Author: Matt Kinney

It’s a burden to carry a pack and gear while ski touring. My guide pack alone weighs about twenty-five pounds and along with my skis, skins and clothes, the weight adds up. But even though backcountry skiing requires some heavy lifting, the slow and quiet human-powered mountain travel has given me rewards beyond description. Here in Alaska, I’ve seen how […]

                  When I began Googling surfing earlier this year, there wasn’t much information available using the search terms “my age” and “surf lessons”, thus I had serious concerns about the wisdom of pursuing it.  Frankly, why punish myself?  But as with most of life’s adventures in learning, timing is everything.  This visit to the Hawaiian Islands would follow my ski […]

Town Mountain has a colorful history. The steep narrow ridge that dances to the summit from the green water tank has always enticed trouble. It’s not a mountain to be taken lightly. The Town Mountain Traverse, the recently popular skin trail that strikes up from town to the east through the lower cliff band and across Crooked Creek is steep […]