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An ascent of Iddings Peak
The long east ridge of Iddings PeakIddings peak is the second highest peak in the Crazy Mountains of central Montana. The entire mountain range is an anomoly, it resides in a basin feature (i.e. the...
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Sunlight Buttress
"The Wet Whitey-Tighty Contest" 5.11. A terrible (and awesome) route name I know.... let me explain.This past winter Kevin Volkening and I went exploring a cool place for some ice to climb. Well, we...
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The SW Buttress of the Bear's Face
The SW buttress is the right skyline. Bridget and I had a fairly successful time in the East Rosebud this last week. We climbed the SW buttress of the wall above Elk Lake (its been climbed prior)....
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Cottonwood Towers
While trail running with Bridget last spring up South Cottonwood Creek, near Bozeman, we ran past what appeared to be limestone spires sticking out from a thick mat of pine trees. I logged the...
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The House of Hyalite
The House of Hyalite- Bozeman Ice Fest 2012 As always I had a great time at the Bozeman Ice Fest. I love the good energy of everyone involved during the event. From the boot/gear demos, slideshows,...
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White Mountains Ice
This past holiday season found Bridget and I on the East Coast of the U.S.A. We enjoyed Christmas and New years in Massachusetts but spent the time between in the White Mountains of New Hampshire ice...
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Nyes' Ice- an enjoyable excursion
Lately I have been motivated to climb as many ice routes as I possibly can (in between student teaching) with a personal bias towards obscure or unpopular routes. I decided that I'll try and climb all...
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Spire Completion, Butte Bouldering Bash, and the First Ice of the Season
Spire Climbing Center Grand re-Opening!We completed the remodel of Spire Climbing Center in Bozeman this fall. We had a grand reopening of the gym complete with a ribbon-cutting from 30 feet in the...
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"If it wasn't for choss we'd have nothing to climb"
With a very limited amount of time to get out climbing due to teaching middle school science as a student teacher (and a very limited wallet) I have been sticking closer to Bozeman this winter. I...
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It ain't the windgate- but don't knock the eagle.
The Windgate Sandstone (Utah) is know for being bullet hard, splitter, and strikingly beautiful. The Eagle Sandstone (Montana) is known for being bullet-hole ridden, loose, and strikingly sandy. But...
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Spire climbing center remodel
"Safety is no accident" photo and saying by Henry ScholtzhauerLast summer I had the opportunity to help remodel Spire Climbing Center in Bozeman, MT. It was a dream job for me (what serious climber...
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A week in Zion
The towers of the virgin Finally (and not a day to soon), I got a whole week off from school and teaching to head to the desert of Utah in an effort to create some vitamin-d, climb sandy rock, and...
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space, time, and the texture of reality
Yesterday I found these topos I drew from a Beartooth climbing trip from many years ago. For some reason I brought a really deep book to read on this trip (The fabric of the cosmos: Space, time, and...
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Steamboat Butte and the Leaning Tower of Pitons
I just graduated from MSU-Bozeman with a teaching degree, got a job teaching 7-12 science, and then spent the last week at my parents farm near Billings, house sitting. While at my parents farm I went...
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Getting the Boot on Ti'Swaq'
Ti'Swaq' (Mount Rainier) Ti'Swaq' (the sky, sky wiper, it touches the sky) is the composit native name for the highest peak in Washington, aka Mount Rainier. It is a giant mountain that honestly...
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The Hanging Garden
Beehive peak's south face In the beautiful Lee Metcalf wilderness.The hanging garden is a "hanging" snow couloir that dissects Beehive Peak's north face. It was first climbed in July, 1967 (back when...
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A Solo on Sacajawea Peak
Folks on the summit of 'Sac.Sacajawea peak is the highest peak in the Bridger mountains just east of Bozeman. The peak is named after the Native American interpreter that aided the Lewis and Clark...
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Cleopatra's Gargoyle
Hyalite Canyon, Bozeman, MT, is geologically composed mainly of the Absaroka supergroup. A massive series of volcanic explosions and the ensuing mud flows (much like the Mount Saint Helen's...
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Stocastic
The last few weeks of my life condensed into a few random pictures. I hope you're as confused as I am with these images. Cheers, Loren
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