Blog: View From The Ridge

Jeff skiing (photo by Ian Havlick) This winter I was invited on a Ski and Sail Trip in Norway's Arctic Circle. I hadn’t heard about this type of trip at the time—it's an adventure where...

Jenica Law (pictured wearing a Pursuit Hoodie) is a Mammoth Lakes-based multi-sport athlete who divides her free time between climbing, running, biking and skiing. Despite dealing with some injuries over the years, Jenica still manages...

Outside Magazine's Ultimate Mountain Athlete competition went off this past spring and we are stoked to announce that Ridge athlete and all around awesome human Molly Armanino won 1st place! Go, Molly, go!  The Ultimate Mountain Athlete...

Longtime Mammoth Lakes local Lindsey Jackson gets after it. We're always inspired by her adventures and love hearing how our gear works for her while she's out peak bagging, multi-pitch climbing, ridge scrambling and splitboarding.

ESAC Center Director and Lead Forecaster Steve Mace tests the snow for weak layers.  Did you know? Avalanche risk is at its greatest 24 hours following a snowfall of 12 inches or more. Mace hits...

Photo: Embry Rucker Jeremy McGhee is a trail runner at heart but says he missed his calling. When Jeremy was 25 years old, a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from his tenth thoracic vertebra (mid-abdomen) down. He...

Meet Kelly Halpin. If you haven't heard of this Jackson-based professional endurance athlete before, now's the time. In addition to being a ripping snowboarder and gracing last month's cover of Trail Runner Magazine, she's racked up quite a...

Nate Greenberg scopes out Z Couloir, Mt. Wood. Photo: Brett Lotz.  Nate Greenberg is the current president and one of the founders of the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center (ESAC), an online resource that reports snowpack and forecasts avalanche...

At 25, Elise Sterck has accomplished more than most people her age. After recently graduating from the University of Wyoming with two degrees - one in Geographic Information Systems and one in Environment and Natural Resources -...