The High Route Podcast

Mar 26 2025 26 ep. 59 mins 12
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The High Route Podcast: explore the world of human powered backcountry travel involving turns on snow.

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Backcountry Business with Cripple Creek Backcountry’s Doug Stenclik

Mar 26 2025 58 mins  
For those of you keen on backcountry skiing podcasts, you will hear a familiar voice on this episoide. Doug Stenclik is our guest—he’s part owner of Cripple Creek Backcountry and the host of Totally Deep, Cripple Creek’s podcast. The past several years have seen a topsy-turvy world generally and a boom-bust cycle regarding backcountry skiing/riding business. Stenclik offers i

See You Tomorrow: Author Jeremy Evans on Snowboarder Marco Siffredi

Mar 13 2025 63 mins  
Before we roll into this episode full steam, here’s some basic information: this interview was recorded in the fall of 2023. That was when a group from the US, including Jimmy Chin and Jim Morrison, planned to approach Mount Everest’s north side to attempt to ski the Hornbein Couloir. The project was part of a larger documentary project. This past fall, in 2024, that team made

Her Own Style: Hadley Hammer

Feb 17 2025 62 mins  
Retirement. It is a word with notes of one chapter solidly shutting down and, with good fortune, another opening up—a transition in chapters we expect to manifest later in life. Hadley Hammer, in her late thirties, is in such a transition. Hammer sent out a notice today, Feb. 17th, marking her retirement from performance skiing. In other words, from being a pro skier. In her reti

In the Steeps with Vivian Bruchez

Feb 04 2025 62 mins  
Sometimes, the eyes go wide, the mind quiets and thoughts turn to the realization that you might be watching mastery. Chamonix-based skier, Vivian Bruchez illicites these expressions. For some time now, he has captured the imaginations of steep-skiing fans. Many skiers and riders open new lines, climb, and descend in good style: they break on through a mental, physical, or terrain

On Mapping and Ski Atlases with Andy Sovick

Jan 28 2025 34 mins  
On this episode of The High Route Podcast, we do some exploring with Andy Sovick. If you are unfamiliar with Sovick, he is the humble founder of Beacon Guidebooks. Several years ago, Beacon released a few high-quality ski atlases that generated some buzz. The business has grown, yet the company remains dedicated to core values that promote safety while providing ski-run information

Picture Show with Drew Smith

Dec 30 2024 45 mins  
One of the best parts of liking to ask questions and running The High Route is the opportunity to speak to folks we admire and want to learn from. With this in mind, photographer Drew Smith is the guest on this episode. Smith’s work spans the spectrum from outdoor-related commercial work to full-value expedition photography. We are drawn to his images for many reasons. First and

Resurrecting Summit Journal with Michael Levy

Dec 18 2024 51 mins  
It has been more than a minute since our last episode. Over here at The High Route, there has been a bit of burying our heads in the sand as we focus on sending out our final proofs for our print version of The High Route. In the spirit of print, we have Michael Levy as our guest on the podcast. Levy is the driving force behind the resurrection of Summit Journal—an esteemed print

Moving Through Mountains and Life with Mali Noyes

Oct 30 2024 65 mins  
The first snows have fallen. And if the local webcams have anything to say about it, it might as well be winter. Snow sliding and keeping bases intact—that's another story. The story today, on The High Route podcast comes from Salt Lake based Mali Noyes. Let's see where to begin.Catching up with Noyes is, and was, part of the problem. Not unlike many of us, she is busy. She is al

The Steeps and Slogs Episode with Aurel Lardy

Oct 14 2024 52 mins  
Bonjour listeners of The High Route Podcast. On this steeps and slogs episode, we feature Aurélien Lardy. Good energy and ceaseless energy are two key qualities for those making a life for themselves in the hills. Aurélien Lardy, a prolific ski mountaineer based out of Chamonix, has been on a tear for the past few years. If first descents or rare repeats are a benchmark, Lardy, w

Avalanche Dreams with Lou Dawson

Sep 30 2024 62 mins  
In this episode of The High Route Podcast, we speak with Lou Dawson. As much as anyone in North American ski mountaineering, Dawson has been a cornerstone of the sport and the broader culture. Last spring, he released his memoir, Avalanche Dreams. Already reviewed on the site, here's what our writer Alex Lee had to say:Lou Dawson, pioneering American ski mountaineer, climber, and w