EISPIRATEN

In the winter, as the snow gets deeper, the trail gets harder to follow down lower on the mountain necessitating the straight up ascent further down. When the snow is fresh snowshoes are the preferred mode of travel and this is a really fun way to climb this mountain. As the snow thaws and freeze th...

I decided to head up BP via the main use trail (or whatever wasn't covered in snow) after a 6 month break from hiking because of an injury back in May. Basically it was time to get off my butt and get back to doing what I love. Got an 7:30ish start and was fortunate to meet a couple of great guys in...

This site is pretty cool. It has a lot of good ideas for exercise programs and training exercises for mountain athletes. Though, I think some of the sets consist of too many reps. I am not a fan of lunges, In some of the videos it looks like those people are going to break their legs. http://www.mt...

Thanks so much for sharing such a cool adventure! The pics are spectacular. Such a change from I was on BP on 1/22 when the snow had undergone quite a bit of freeze/thaw so we got slush in the sun and ice in the shade. I am amazed (and delighted) how long Baden-Powell holds snow every year. It may n...