Blizzard in the Bozone – 1/22-24
El Nino has not been very kind to the Bridgers this season. However, after a two week drought and some really crappy skiing, we finally got some snow this last weekend. Alot of it, actually. Friday, January 22 We got our 1-2″ overnight, and it was snowing lightly all day. Nothing really worth mentioning, but [...]
Slushmans
Tucker and I rented beacons, probes, and shovels today and headed up to Bridger for our first Slushman’s run of the season. Slushman’s is the new chair (formerly the Peruvian Lift at Alta) that Bridger installed last season to the south of Pierre’s Knob. It accesses some great, un-demarcated, patrolled terrain. Beacons are required to [...]
Yellowstone National Park
My father and I spent the weekend of November 14-16 at Yellowstone National Park. During the winter (pretty much after late October) the only entrance to the park that is open is the Northern entrance in Gardiner, MT. All the roads in the park are closed, except for the road that runs from Mammoth Hot [...]
Hiking Around Sacagawea
Veteran’s Day my father and I had another assault on Sacagawea planned. The first trip up got stuck on the road up to the mountain. Literally. This second trip, we parked the car before we got stuck, and hiked up to the Fairy Lake trailhead. We decided, given the snow depth, that we didn’t have [...]
Layer Masks
Fed up with Photomerge and Hugin’s inability to accurately merge my action mosaics together, I finally tried working it out manually with layer masks. It actually worked out way better. I have so much more (read: total) control over how the images are blended together and how they are aligned. I still have a long [...]
Powder Day! – October 29, 2009
What a difference two weeks makes. We did things much smarter this time. A storm rolled in Tuesday and lasted all night, leaving us with about 6″ of snow here on campus in Bozeman and an unknown amount in the mountains. Everything looked white though. We left campus around 7:30 and were hiking at 8:00. [...]
Day 1 at Bridger Bowl
My alarm rang at 7:36 this morning. I dragged myself out of bed, angry and confused at why I was awake so early. And then I remembered…I was going skiing! Adam and I loaded the car, the smell of the fresh wax on the skis lingering in the air. I settled in to the driver’s [...]
Chimney Sweep
I filmed and edited this movie together after the Backcountry Agenda 2008 Tuckerman’s Ravine weekend. Chimney Sweep from David Howland on Vimeo.
Bridger Ridge Hike
Facing a rather desolate and gloomy week (Lab on Wednesday, classes until 9pm on Thursday with a bonus Economics midterm thrown in for fun) I decided to blow off studying and packing and go for a hike. My goal was 8914′ Baldy Mountain, the first mountain visible along the Bridger Range from Bozeman. The trail [...]
First Snow! – September 30, 2009
I woke up this morning to pounding snow outside. Sure, it was 37 degrees and the snow was melting right off the roads, but it was still snowing! And it has been, in various intensities and qualities, all day. Even a fainting spell after a knee-tap didn’t blunt my pure joy at seeing flakes fall. [...]
A Powder Week at Bolton Valley – Day 1
This trip turned up completely by surprise when my friend Matt called me Monday morning to say that his friend had gotten sick and that he had an extra spot open in his car. His plan was to drive up to Williston, VT and spend the night at the Holiday Inn. Overnight guests supposedly got [...]
