Author Archives: Jim

  A few months ago my dad and I parked the car at the north end of Capitol Reef National Park and began heading south, unsure if our hypothetical route would work.  We had a few hangups where vertical canyon walls forced us to backtrack and a few other places where I think my dad [...]

While riding in the Uintas this week we came across an aspen tree with “The Trails End” carved into the bark.  The graffiti was dated 1936.  That spot is no longer the trail’s end (apostrophies having been less popular 75 years ago) and we continued the grind up to the ridge. Summer is in it’s [...]

Tomorrow night is the Utah Avalanche Center’s Fall Party at Black Diamond.  Admission covers burritos and Uinta Brewing beer and your dollars go to a great cause – keeping the UAC’s forecasts rolling through the winter.  As the UAC’s federal and state funding get chipped away with each new legislative season, fundraisers like this one [...]

Allison pedaling the local trails this weekJenn Berg on riding a quick lap after work the other nightAllison riding Link trail in Park City    

At about 4am yesterday, Davide and I left our trailhead bivy spot and began the climb up the Grand Teton. Sometime around midnight the sky began clouding over and what began as a cool, crisp night was warm and muggy when we started walking. Neither of us have spent much time in GTNP and so [...]

I had an interview with Camp4 Collective earlier this week.  Without question, the content they produce is amazing but they continued to impress me  when explaining how ideal-driven their management is, including C4C’s emphasis on continued education and collaborative decision-making.  They seem like a pragmatic company.  The interview was inspiring enough that I made a time-lapse [...]

An article I wrote, along with my photos, is published in the Powder Magazine that hit the news stands this week.  I was pretty psyched to get a copy in the mail.    

We scampered up Alta this morning to make some August turns.  It was a quicker hike than I expected – just over an hour to the top.  Little patches of snow in the shade were frozen hard on the way up, but the chute catches the sun early and was pleasantly soft by 8am. Allison and [...]

Davide and I headed out earlyish today, hoping we’d beat the forecasted storms.  We didn’t. About an hour in it began raining lightly.  We posted up under thick trees and wondered if we should keep climbing.  When it began raining a little harder, then a little harder still, we decided to pull the plug and head [...]