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Canadian Hut Christmas

We were lucky enough to spend the Christmas Holiday gorging on Monashee Powder out of the beautiful Sol Mountain Lodge. The ski conditions were perfect and the stability was as good as it gets. Santa...

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Delancy Ridge 12/28 -29, 2010

Backcountry season pass holder, Henry Nichols of Port Townsend joined Larry for a day of ski touring on the 28th of December. Having skied a few days earlier with Paul, Henry was eager for more. We...

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Canadian Christmas Hut Cheer

A few of us were lucky enough to spend Christmas skiing the wonderful powder of the Monashee mountains of Brish Columbia. DaveWaag of Off -Piste magazine put together a little slideshow that does a...

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Bring in the New Year!

I have always felt that its important to bring in the New Year with a proper start. Hungover and hurting is no way to welcome the next year of your life. Instead we opted for a little sunshine and...

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Backcountry Ski Conditions Video at the Barron Yurt

We've been a bit spoiled with the backcountry ski conditions this year. Last week was the first time we've had to ski some less than ideal snow. Fortunately it only lasted one day. You have to love...

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Women's A.T camp

NCMG ran its inaugural Womens AT camp this year in cooperation with Winthrop Mountain Sports and the generous sponsorship of a host of other companies. We had 12 women take part in the camp with the...

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Still Finding Good Snow

We are still finding good snow and great stability in the mountains. Right now seems to be a good time to ski some of those steeper lines. This video was shot this weekend near Harts Pass. The best...

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Outdoor Retailer - Salt Lake City

I recently went down to Salt Lake city to meet with many of our sponsors, see what new products they have in the works and get a little time in with a good ski buddy, Dave Waag from Off Piste...

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How to Series: Layering for Ski Touring

This video is the first in a series of How to videos where our guides will cover a variety of topics that we are commonly asked about. This one deals with layering for backcountry skiing. This is not...

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Sunny Pow

Another sunny day of powder skiing in the North Cascades. We picked up an additional 9 inches of low-density snow with temperatures hovering around zero degrees Fahrenheit. I love my job....

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Short Video of Skiing on Wednesday

As a ski guide you almost always end up skiing the slope first. It means fresh tracks every day, but it makes it hard to get good follow cam shots. I think I might have come up with a solution. Check...

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Shangri La

It was raining last night in Winthrop - it looked like they had blown the weather forecast again. But this morning dawned clear and the telemetry showed some new snow at Washington pass. With our...

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Best skiing of the year!

The skiing in the North Cascades is going off right now. Its deep and fluffy with good stability. This video was shot today on the West Ridge of Silver Star with locals Josh Cole and Larry Miller. I...

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Just another day at the pass....

Paul and Laurie Sherman joined larry last year for a day of backcountry skiing in First Bowl of Cutthroat. We had an incredible day and they vowed to be back with some friends. Sure enough, they showed...

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It's Only Getting Better

The skiing doesn't get much better than this. I've just spent the last nine days in a row backcountry skiing near Washington Pass. I finally took the day off to rest the knees, but it took true...

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Best days ever!

Dave Waag of Off-Piste magazine was visiting recently and his timing could not have been better. We spent 3 days ski touring with snowmobile and helicopter access and Dave just sent us this slideshow...

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Boulder Hut 2011

It is always difficult to leave the North Cascades when the skiing is so good, but it's hard to complain about spending a week at a backcountry ski lodge in British Columbia. Fortunately ski conditions...

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Spring!

Well, its officially here, Spring. As a die-hard backcountry powder skier its hard to say goodbye to winter. I live for the short, cold days of mid-winter. Those days where its nearly impossible to...

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Winter Continues

The never ending winter continues. According to the calendar it is officially spring but the weather doesn't seem to care. We continue to get huge dumps of snow with low freezing levels. The...

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Haute Route -Greg and Eric Misbach

It had been a dream of Greg's for 30 years to ski the legendary Haute route from Chamonix to Zermatt. After waiting years for his son, Eric, to become a proficient enough skier, it seemed the time had...

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