by Ethan Berman | Sep 30, 2018 | Blog
Below is an article I wrote for the Mazamas, who helped make this trip possible through their Alpine Adventure Expedition Grant. A huge thanks as well to the American Alpine Club Live Your Dream Grant and Alpine Ascents International for their support. For a nice...
by Ethan Berman | Jun 21, 2018 | Blog
A slow morning at Beauty Creek Hostel… lots of coffee, eggs, juice, reading, and good chatter with Jimmy. Feeling a bit more energized today, after a full day for recovery yesterday. On Saturday, May 12, we climbed the Grand Central Couloir on Mount Kitchener. What a...
by Ethan Berman | Feb 12, 2018 | Blog
As Climbed: [WI4, M5, A1] I had a great weekend out in the Duffy on Feb 3-4, 2018 with Artem and Nic. Although temps were uncomfortably warm, we managed to climb Shreddie (WI5+) and Closet Secrets (WI4) on saturday, which are both awesome lines. We got absolutely...
by Ethan Berman | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog
Out of nowhere, summer in the PNW set in with an almost cathartic force. The weather has been incredibly clear, hot, and stable, which has proven good for climbing but terrible for the environment (BC is in the midst of one of the worst wildfire emergencies in...
by Ethan Berman | Jun 9, 2017 | Blog
As Climbed: [III, 50°, AI3+] Mt. Baker is notorious for having terrible weather and copious amounts of snow. With a decent weather forecast and hopes of good conditions following a short cold spell Josh Zahl and I set out to climb the North Ridge over the weekend of...
by Ethan Berman | May 31, 2017 | Blog
As climbed: [III, 60°, 5.6] With bluebird weather in the forecast, Artem and I set out to climb Mt. Redoubt over the weekend of May 27-28. Given the spring conditions and big snowpack, we opted to carry skis with hopes of climbing the NE face and skiing the normal...
by Ethan Berman | Apr 23, 2017 | Blog
After some misconstrued plans over the weekend of April 1-2nd I decided to take advantage of the good weather on April 3rd and climb Sky Pilot in winter conditions. I started walking from km 5 on the FSR at 3:30 AM to try and climb with the best snow conditions...
