Matt Ruta

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I’ve long admired the resumes and skills of guys like Andrew McNab, Marcus Waring and Ali Haeri. These are names that appear over and over in the Rockies and beyond, whether as first descentionists in mountaineering literature, guides accompanying well known pros and productions or just whispers around a campfire or at a ski town dive bar. So when all three of them invited me along on a trip into the Kinbasket… Read More

Several attempts and no success. That’s been the story of Pope’s peak and I over the years as I tried in vain to ski north couloir from the summit. The first time, Joel and I cleared the ice crux before heavy sloughing chased us back into the safety of the valley. The second time, we didn’t even make it up the fan before a surprise squall turned the slough taps on full… Read More