Cody Feuz
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Turns All Year (The Unapproved Quest)
Chasing dreams is a great thing to do! But before you go sprinting out the door ya might want to make sure that you’ve properly communicated said dreams with your spouse. This is the story of the unapproved quest to chase turns all year. Table of Contents Video Highlights – 12 months packed into 5 …
Hi-Adventure for Mobile Devices
If you prefer to surf the interweb with your smart phone, and you have tried to browse the hi-adventure site with one of these devices, it has probably not been an optimal experience. OK, let’s be honest here. It has totally SUCKED! But as of today, the suckiness (OK, I know that isn’t really a …
Oregon Coast Escape
Not all of my adventures involve snow – and that is a good thing! OK, here’s is the deal. My wife has been saying that each of these ski mountaineering trips that I have been going on requires some “beach time”. Now it is important to note that fortunately, in her case, “beach” doesn’t necessarily …
Heaven and Hell in the Tetons
This little adventure was my October session of Turns All Year, (the unapproved pursuit of skiing every month of the year). I refer to this as “unapproved” in reference to Ann’s attitude towards this latest installment of my ongoing insanity. I was getting nervous about this trip actually coming to fruition, due to the fact …
Middle Teton Cave Couloir
As I was ascending the Cave Couloir on September 1st, it became obvious to me that the descent was not going to be easy. There were two technical issues that I was dealing with to figure out how best to approach the descent; First, I noticed that the runnels were getting pretty deep and went …
Climbing the South Teton
As is often the case with me, my plans always start out more grandiose than what actually transpires. This climb was going to be a combo climb of both the South and Middle in the same day. This is a fairly common climb that a lot of people do and it is still “on my …
Tetons and the Turns All Year Club
As a rule, I rarely venture out into the mountains solo. Almost all of these ski mountaineering and climbing adventures that I do are with one or more partners. It is fun to share the experience with others, it fosters teamwork and it definitely provides an added layer of security in case of injury. However, …
Summer Skiing in the Sawtooth Range
The mission to ski all 12 months in 2014 is continuing with fantastic trips each month. July was no exception! Based on some expert advice from Sara Lundy of Sawtooth Mountain Guides, we set our sights on the basin above Hell Roaring Lake that is guarded by the Finger of Fate. We overnighted at the …
Burning Daylight
In one of John Wayne’s last films, “The Cowboys”, he is on a cattle drive with a bunch of kids. There is a scene where it is zero-dark-thirty on one of the first mornings of the drive. He comes along with his booming, drawling voice and tells them all to roll their sorry butts out …
Rolling with the Flow
Dawn is breaking here on Lick Creek Road, just north of Slide Rock. We are parked at a snow bank across the road that is too much for the Jetta to handle, and there is a slight problem. The snow on the road, left over from avalanche debris this winter, is really about as much …
Mount Saint Johns (The Bad & Ugly)
Last year I posted a trip report named “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”. This aptly represented the snow conditions that day as we skied some lines in Garnet Canyon. This trip report is simply titled “The Bad and the Ugly”. Before I go in to all of the details of this great adventure, …
Skiing Peak 9529 in the Soldier Mountain Backcountry
The original plan for this weekend was to head for the Lost Rivers with a group from Boise and make attempts on Donaldson, Breitenbach or Lost River Peak. The weather didn’t really cooperate and we decided to all pursue our own backup plans. For Greg and I it was the backcountry above Soldier Mountain Ski …
Chasing the Storms – A Trip to Jackson Hole
Everyday for the month of February Jackson Hole was tormenting us with their Facebook posts of storm after storm pounding the resort. Finally we caved in; jumped online to reload the J-card, called my aunt in Wilson and made plans to head for JH!!! The plan was drive over and see my parents Saturday/Sunday and …
Powder on Mores Mountain
With the dangerous avalanche conditions in many popular back country areas, we dialed it back this weekend and chose some mellow terrain just outside the Bogus Basin ski area boundary. Mores Mountain has some great skiing with some low risk options. This is only about a 30-45 minute skin from the OB gate. We had …
JH and GTNP in a Weekend
If you love powder, steeps and skiing Jackson Hole, this may bring on fits of jealousy. We just spent a fabulous two days skiing JH and doing a backcountry ski outing in Grand Teton National Park. Day one was spent with my wife, Ann and daughter, Rachel. It was almost a bluebird day with a …
