We have been on the road for about a month; though it feels much longer. In thinking up adjectives to describe the past month, I fail to find the ones that truly encompass the entirety of the experience. Exhilarating. Unsettling. Dreamy. Stunning. Expected. Unexpected. Cold. Annoying. Incredible. Fun. Exhilarating. Waterfall ice. There is so much […]
I love the Eagle Lake Buttress Traverse- but because it so easily lends itself to soloing, we’ve typically done it with large groups of friends who can all move together in a sociable pace. As the buttress melted out this year and I slowed down from the ski season, I began thinking about getting alpine […]
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 […]
By Bennett Chabot, SummitforDays team November in the Desert Call me uncreative, but I’m hard pressed to find a 4 day rock climbing trip in November that can beat Red Rock Canyon, NV. Although it became a marketing campaign this year to #OptOutside on the Thanksgiving weekend, it’s one I can support. And for a […]
