After a day of skiing above Santiago with new friends it was time to head south. This year, Micheal Cariello agreed to meet me in Chile for a ski expedition with our sights set on Monte San Lorenzo, a peak whose map I’ve had on my wall for nearly a year. Mike arrived in Santiago and we caught a plane down to Balmaceda, near Coyhaique Chile. We were meeting up with Ignacio and Max. I had met Ignacio in El Chalten the year prior as he was skiing and climbing there during my 5 weeks in 2025. Max...

Another year, another pilgrimage down south for Austral winter. Over the summer I made plans with Mike Cariello to join me on a trip to Chile/Argentina for an expedition. Before connecting with Mike I wanted to spend a few days in Santiago as I have never skiied there in my previous trips down here. Touristing around Plaza De Armas After a long haul flight I connected with another fellow guide, Juliana Garcia, for dinner with new friends. They had just skiied the super C in Portillo and their...

The most climbed mountain in the United States, by some metric—not sure which one—has this way of bringing serious mountaineers and kooks all to the same parking lot. A classic Hood parking lot hang After a small trip hiccup in Sisters, OR, I was on my way up to Hood for another solo mission before meeting up with the spring Alaska team on Rainier. Arriving in the afternoon, I was met with the splendor of Oregon sunshine, ample parking, and the tangible stoke of ski bums riding Timberline,...