The Mountain Muir

Tag: backcountry-skiing

  • Bonneville Peak

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    Jonathan Muir
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    Bannock County, ID High Point – 1/18/2025 I heard an idea a while back. A podcaster was explaining why we should put ourselves into situations that make us suffer. The idea wasn’t “to make us stronger” or to “test our limits.” It was a little darker than that. The idea was that we should do…

  • Mount Wow- 2/10/2024

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    Jonathan Muir
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    The adventure up this Owen-Wilsonesque peak started about a year earlier in the spring of 2023 when, after a quick search through Turiano’s, “Teton Pass Backcountry Guide,” I found myself climbing Talbot’s ridge on a Saturday whim. Sitting alone on top of Talbot’s, I noticed what looked like a sloping ramp leading to a summit…