I did my first multi-day tour with SMG almost 7 years ago, which was Sawtooth’s traverse. Since then, I have done most of them (Palisades, Rock Creek to Mammoth, Ritter), except for the Bishop Skyline tour. This particular tour has been on my list for a very long time, but even attempting it requires exceptional…
It has been a weird season this year with regards to the snowfall in the Sierras and I haven’t been able to get much out in the Backcountry. This weekend however was dedicated to earning our turns and I had a blast doing so with my buddy Kyle. We decided to ski Carson peak on…
Early in the season, We were planning a trip to Alps for Haute route but the lack of snow in Alps plus the crazy storms in the Sierras made us abandon that plan and instead we signed up for this trip. Usually people do Rock creek to Mammoth in 3-5 days but this itinerary includes…
I had signed up for this awesome Palisades Crest tour which was scheduled for March but because of some issues we had to reschedule it to first week of May and since I couldn’t find anyone else to join me it was going to be a private 1 on 1 trip. It mean’t me shelling…
I had signed up for a 2 day private ski clinic with Howie, owner and lead guide of Sierra Mountain Guides a long time in advance and the goal was to get better at skiing steep terrain along with practicing some rope work, build anchors etc. We decided to meet at Mammoth Mountain around 9…
Mt Ritter has been on my list of peaks to ski for a really long time and as soon as I found out about the Ritter Range tour offered by Sierra Mountain Guides, this trip has been on my bucket list. I had signed up for this in October of last year and have been…
Last year I wanted to do more backcountry skiing but my injury and a low snow year dashed those hopes quickly but this year I was determined to get more backcountry exposure so I signed up for Sawtooth’s Traverse with SMG. Nicolas signed up with me to make the tour a certainty and we ended…
A couple of weeks have passed since I broke my leg and I can’t help but think that my injury is relatively minor. I did undergo a surgery but it was straight forward and I didn’t have any cast on my leg. Yesterday after a follow up visit to my orthopedic surgeon, who is awesome…
Ever since I started skiing 6 years ago, I have always dreaded getting injured. For some reason I felt that it was bound to happen to me, I rather not have it happen, but the thought of getting seriously injured has always been in back of my head. Specially since I started getting better at…