Trans-Sierra Ski Tour, March 2010

Bill Becher, writer for the New York Times, and Larry Baugher enjoy winter conditions across Tioga Lake


















Winter Conditions ? Glad we were reminded ! As if the single digit temps at night didn't.















Bill and Larry ski past Pywiack Dome, Tuolumne Meadows

















Skinning up the south side of Mount Watkins prior to a great descent

Lee Vining, THE BARD IS BACK ! March 2010

March Stepovich on Hobnail Boots
















Hobnail Boots, Pitch 3














Hobnail Boots, crux pitch, a very cool runnel


Mark Stepovich

The Black Dike, New Hampshire

The Black Dike, The North East's classic alpine ice route. A great day out with Jerry Gale

The Mountain Guide

The route was a little bony as NH had 3" of

rain last month that affected allot of the

ice routes

Jerry on pitch 2, the crux.

Pitch 3 actually had ice to climb, nice....

Jerry Gale and I at the top of the route, it was truly an alpine day with

poor visibility, strong winds and spindrift.

Couldn't be a better alpine day !

New Hampshire Ice test pieces, Repentence & Remission, Feb 2010

The NE classic hard ice routes, Repentence

and Remission at Cathedral, North Conway,

New Hampshire. The Mountain Guide

The 1st pitch of Repentence

in very good conditions. Doug Nidever

and Art Mooney & Dale Remsberg and

Marc Chauvin paired up to climb

this classic Feb. 9

Eric on pitch 1 of Remission

in thin conditions. As we climbed this

route we stood in awe of Steve House

having just soloed it.

Eric, pitch 2, Remission.

The 3rd pitch climb a very cool chimney

with a squeezy finish.

Lake Willoughby Ice Climbing, Feb. 2010

The American Mountain Guides Association

instructors gather at Lake Willoughby to

develop an ice climbing component to the

Alpine Guides Courses. The Mountain Guide.

Dale Remsberg, Marc Chauvin, and Art Mooney

prepping to climb 20 Below Gully

Allot of ropes, but Dale keeps it clean and organized.

Art and Marc follow the WI 4 crux

Art at belay stance, Crazy Diamond

Marc on the final steep pitch of

Crazy Diamond

The Best of Lee Vining Canyon Ice Climbing

Lee Vining Canyon at it's best. A day with Mark Stepovich

on Heel Toe (left hand finish) The Mountain Guide

Mark Stepovich on the pillar of pitch 2

Doug Nidever leading the pillar on pitch 2

Mark on Pitch 3 (left hand finish)

Mark on cool off balance runnel on pitch 1

Doug leading pitch 2 on Spiral Staircase

Ouray Ice Climbing, Jan. 2010

The annual trip to Ouray is always: good friends, good ice

and a great time. The Mountain Guide

The Boys, Chris, Marty, Mark at

Horsetail Falls, Ouray, CO

Mark and Chris, end of pitch 1

Mark on the Ames Ice Hose, pitch 3