First Ascent athlete and grassroots splitboard hero Kyle Miller elevated his standing in the history of Northwest big-mountain riding by becoming the first ever to shred the full list of the Washington Nines.

Northwest splitboard hero Kyle Miller traversed the 24 miles from Paradise to Crystal Mountain and this is his unvarnished and completely inspiring report.

Seth Waterfall received a wintertime reminder of the intensity of Washington’s tallest peak while leading a skill-building Winter Expedition Skills Seminar on the mountain this month. This is his report from a midwinter week at 10,000 feet.

After the Revelstoke stop of the Freeskiing World Tour was officially in the books, what did underdog superfinalist and First Ascent athlete Lexi du Pont do?

Story by Kyle Miller; photos by Jason Hummel It all started with a forecast. If predicted correctly, we would get three days of sunshine and a shot at summiting and riding Glacier Peak.

First Ascent snowboarder Kyle Miller rides a 4,200-foot vertical, continuous couloir on Mt. Stuart — the second tallest non-volcanic peak in Washington State.

Story by Kyle Miller; photos by Jason Hummel The sky was grey with a cold, bitter wind as Jason Hummel and I loaded our bags on Lady of the Lake, a ferry that runs up and down Lake Chelan. Nestled deep in the North Cascades, Lake Chelan is a massive valley