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Lee Lyon

Japan to Alaska: 2014 Season Review, Part 1

With my northern winter coming to a close, I thought it would be a good time to look back on what has been a pretty fun season for me. Bear with me here, this could take awhile. My winter actually kicked off with a trip to Thailand and Myanmar. While I do enjoy the occasional non-skiing adventure, it was hard to focus […]

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Lee Lyon | May 9, 2014
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Skiing in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca: Copa and Quitaraju

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This May and June I had the opportunity to join a trip to try and ski some high peaks in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. This report is from the third part of our trip: attempts to ski Nevado Copa and Quitaraju. Check out the first and second parts of our trip here: Quebrada Ishinca and Artesonraju.   Having been denied summits twice in a […]

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Lee Lyon | June 25, 2013
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Skiing in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca: Artesonraju (Paramount Peak)

This May and June I had the opportunity to join a trip to try and ski some high peaks in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. This report is from the second part of our trip: an attempt to ski Artesonraju. For the first part, our adventure into the Quebrada Ishinca, CLICK HERE.   After being thwarted on Tocllaraju, we retreated to Huaraz to […]

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Lee Lyon | June 19, 2013
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Skiing in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca: Urus, Ishinca and Tocllaraju | Photo Tour

This May and June I had the opportunity to join a trip to try and ski some high peaks in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. This report is from the first part of our trip: the journey from Switzerland to Huaraz Peru, and our adventure into the Quebrada Ishinca.   I entered this trip with some hesitation, for a couple of reasons. […]

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Lee Lyon | June 18, 2013
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Skiing Peru’s Cordillera Blanca: Video Reports from Urus, Ishinca, and Artesonraju

This May and June I had the opportunity to join a trip to try and ski some high peaks in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. This post gives a little taste of what we got up to. It features two videos: one from our acclimatization climbs on Urus Este and Ishinca, and one POV video from Artesonraju’s SE face.     Stay […]

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Lee Lyon | June 17, 2013
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Record Breaking Andorra Snow Makes Freeride Competition in the Pyrenees Highlight Worthy

(editors note:  Andorra was claiming the deepest snowpack on Earth in March at 20 feet deep.  Andorra is having their best snow winter in 20 years.  This makes for the best ever conditions at a Freeride competition in Andorra.) Many people will be surprised to discover that the Pyrenees have a strong, thriving freeride ski scene.  Don’t believe me? Take a […]

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Lee Lyon | April 18, 2013
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First Descent on Yosemite Peak in Grand Teton National Park

This video shows our buddies Dorian Densmore and Brandon Gust doing a traverse of the Tetons and doing a first descent of a couloir off of Yosemite Peak. Dorian put together a little trip report of the adventure on his blog. “Brandon n Dorian Traversed the Tetons and put down a new Yosemite ski root on the way. Classic.” -Greg […]

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Lee Lyon | April 16, 2013
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