• December 2024 - Backcountry Magazine mini-profile - Facebook.
  • December 2024 - Glacier change on Forbidden Peak, 1940 to present - Facebook.
  • December 2024 - RIP uphill skiing at Snoqualmie Summit Central - Facebook.

  • November 2024 - Getting to be that time of year again (Bob Cram) - Facebook.
  • November 2024 - Reflections on North Cascades glacier decline - Facebook.
  • November 2024 - UW Stephanie Subak Memorial Scholars - Facebook.
  • November 2024 - Backcountry magazine piece on the North Cascades - Facebook.
  • October 2024 - MSR and the Sumner ice axe - Facebook.

  • October 2024 - Bicycling the Palouse to Cascades Trail - Facebook.
  • September 2024 - Northwest Mountaineering Journal, twenty years later - Facebook.
  • September 2024 - Forty-five years in the life of a glacier - Facebook.
  • September 2024 - Dan Evans, Washington Governor and skier- Facebook.
  • September 2024 - Freedom of the Hills, 50 years later - Facebook.

  • August-September 2024 - Hiking in the Dolomites - Facebook and more.
  • August 2024 - Same place, different lifetimes (Mt Defiance) - Facebook.
  • August 2024 - Seafair in Seattle - Facebook.
  • July 2024 - Throwback to skiing the Bailey Range in 1989 - Facebook.
  • July 2024 - Bicycling from home, Seattle waterfront - Facebook.

  • July 2024 - Skinning vs booting - Facebook.
  • June 2024 - Portrait of global warming - Facebook.
  • June 2024 - Portrait of Clark E. Schurman - Facebook.
  • June 2024 - "A Far White Country" - Facebook.
  • June 2024 - Mountaineers Snoqualmie Lodge Peaks history - Facebook.

  • May 2024 - The 1995 Multi-Glisse Traverse in the BC Coast Mountains- Facebook.
  • May 2024 - Firn Line podcast about Forbidden Peak - Facebook.
  • May 2024 - Firn Line podcast about the North Cascades - Facebook.
  • April 2024 - Memory of Mt Waddington - Facebook.
  • April 2024 - Early Winters Couloir in 1978 (photos) - Facebook.

  • April 2024 - Eric Feigl, Cascade ski mountaineer - Facebook.
  • April 2024 - The decline and fall of Boeing - Facebook.
  • March 2024 - "20 years of Vertfest" at Alpental - Facebook.
  • February 2024 - History of Vertfest - Facebook.
  • February 2024 - Followup to book presentations at Government Camp, Oregon - Facebook.

  • February 2024 - Remembering Carl Skoog on his 65th birthday - Facebook.
  • February 2024 - Bonanza Bomber reunions thread - Facebook.
  • January 2024 - My 2001 interview with Ed LaChapelle published online by AAA - Facebook.
  • January 2024 - Crystal Mtn, Powder Bowl avalanches - Facebook.
  • January 2024 - Skiing in the rain at Snoqualmie Pass - Facebook.

  • January 2024 - Hats off to Ray Smutek - Facebook.
  • January 2024 - "Come on in boys, the water's fine!" - Facebook.
  • January 2024 - Passing of Mike Vowels (and Return to Paradise) - Facebook.
  • December 2023 - Twenty-five years of nwsnow.html - Facebook.
  • December 2023 - Echoes from Alpenglow podcast - Facebook.

  • November 2023 - More fun from the Mountaineers Archives - Facebook.
  • November 2023 - UW Stephanie Subak Memorial Scholars - Facebook.
  • November 2023 - Remembering Bill Degenhardt (from Mountaineer Archives) - Facebook.
  • September 2023 - Memories of Steph, Carl and Tom Wiesmann - Facebook.
  • August 2023 - King County's last dying glacier - Facebook.

  • August 2023 - Climate grief (comment) - Facebook.
  • July 2023 - Over-crowding in the Enchantments - Facebook.
  • July 2023 - Paragliding Crater Mountain in 1994 - Facebook.
  • June 2023 - Heli-skiing Mt Baker in 1981 - Facebook.
  • May 2023 - Mt Rainier is withering away (plus figls) - Facebook.

  • May 2023 - Thinking of Tom Hornbein - Facebook.
  • April 2023 - Memories of Ski Acres - Facebook (Jeff Lange).
  • April 2023 - Caution about Big Warm-ups - Facebook.
  • April 2023 - Attempted climb of Mt Redoubt, N Ridge (2001) - Facebook, alt.
  • April 2023 - High Skiing: A Decade of Exploration in the Cascades and Olympics - Facebook.

  • March 2023 - Forty years of the Isolation Traverse - Facebook.
  • March 2023 - Mountaineers Patrol Race (and trailbreaking) - Facebook.
  • March 2023 - Mt Sir Donald photo returned to Glacier National Park - Facebook.
  • March 2023 - Backcountry Magazine piece about Written in the Snows - Facebook.
  • March 2023 - Mike Genteman post about 1975 world record flip - Facebook.

  • March 2023 - Allen Taylor presentation on fast ski traverses - Facebook.
  • February 2023 - Scenes from a lodge trip to the B.C. Selkirks - Facebook.
  • February 2023 - Separating cell phone from avalanche beacon - Facebook.
  • February 2023 - Steamboat Skiing (Western Ski Heritage Award) - Facebook, ISHA.
  • February 2023 - Fifty years at Ski Acres - Facebook.

  • January 2023 - A toast to Fred Beckey on his 100th birthday- Facebook.
  • December 2022 - Sonicare toothbrush project - Facebook.
  • December 2022 - Meeting notes on mid-week Paradise closure - here, here, here, and here
  • December 2022 - 1934 Silver Skis trophy - Facebook.
  • November 2022 - Passing of Charles E. (Chuck) Welsh - Facebook.

  • November 2022 - Early ski touring gear; no regrets - Facebook.
  • November 2022 - Winter road closures at Mt Rainier (Longmire) - TAY, Facebook.
  • November 2022 - National Outdoor Book Award for Written in the Snows - Facebook.
  • November 2022 - Ted Shred and The Art of Shralpinism - Facebook.
  • November 2022 - UW Stephanie Subak Memorial Scholars - Facebook.

  • October 2022 - 1986-96 issue of The Snowy Torrents - Facebook.
  • October 2022 - Forest fire smoke in "Wash Angeles" - Facebook.
  • October 2022 - Paradise Ice Caves site on Mt Rainier - Facebook.
  • September 2022 - Bicycling in Northeastern Washington - Facebook.
  • September 2022 - Passing the torch at Index - Facebook.

  • September 2022 - Mount Sir Donald, then and now - Facebook.
  • September 2022 - A beautiful world (Canadian road trip) - Facebook.
  • August 2022 - Remembering Peggy Ferber - Facebook.
  • July 2022 - Summer skiing above the clouds on Mt Baker - Facebook.
  • June 2022 - In memory of Matt Firth - Facebook.

  • June 2022 - Five years: hiking Fortune Peak with Nancy on the solstice - Facebook.
  • June 2022 - Western Ski Heritage Award for Written in the Snows - Facebook.
  • June 2022 - Bicycling the Palouse to Cascades trail - Facebook.
  • June 2022 - Backcountry poop kits - Facebook.
  • May 2022 - ISHA Skade Award video for Written in the Snows - Facebook.

  • May 3, 2022 - Alpenglow.org is 25 years old today - Facebook.
  • May 2022 - A day-hike above the Oregon coast - Facebook.
  • April 2022 - Skiing in the Canadian Rockies - Facebook.
  • 2022 - Zoom presentation recordings for Written in the Snows - Methow, PNW Historians Guild.
  • April 2022 - Details of ISHA Skade Award for Written in the Snows - Facebook.
  • March 2022 - UW Stephanie Subak Memorial Scholars - Facebook.

  • February 2022 - Remembering Irene Meulemans - Facebook.
  • January 2022 - Review of Written in the Snows by Real Change News - Facebook.
  • December 2021 - Remembering Tom Lyon - Facebook.
  • December 2021 - Memories of Dick Skoog on skis - Facebook.
  • December 2021 - Written in the Snows selected for an ISHA Skade Award - Facebook, TAY.

  • December 2021 - Mt Baker Experience review of Written in the Snows - Facebook.
  • 2021-24 - Book events for Written in the Snows (Facebook) - Mountaineers, WSTC, Leavenworth, Hood River and Bend, Methow Conservancy, WSSSM (photos), Wenatchee, Bremerton, PNW Historians Guild, Portland (River Street Studios), Bellingham, Yakima, Portland (Mazamas), Bend, Leavenworth redux (video), Yakima redux, Mt Hood, Tacoma.
  • 2021-23 - Book events and reviews for Written in the Snows - TAY.
  • November 2021 - Death of Will Silva - Facebook.
  • November 2021 - Seattle Times review of Written in the Snows - ST.com, Facebook.

  • October 2021 - Presentations planned for Written in the Snows - Facebook, TAY.
  • August 2021 - Scaling the Space Needle in 1962 - Facebook.
  • April 2021 - Conversation with Mac Bates, Written in the Snows - TAY, Facebook, Zoom.
  • March 2021 - Trail breaking along the Mountaineers Patrol Race route - Facebook.
  • March 2021 - Pre-publication announcement of Written in the Snows - TAY, Facebook, more.

  • February 2021 - Scenes from a North Cascades wedding - Facebook.
  • February 2021 - Marriage of Nancy Mattheiss and Lowell Skoog - Facebook.
  • December 2020 - Fiddling with pin bindings - TAY.
  • Autumn 2020 - A storm grips the Guye-gerwand - Facebook.
  • Veterans Day 2020 - Remembering Duke Watson and John Woodward - Facebook.

  • November 2020 - UW Stephanie Subak Memorial Scholars - Facebook.
  • November 2020 - Ben Manfredi's skis - TAY, Facebook.
  • November 2020 - Chuck and Marion Hessey photos return to Yakima - TAY, Facebook.
  • August 2020 - Completion of my ski history book manuscript - Facebook.
  • May 2020 - Appreciation of the McAllister Glacier, NCNP - TAY.

  • May 2020 - Northwest avalanche statistics - TAY.
  • May 2020 - Recompense (COVID-19 pandemic) - Facebook.
  • January 2020 - Remembering Dee Molenaar - Facebook.
  • January 2020 - Walking In My Winter Underwear (Stan Boreson) - Facebook.
  • December 2019 - Buster Campbell and skiing history - Facebook.

  • November 2019 - UW Stephanie Subak Memorial Scholar - Facebook.
  • November 2019 - Always looking for powder (Bob Cram) - Facebook.
  • August 2019 - First Morning In Town (Clark Schurman) - Facebook.
  • January 2019 - Skiers, as a rule, are a pretty optimistic bunch (Bob Cram) - Facebook.
  • December 2018 - Northwest Ski Trails (1968 guidebook) - Facebook.

  • November 2018 - UW Stephanie Subak Memorial Scholar - Facebook.
  • October 2018 - Pete Schoening's K2 ice axe - Facebook.com.
  • October 2018 - That Time of Year Again (old ski shows) - Facebook.
  • July 2018 - Messner on Fred Beckey and creativity - Facebook.
  • June 2018 - Old ice in the North Cascades - Facebook.

  • May 2018 - Traversing the Cascades in 1911 - Facebook.
  • May 2018 - The Spell of the Pasayten - TAY.
  • April 2018 - The Crystal Septet - TAY, Facebook.
  • February 2018 - Living Northwest History (video finale) - Facebook.
  • February 2018 - Thoughts about Mirror Lake avalanche and MTRs Patrol Race TAY.

  • November 2017 - UW Stephanie Subak Memorial Scholar - Facebook.
  • October 2017 - Fred Beckey, 1923-2017 - Facebook.
  • July 2017 - Bob Cram, 1925-2017 - Facebook.
  • June 2017 - A Midsummer Ski Tournament - TAY, Facebook.
  • June 2017 - Hurricane Ridge to Royal Basin ski traverse - TAY.

  • May 2017 - Wolf Bauer's jumping skis - Facebook.
  • February 2017 - Mountaineers Patrol Race (new record) - Facebook, TAY.
  • February 2017 - Valkyr backcountry skiing - Facebook.
  • January 2017 - Summit Central 'X' Route - Facebook, personal best.
  • December 2016 - Rudy Amsler, Washington's Swiss Ski Pioneer - TAY.

  • November 2016 - UW Stephanie Subak Memorial Scholar - Facebook.
  • August 2016 - Feeding our souls in the Boundary Waters - Facebook.
  • August 2016 - John Woodward, 1915-2016 - Facebook.
  • August 2016 - Steph Subak yahrzeit - Facebook.
  • July 2016 - The Mountaineers Historic Films - Facebook.

  • May 2016 - 1948 Mt Pilchuck plane crash - Facebook.
  • May 2016 - Harper Cup historic skiing trophy - Facebook.
  • May 2016 - Remembering Ingrid Skoog on Mothers Day - Facebook.
  • May 2016 - Chiwaukum Range ski traverse - Facebook.
  • April 2016 - Steph Subak memento - Facebook.

  • April 2016 - Missed it by that much (Bonanza Bomber ski film) - Facebook.
  • March 2016 - Wolf Bauer memorial - Facebook.
  • March 2016 - Remembering Steph (slideshow) - Facebook.
  • March 2016 - Feel the crystal glass sing (skiing) - Facebook.
  • March 2016 - Mountaineers Patrol Race record - Facebook.

  • February 2016 - Stein Eriksen video - Facebook.
  • April 2016 - Black Peak skiing and memories - TAY.
  • February 2016 - Long game on the Patrol Race route - TAY.
  • January 2016 - Wolf Bauer's Sound Country Reflections - Facebook.
  • January 2016 - Wolf Bauer passes - Facebook.

  • January 2016 - Old snows of Washington - Facebook.
  • December 2015 - Two Boards (video) - Facebook.
  • November 2015 - UW Stephanie Subak Memorial Scholars - Facebook.
  • October 2015 - Carl Skoog photos, ten years after - Facebook.
  • October 2015 - Stephanie Subak Memorial Scholarship established - Facebook.

  • October 2015 - WSSSM Grand Opening - TAY, Facebook.
  • September 2015 - Steph 32nd aniversary photos - Facebook.
  • August 2015 - Wisdom from Steph on the Adventure of Marriage - Facebook.
  • August 2015 - Stephanie Subak obituary - Facebook.
  • July 2015 - The letter that started it all (Wolf Bauer) - Facebook.

  • July 2015 - Liberty Bell Mountain, 34 years later - Facebook.
  • June 2015 - Fathers Day: Looking back, looking forward. - Facebook.
  • May 2015 - Earn Your Pizza, Eldorado Peak skimo - TAY.
  • May 2015 - Snowking Peak via west route - TAY.
  • May 2015 - Predicting cloud top elevations - TAY.

  • May 2015 - Cloud play on Mt Daniel - TAY.
  • May 2015 - How sausage is made (WSSSM mockup) - Facebook.
  • May 2015 - Mt St Helens, 35 years later - Facebook.
  • April 2015 - I left my job today, oh boy - Facebook.
  • February 2015 - Have You Tried? (Wolf Bauer poem) - Facebook.

  • January 2015 - Mt Rainier 1922 film (and more) - Facebook.
  • January 2015 - Gus Raaum, 1926-2014 - Facebook.
  • December 2014 - Lowell's 1st Facebook post - Facebook.
  • May 2014 - Mount Baker's Watson Traverse, 75th anniversary - TAY.
  • March 2014 - Flashback to 1986 ski camp (Lock Miller, Yvon Chouinard) - TAY.

  • March 2014 - The Thunder High Route in 1987 - TAY.
  • March 2014 - Skiing in climbing boots - TAY.
  • January 2014 - Snoqualmie Pass to Stampede Pass (scouting the Patrol Race) - TAY.
  • January 2014 - Skiing in the land of the Vikings - TAY.
  • December 2013 - Mt Cashmere ski area scouting in the 1970s - TAY.

  • June 2013 - The Bob and Ira Spring photographs - TAY, CC.com, NWH.net.
  • June 2013 - Dealing with "Cascade klister" - TAY.
  • June 2013 - Skiing Mount Daniel and Mount Hinman - TAY.
  • May 2013 - St Helens solitaire - TAY.
  • March 2013 - Recollections of the Isolation Traverse in 1983 - TAY.

  • March 2013 - Rock-Howard-Mastiff ski traverse - TAY.
  • January 2013 - Lightweight rappel anchors for snow - TAY.
  • November 2012 - Stevens Pass ski chase filmed in 1943 - TAY.
  • October 2012 - Mount Baker ski escalator in 1935-36 - TAY.
  • July 2012 - Mount Baker, Coleman Route with Tom (age 15) - TAY.

  • June 2012 - Mount Adams, "Promenade des Glaciers" - TAY.
  • May 2012 - Isolation Traverse on skis - TAY.
  • March 2012 - On unpublished places - TAY.
  • February 2012 - Wolf Bauer's 100th birthday - TAY.
  • January 2012 - Haute Education Route (skiing in Seattle) - TAY.

  • December 2011 - Advance hindsight - TAY.
  • November 2011 - 1922 film, 1st Winter Ascent of Mount Rainier - TAY.
  • November 2011 - "Two boards upon cold powder snow, Yo-ho!" - TAY.
  • August 2011 - Mount Rainier glacier skiing in 1953 - TAY.
  • June 2011 - Closing a circle on Mount Rainier - TAY.

  • June 2011 - "Father's Peak" (Fathers Day ski) - TAY.
  • June 2011 - Field repair of pulled Dynafit bindings - TAY.
  • June 2011 - Snowmobiles on Mount Baker - TAY.
  • March 2011 - Alpental cornice control mission - TAY.
  • September 2010 - Initial release of "Written in the Snows" - TAY.

  • August 2010 - Morality and risk - TAY.
  • July 2010 - Eldorado Peak - TAY.
  • June 2010 - The Mountaineers Historic Films - TAY.
  • February 2010 - North Cascades Heli-Skiing - TAY.
  • July 2009 - Cool old skis (photos) - TAY.

  • May-June 2009 - "The Delectable Tour" (Dakobed Range) - TAY.
  • May 2009 - Chinook Pass Pre-Opening - TAY.
  • May 2009 - Thirty years of skiing "the highway" - TAY.
  • March 2009 - Turns All Century on Mount Rainier - TAY.
  • February 2009 - Schweitzer Resort, Idaho - TAY.

  • December 2008 - Minnesota Dreamin' - TAY.
  • December 2008 - Maple Leaf High Route (skiing in Seattle) - TAY.
  • November 2008 - My piolet (ice axe) collection - CC.com.
  • November 2008 - Chuck Loughney's Snowstar Binding - TAY.
  • June 2008 - Mount Rainier, Glacier Vista kidspedition - TAY.

  • June 2008 - Mount Baker High-Level Orbit - TAY.
  • June 2008 - Union Creek avalanche search - TAY.
  • May 2008 - PNW glacier skiing in 1941 - TAY.
  • May 2008 - Mount Baker: "I've Seen the Earth Change" - TAY.
  • May 2008 - Tower Mountain, NE Couloir - TAY.

  • April 2008 - The Crystal Quartet - TAY.
  • April 2008 - After-school patrol at Snoqualmie - TAY.
  • April 2008 - Vallee Blanche, France/Italy - TAY.
  • February 2008 - Ramer ski bindings - TAY.
  • January 2008 - Ski jumping at Leavenworth - TAY.

  • November 2007 - Steep (movie): Glorifying risk taking? - TAY.
  • July 2007 - Dream Payoffs, Cache Withdrawls - TAY.
  • May 2007 - Artist Point with KIRO-TV - TAY.
  • July 2006 - Three Fingers lookout - TAY.
  • June 2006 - Timberline, Mount Hood (with Tom) - TAY.

  • June 2006 - Mount Rainier, Paradise to White River Traverse - TAY.
  • May 2006 - Strap-on climbing skins - TAY.
  • May 2006 - Silcox Hut, Mount Hood (with Tom) - TAY.
  • May 2006 - Mount Hood orbit on skis - TAY.
  • April 2006 - Crystal Mountain, Learning to Earn (Tom's first ski tour) - TAY.

  • March 2006 - Harts Pass and Gourlie cabin - TAY.
  • February 2006 - Hurricane Ridge Traverse - TAY.
  • October 2005 - Death of Carl Skoog - TAY.
  • May 2005 - Sinister and Dome Peaks - TAY.
  • May 2005 - Geschmozzel! at Camp Muir - TAY.

  • October 2004 - Muir by moonlight (lunar eclipse) - TAY.
  • January 2004 - Secret stashes, exploration, solitude, and more - TAY.
  • July 2003 - Three Fingers (Eastwood ski) - TAY.
  • June 2003 - Forbidden Peak, NW Face - TAY.
  • June 2003 - The Tahoma Traverse - TAY.

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