Seth Morrison - The Ordinary Skier

The irony of this title cracks me up. 

Off-Piste Magazine Ski Test

Dave Waag, Off-Piste magazine publisher and testing task master, myself and two Hood River locals tested some 2011 ski models, at Mt. Hood Meadows, on Mon. and Tues. this week.  Conditions were a little new on a not-so-new base.  We traded off skis from Movement, Faction, G3, Prior and Dynafit.  Next month K2, Rossignol, Volkl, Voile and others are slated for the local hill trials.  Reviews will be printed in the first issue of the mag this Fall.  2010 review downloads are here.

Michael Becker, me, Dave Waag, wall o' skis

Dave's garage

Ski tech and trusted assistant Fergus

North Cascade ski touring with lookouts

Two buddies and I climbed up to Hidden Lake fire lookout, a few years ago, on our annual North Cascades Spring ski touring weekend.  It was kind of epic getting up into the place.  We had to dig a snow cave bivy the first night because we were whited-out, nighted-out and had left the tent in the car because we had planned for a cabin stay.  But once in the "alpine bedroom" we couldn't have been happier and had some good skiing down to Hidden Lake the next day.  You can check with the ranger at Marblemont R. S. for availability and info.

These guys made a nice video of that fire lookout and a couple more.

More natural flow

I'm continuing the thread of big flows of snow, ice or water.  This river, the Ammonoosuc, that runs from Mt. Washington, NH, to the Connecticut River and eventually to Long Island Sound has that bust-loose quality that eastern US river have during melt-out.  Tip of the hat to the camera guy for a steady hand or tripod for this shot.

Heather/Clark Canyon Avalanche

Sometime around 0800 on March 10, a giant avalanche, starting in Super Bowl, scoured-out the Clark side of Heather Canyon and deposited debris passed the Heather canyon chair base.  It has been determined that the fracture was started by a round shot from the howitzer artillery.  The fracture crown is between 5 and 12 feet high.  Check out more pics and info on the Meadows Blog

Summit fail

This fail has to be in the front of anybodys mind who's stood on a summit and didn't want to misstep.  He's lucky to still be among us.  But sadly, he missed the drop-in.

Watch out for the dog

A friend sent me this link and I would like to be as tuned-up as this guy.  
Or this guy.