June Lake and Lee Vining Ice, Feb 2012

June Lake Road Side Ice

The Road Side ice was quite good this year.

Lee Vining, Main Wall Ice

The belay cave on the Chouinard Falls.

Lee Vining Ice with Ed Escoto, Feb 2012

This year the ice on the Chouinard Falls had a most interesting belay cave

There was less ice than normal but very good qualitie.

Ed making it look nice.

Tuolumne Meadows, climbing on Lembert Dome July 2011

Dave Lane and Bill Russel on "Cry in Time Again"

Bill Russel

Dave nears the last below

Dave Lane at the last below

Ouray Ice Climbing, Jan. 2011

The annual trip to Ouray Ice Festival with Mark, Chris, and Marty
















Val and Stacy Pilsbury, first time ice climbers enjoy a break from the climbing, and enjoy a walk through
the Ouray Ice Park.


















Another view in the Ouray Ice Park, beautiful ice everywhere.















A slack liner balances across the 50 meter gorge during the Ice Festival.















Mark Stepovich belays Chris Mahr.
















Chris on the left, Marty on the right goes after a mixed route up to the hanging pillar.

Feather Peak Coulior

August 2010 ice in the Eastern High Sierra














The gorgeous Royce Lakes Basin below Feather Peak.
















Chris Kulp approaching the coulior

















Up the snow and onto the ice, it was in great conditions this last August.















The beautiful sweep of the Feather Peak Coulior drops below the heels of Chris.
















Nearing the top, swing to tool, kick the feet, repeat....

The Alps, August 2010, with Gary Arce

Gary and I met in Zermatt, Switzerland to begin our climbs of the Matterhorn, and Mont Blanc.
The Mountain Guide.

















Gary on the Breithorn, a warm up outing prior to the Matterhorn.
















The Briethorn has some stimulating snow, ice, and rock climbing, occasionally on very narrow ridges.
















Gary and Doug with the iconic Matterhorn behind, viewed from Zermatt.















The local music festival features the Alpshorn quartet.
















Gary Arce on the summit of the Matterhorn with "Saint Bernard" watching over the climbers below.















Doug on the summit of Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France
















Gary nearing the end of a 14 hour day as we descend from Mont Blanc

French and Swiss Alps, 2010

Summer 2010 saw us on Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, and a attempt on the Eiger
The Mountain Guide travels to Europe.

Keith Bortle and I had a great time in the Alps this season, with beautiful peaks, nice people, and the Euro not in our favor.















Stepping out on the glacier above Chamonix, France Keith and I join a few of our friends for
a little glacier stroll.















Keith follows a pitch on the Cosmique Arete, a wonderful mixed route that end at the cable car station.














Keith and I cross the glacier towards Mont Blanc (15,781') as we start what will become an 18hr. day climbing
over Mont Blanc du Tacul, Mont Maudit, and then to the summit of Mont Blanc.














Keith nearing the summit of Maudit. We had the route to ourselves that day, a very rare treat. BUT, we had to pay
for that treat with some deep snow trailbreaking.














Doug on Mont Maudit with extraordinary mountain scenery all around.



















Descending the Monch, a moderate outing near the Eiger in Grindlewald, Switzerland