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A Volcano Tour Update

Glen Poulsen Volcano tour cooper spur mt hood

Sierra Slayer Glen Poulsen and friends joined the Volcano Tour for a couple of days, including this one on Mt. Hood's Cooper Spur.

What an incredible trip this has been.

Since joining Chris Davenport and friends on the Spyder Volcano Tour last weekend we’ve skied Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, and Mt. St. Helens. We’ve caught up with old friends, met loads of new ones, toured parts of the Northwest we’ve never been to before, and had awesome skiing in near-perfect weather. Christy and I couldn’t be more impressed with the effort by Dav and Jess McMillan, and the huge support behind them, particularly Spyder and Whole Foods. read more>>>

And we’re off, again

The Spyder Volcano Tour bus

The Spyder Volcano Tour land yacht, our home for the next week.

It’s a quick turnaround. Since returning from Canada earlier this week, Christy’s bags pretty much remained packed– with only the clothes that needed a visit to the laundry room having been pulled out and since put back clean.

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Fairy Meadow – 2nd set

Sean, Friendship Col, opens the second set here.

Here are a few more from the week. read more>>>

Fairy Meadow – 1st set

Fairy meadow freindship col

Bianca, from Quebec, charges down from Friendship Col.

Everyone who ever told me that Fairy Meadow was a “must-do” was right. The place rocks. Joey, Sean, Brad Buyers, Christy, and I joined a group of 12 Canadians (including Greg Franson and Jesse Berg from our Bugs to Rogers Traverse last year) for a week up at the hut in the Adamant Mountains. We finally got a bit of the skiing we missed out on in Aspen this year.

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A Wapta Whiteout

Bow Hut

A rare break in the morning clouds above the Bow Hut afforded the rare view we sought.

Canadians call it clag. Fortunately for Coloradans, a high treeline and lack of glaciers prevent whiteout conditions from being an issue much of the time. But on a recent trip to the Icefields in the Canadian Rockies, we got a good taste of what claggy weather is all about. read more>>>

Heading Out

It’s time for some spring adventures. We’re off to Canada again.

Wapta map

The map and route of the Wapta Traverse.

Sean and I are doing the Wapta Traverse, a hut-to-hut ski tour similar in style to Europe’s Haute Route. read more>>>