Last June, Nyssa, Hazel, Charlee, Tony, Charlie and I headed north for our solstice pilgrimage to the Arctic. In Fairbanks, we met with Kirk...

With its beautiful 3,500 vertical foot west face of sustained avalanche terrain rising straight out Mills Creek, Spirit Walker has been on m...

Updated in  February 2025  to include another great day on Wolverine. It was April and we were all chomping at the bit. But, I was tired fro...

Updated January 2016 and again February 2025 to include more great days on Kickstep. There are days that you know that you have everythi...

I spent the summer of 2013 working on a fishery research vessel in Alaska's Prince William Sound. This was a truly formulative experienc...

The Aleutian Islands are a chain of 14 large volcanic islands, and 55 smaller ones extending in an arc westward 1,200 miles from the Alaskan...