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Consider Always Roping Up on Glaciers

Posted on July 19, 2023July 26, 2023 by Backcountry Fever

I was talking to a guy that broke through a snow bridge on Glacier Peak the week after we did Baker.  The story and pictures he shared makes me take glacier travel way more seriously. “I fell into a crevasse on Glacier Peak last weekend. Had I not been roped up, I would have broken…

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Solo Summit of Shasta

Posted on June 16, 2023July 10, 2023 by Backcountry Fever

After success at Mt. Hood on Wednesday (5/31) and again at South Sister on Saturday (6/3), the group had accomplished their plans and would now be heading home.  My plan, however, involved one more stop.  My heart was set on continuing just a little further south to knock something off my list that has been…

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Sightseeing on South Sister

Posted on June 12, 2023July 10, 2023 by Backcountry Fever

Time to head down into Central Oregon for some sightseeing on South Sister.  This was the second stop in our tour of the Pacific Northwest.  I had never been to this area before but was interested in seeing what there was to see through a first-hand experience.  Spending the weekend here would also serve as…

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Everest Ridge Repeat

Posted on May 5, 2023June 12, 2023 by Backcountry Fever

What an unbelievable winter we’ve had along the Wasatch Front this year.  It’s been record-breaking with totals reaching 900″!  For many of us, that excitement has transitioned from powder skiing to mountaineering as warmer weather consolidates this incredible snowpack.  Conditions couldn’t better right now for local objectives that involve an ice axe and crampons. A…

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My Favorite Route to Deseret Peak

Posted on May 25, 2022July 15, 2022 by Backcountry Fever

May has been a busy month for me, all consumed by a garden project I’m working on for my wife.  I volunteered to do it to save a few bucks but had no idea it would cost me a fortune in time!  As a result, I’ve missed out on a lot of mountaineering adventures this…

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2021 Year in Review

Posted on December 30, 2021June 14, 2022 by Backcountry Fever

2021 was a great year for getting some hiking stuff accomplished!  I wasn’t so much about reaching a specific mileage tally or total elevation gain this time.  Instead, my focus was more about knocking a few significant things off my list.  My biggest goal for the year was to get all lower 48 states west…

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From One Extreme to the Other in the Lower 48

Posted on June 22, 2021September 29, 2021 by Backcountry Fever

From the lowest, and hottest, place in the lower 48… …to the highest peak in the lower 48, for the 2nd time, this time up the Mountaineers Route. Full trip report coming soon…

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Cold Fusion Couloir to North Timpanogos

Posted on May 10, 2021May 9, 2023 by Backcountry Fever

I look forward to the season between winter snowshoeing and summer hiking…when avalanche risk is minimal, skies are blue, temps are mild and adventure is high!  This spring brought some adventurous fun up Mt. Olympus from Neff’s Canyon and now Cold Fusion to North Timpanogos. Seeing Timp from my house every day, I’ve wanted to…

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Mt. Olympus from Neff’s Canyon

Posted on May 3, 2021December 8, 2021 by Backcountry Fever

Mt. Olympus is a Wasatch Front favorite, on par with Granduer Peak or Squaw Peak in this collection of challenges selected for Utah’s inaugural Six-Pack.  As for me with all three of these peaks, I’ve already done each several times by now and wasn’t too interested in doing any of them again the “standard” way……

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Deseret Peak via Temple Couloir

Posted on May 30, 2020June 15, 2022 by Backcountry Fever

When I did Deseret Peak from the Twin Couloirs two weeks ago, I saw another route to do before the snow completely melts away.  I knew if this didn’t happen before May rolled out, it would be too late and there was no way I wanted to wait until next year.  So yesterday was the…

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