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Black Mountain y-couloir
Winter is finally here. This past weekend Bridget and I chased the snow that accumulated high in the mountains of central Montana. We decided to climb the Y-couloir on Black Mountain (located east of...
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Chasing the Ice Dragon
I had a blast climbing with Daniel, Tanner, Chris, and Ari this past weekend. A long day out, sticky ice, great views, and hilarious partners made this a memorable day.Ice Dragons is one of the best...
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Low Gravity Day
Pete Tapley on Roman CandleI don't really get to excited about climbing individual pitches; be it rock, ice, or bouldering, but this last week I climbed a single pitch that was the exception. Kyle...
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Dead Bunny and the Moratorium
We've been making a few trips down to Wyoming in search of some adventure ice climbing. It's been a great few days of exploring and climbing.Bridget and I somehow found the well hidden Dead Bunny...
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"Bearcat"
Wolverine falls, Bearcat is the smear on the far left side of the falls proper.Years ago Rick Dvorak and I stumbled on a beautiful, unclimbed, ice line in the Crazy Mountains of Montana. We somehow...
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Imja Tse
Photo By Rick D.Nepal has been on my mind in a big way lately. As I type this there are two friends (Marko and Tim) who are in the Himalayas climbing frozen waterfalls; no summits or permits to worry...
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Glacier Research in the Alaska Range
Melt regimes, stratigraphy, flow dynamics and glaciochemistry ofthree glaciers in the Alaska RangeTwo seasons ago Kevin Volkening and I went to Alaska to climb for over a month, we visited the Ruth...
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Mouse Trap
Lovely weather to mix climbErik Johnson, Scott "Sandbaggin" Salzer, and I put up a new mixed dry route in Hyalite canyon. The route is located ~30' to the left of "The itchy and scratchy show" on the...
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Red Rocks and Zion
Red RocksThe annual winter migration/pilgrimage from Montana to the American desert South-West occured recently. This year it was decided (in a large part because of the MSU climbing club- seriously...
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The East Rosebud: paradise threatened.
"progress for the sake of progress is the ideology of the cancer cell" Edward AbbeyThe beautiful East Rosebud valleyThe beautiful East rosebud valley (the Beartooth Mountains, Montana) is in danger of...
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An ascent of Mount Hague
Mount Hague sits on the northern edge of the Beartooth Mountains manifesting the dichotomy of plains and mountains as it rises nearly 7,000 feet above the ranches and farms far below. It's a massive...
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Splitter Cracks and Ancient Art
A small gathering of Montana climbers just returned from a trip to Indian Creek, Utah. We had perfect (although hot) weather which we didn't complain about. We climbed in the morning then lounged in...
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Dirt Fest
Chris Guyer climbing "Beckey's Crack".The Dirt Fest (a local outdoor bouldering competition in Billings, MT) just occured. I had always wanted to boulder in the competition but for some reason I could...
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A river runs through it
Also of note, Spire climbing center in Bozeman is doing a remodeling of the lead and top rope walls. I'm helping with this monumental task this summer. It's been really fun and a steep learning curve...
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Power Tower
The power tower stands tall over the Mystic Lake trailhead in the Beartooth Mountains. This trailhead is the gateway to Granite peak (the tallest peak in Montana) and it draws your eyes upward as you...
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Little Medicine Tower
"Little Medicine Tower" I headed to the desert of Wyoming to try and climb some towers located on in the Bighorn Mountains (the highway 14 towers). I started up the steep switchbacks just out of the...
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Breaking into the alpine season
Josh Varney and I headed deep into the Beartooths to try a few alpine walls. We did some amazing climbing and established a new 2 pitch line in the area. We didn't summit anything this trip, but it...
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Medicine Mountain- central buttress
It was around ten years ago when I first set eyes on the obscure Medicine Mountain which is shrouded in the shadow of more popular peaks in the Beartooth Mountains. Medicine Mountain doesn't rise...
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East Ridge of The Grand Teton
The East Ridge of The Grand Teton The 4,000 foot east ridge of the Grand Teton is one of the most eye-catching lines in the park when viewed from the Snake River plain. For years I have sat and...
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Highway 14 pinnacles and Tensleep
Bridget atop the "Trickster" pinnacleI have tried making it to the Highway 14 pinnacles (Bighorn Mountains, WY) earlier this summer but a ghetto truck made getting to the towers unfeasible. Bridget...
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