ice climbing

SnowBrains Podcast Ep. 63 | Christian Pondella – Senior Photographer at Powder Magazine, Adventure Photographer, Extreme Ski Mountaineer, and Ice Climber

This episode of the SnowBrains Podcast is brought to you by Club Med. On the second episode of Season 5 of The SnowBrains Podcast, Miles Clark sits down to talk with Mammoth-based adventure photographer and ski mountaineer Christian Pondella.  Christian Pondella is: a top adventure photographer a senior photographer at Powder Magazine a photographer published in: National Geographic Sports Illustrated […]
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What It’s Like to Climb the Kautz Route on Mt. Rainier, WA

Kautz route, Mt. Rainier.

The Kautz isn’t your standard mountaineering route. Especially on a low snow year like this. Early season the Kautz can be a walk up with snow covering the steepest part of the route. Sooner or later, this snow melts out and reveals the toughest part of the climb, the Ice Chute. When the chute is fully melted out, multiple pitches of alpine ice climbing are exposed and the Kautz becomes more difficult and more exciting to climb.
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Utah Backcountry Ski Report: Deep in Country Lane Chute, Little Cottonwood Canyon

The early season here in the Wasatch Mountains of Northern Utah has been STELLAR! The amount of backcountry pow the last month has been dreamy. In addition, Solitude, our first resort of the year is poised to open on the 8th. Things are going great here and now is one of the most exciting times to start picking off big lines. We are typically spoiled with superb access for all backcountry zones in our area so many times we are skinning from the car and skiing to the car. However early season poses some logistical challenges to add to the spice. […]
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