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Growing up on the east coast, I’ve always felt a special affinity to the concept of a twelve month season. Back east it’s easy enough to get a 10 month season (October – July), as numerous July 4th weekend Tucks …

Kristin and I visited Porter for a week long tour of southern Utah. Along the way we saw many incredible sights, but perhaps among the most amazing was a narrow canyon near the Escalante National Monument that featured one of …

Joel Bettner is in town and he asked me to come along to film a ski day on Mt. Rainier with his friend Josh. After almost a year in Washington state, I still hadn’t been down to Rainier, so I …

Last week I got a phone call from Joel Bettner, a friend of Dwyer. He was visiting from Colorado and wanted to get up Baker. I checked the forecast and, to my surprise, it was calling for sun. I’m in. …

Pop quiz hot shot. What’s 6/2(1+2)? Is it 1, 9, 42, or something else?
Ok… clearly this is a PEMDAS challenge. Challenge accepted.
Now what do those letters stand for again? I think I remember. Powder, Eagles(Spread), Mountains, Deepness, Alta(I don’t …

I see the Twin Sisters range every clear day that I drive to work, it’s captivated my attention since I first moved to Washington. The Twins have a pretty horrible ski to approach ratio though, so Allen and I have …

Ben Peters smiles and removes his harness after a successful ski descent of Mt. Colden’s Trap Dike.

The six mile return journey to the car will go quickly today.

REWIND now many years. In some cheap motel in Lake Placid, NY during …

The Famous Internet Skiers are all about Earning Turns.  Sounds simple right?  Hike up and then ski down, right?  Well to the uninitiated–sure–that’s what the phrase “Earn Your Turns” means. And lest you think we’re trying to fool you, here at …

By now you’ve surely heard, seen, and hopefully skied the bounty from the Noreaster of October 2010. Lionel first predicted the storm over a week ago, and kept us up-to-date as the storm developed. Greg got out for some Snowbowl …

Ben was in town last week on his month long road trip around the country. Though is trip was primarily a climbing and biking one, he wanted to make use of our easy year round access to snow and get …

We have had our fair share of failed rock climbing attempts since moving to the PNW. There have been problems finding the trailhead, issues getting going in time, and one day we basically got burned off the rock by scorching …

One of the problems with having a job is that you’re supposed to go to it. Sometimes you get lucky and can sneak away when conditions warrant, but other times you can’t. Here at FIS we’ve been taking advantage of …

Well, Allen finally arrived in WA a few days ago, and in the hopes of getting him up something cool before he started to resent me for talking him into moving out here, I suggested we give Baker a shot. …

As a birthday present to you U.S.A. here’s a little report from February 4th, 2010; 5 months apart on calendar, but thousands of miles apart in season. A few are repeats from VTah IV, and the quick update that Ben …

It’s been a while since I’ve gone on a multiday backpacking trip. It’s not that I dislike backpacking, but somehow over the last few years whenever I’ve had a few days free in the summer I find myself rock climbing …

The other day I got a phone call:
“Hey Sam, it’s Drew Tabke, a friend and I are thinking of doing something on Baker tomorrow, you interested?”
“Sure, keep me posted”
A few hours later, I received a follow up phone call. Drew …

By Chester (Sam’s Dog)
After talking (and talking, and talking…..) about moving to Washington state. Sam finally decided to follow through. At the end of May, we crammed all of his possessions in his car and bid adieu to our friends …

Before we get to the weather I want to thank my Flyers for a great season. As I sit here this morning they are waking up for the first time in eight months without a game to look forward …

Greg started the SPA series off with a classic NH waltz.  Out west we’re going to do the same.  A walk close to the edge with exceptional valley vistas.  Still healing after my busted incident, this is a great warm up …

Welcome to summer and the new Summer Series here on FIS. Read on for our inaugural Summer Series Weekend Outlook. As you know I’m obsessed with winter weather. And while I love nothing more than nailing a winter …

I saw an inspiring video a few weeks ago (from: The Snaz):

Of course, as soon as I saw that, my buzz was killed when I learned a not so inspiring fact: the corporate decision making head of Killington Ski Resort …

TR: Shittadar Peak, Kullu Valley, India.
For what turned out to be our final ski objective in India, Amit, Allen, and I decided to go for a peak that would get us over 5000 meters. Amit was a little fixated on …

As most who follow this website regularly are aware, Allen and I have been in India for the last two months. As we’ve basically been using tin cans and string for internet, it’s been hard to go through the bandwidth …

Last week, the weather guys observed a sneaky band of lake effect snow sliding off Lake Ontario and into New England. Although it was not clear beforehand, this storm had the potential to deliver VTah Part III (remember Part I …

This fall, much to my chagrin, I’ve been a forty hour a week, working stiff like just about everyone else. This schedule, combined with one of the worst early seasons in recent memory has provided me frustratingly little opportunity to …

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