Ever since reading Leor Pantilat’s post about his Desolation Seven summits traverse I’ve wanted to the traverse the Crystal Range (Pyramid, Agassiz, Price) and the nearby peaks- and since getting into skimo, I’ve wanted to backcountry ski the route in winter. With corn season coming together and a good weather window between storms, I was itching […]
Despite its incredible quality, the Eagle Buttress Traverse remains a little-known route… and there’s no record of it being completed in winter. So here we go, First Internet Winter Ascent (FIWA). While Bennett, Ben, and I skied Deadwood Peak, Galina and Pat had attempted to make a winter ascent of the north ridge traverse on […]
You’ll never see Deadwood Peak from a car, and unless you’ve spent a lot of time in the Tahoe backcountry, you probably don’t even know that it exists. There are no trip reports, no maps, no guides to skiing Deadwood… until now. First Internet Descent. South of Carson Pass, Roundtop peak calls your attention, with jutting […]
