Date: February 24, 2019 Crew: Diana Anthony, Hannah Neville, Grant Oakley Location: Castle Peak, Donner Summit, CA "Well definitely don't come this way!" Introduction This post contains fewer pictures and more writing than usual because it covers an avalanche incident that caught a skier (me). For a few more details on the slide itself, you … Continue reading Lessons from Castle Peak →

Date: February 18, 2019 Skiers: Hannah Neville and Grant Oakley Location: Powderhouse, Lake Tahoe, CA As good as it gets February in California has been one for the meteorological record books, and the President's Day weekend storm cycle was no exception. As was the case nearly every weekend this month, the Sierras got hammered with … Continue reading Deep Powderhouse →

Dates: January 26 - February 3 Crew: Mom, Dad, Dillon Arey, Andrew Chin, Molly Crowther, Taylor Crowther, Hannah Neville, Thanh-Ha Nguyen, Grant Oakley Locations: Big Sky, MT and Jackson Hole, WY "Mmm...waffles..." This will be a slight change of pace from my normal posts, seeing as this ski trip was a bit more “frontcountry” than would … Continue reading Big Holes & Jackson Skies →

Dates: Jan 19-21, 2019 Crew: Diana Anthony, Dillon Arey, Hannah Neville, Grant Oakley, Hannah Neville, Kevin Shenk Area: Yosemite National Park, CA "Guys, I'm just hooked on fresh tracks and powder" Nothing says “Classic Sierra backcountry” like a trip to Ostrander Ski Hut. Built by the CCC in the late 1930’s, it was intended to … Continue reading Ostrander Ski Hut →

Date: January 13, 2019 Crew: Diana Anthony, Dillon Arey, Hannah Neville, Grant Oakley, Hannah Neville, Kevin Shenk Area: Deep Creek, Squaw/Alpine Zone, CA Party skiing! Fresh off a day of resort skiing at Squaw, the crew was ready to take on our first tour as a group. This would also serve as a gear check … Continue reading Deep Creek →

Date: August 25, 2018 Team: Diana Anthony, Dillon Arey, Hannah Neville, Grant Oakley, Hannah Neville, Kevin Shenk Leg 1: Trans Tenaya Swim Leg 2: Calorie Bombin’ Leg 3: Tenaya Peak, Northwest Buttress, 14(?) pitches, 5.5 "So how much daylight do we have left again?" I had hoped to write up something a bit more detailed, … Continue reading Team Tenaya Linkup →

Date: August 18, 2018 Climbing partner: Kevin Shenk Route: Miwok, Wawona Dome, Yosemite (5.6 G) "Adventure Climbing!!!" This battle cry would be heard many times that day. At times it would be yelled joyously. Other times it would be cried painfully to mask a new scrape or bruise. And on occasion it would be muttered … Continue reading Wawona Dome →

Introduction Dates: July 14-17, 2018 Distance: 73 miles Elevation: 24,000' up, 22,000' down Entrance: Crescent Meadow, Sequoia NP Exit: Whitney Portal Inspiration for the Trip I first heard of the High Sierra Trail while stopping to catch my breath near Trail Crest on my first trip up Mount Whitney in 2015. I was fresh off … Continue reading High Sierra Trail →

  The Trip Dates: July 5-7, 2018 Distance: 24 miles Elevation: Negligible 🙂 Entrance: Mattole Beach Exit: Black Sands Beach Crew: Casey Duncan, Trevor Lower, Hannah Neville, and yours truly California's Lost Coast is a remote region of ocean coastline several hours drive north of San Francisco. Its rugged terrain forced highway engineers to divert … Continue reading Lost Coast Trail →