen Norway, the town of Saranac Lake has been celebrating the three bi...

I am almost done and its been a great read. Also it will be one if those books that will not just sit in the shelf, my sense is that I ...

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Brrr ... Pretty chilly! Maybe by the end of the week the sugaring season will start.

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Just before my daughter headed back to St. Paul's we went for a short ski. She was on waxless, rock skis, and I was huffing and puffin...