In Season 1 Episode 2, Stormriders follows climber and skier Christian Beckwith. A longtime alpinist, Beckwith’s passion for ski mountaineering grows with each passing winter, but increasing responsibilities on the homefront coupled with the advance of time beg a simple question: Is it worth it?

For the anniversary of Adam’s passing this year, a group of friends honored him on a trip to the Bill Putnam Fairy Meadow Hut run by the Alpine Club of Canada, the trip that never was the year before because of Adam’s death.

We had come to Newfoundland in search of legendary frozen waterfalls to climb, but doubts and fears had begun to creep in.

For ski touring, Rogers Pass in the Selkirk Mountains is the number one place I go to play when I have some time off. This time, I got to share the experience with a client of mine, Andrew, from Alta, Utah.

Day One: Fresh tracks on Video Peak
The first day, we skinned up at the front [...]

“In the mountains you are sometimes invited, sometimes tolerated and sometimes told to go home,” wrote Fred Beckey in Challenge of the North Cascades.

When I try to explain mixed climbing to people, they usually look at me strangely. They see all my fancy spikes and crampons and ask if I’m going ice climbing. I answer, “Yes—sort of.”