Outside online recently featured First Ascent in two great gear reviews. The Peak XV Down Jacket was highlighted in the Winter Buyer’s Guide and Sam Moulton, from The Outside Blog, named the Downlight Sweater the best down jacket in Gear Hall of Fame: The Top 10 Winter Products. Check out what the experts had to [...]
By Reggie Crist
Following eight days and more than 10 feet of new snow, the skies finally parted for our first “blue bird” day in Haines. The early morning pink light instantly generates enough ambient heat to evaporate the remaining layer of low-lying clouds. Rainbow Peak stands proud above town as we begin our 7:00 a.m. [...]
By Zach Crist
Although we’ve had a few great days of skiing in the last week, we haven’t had much in the way of sunshine to document the magic of Haines the way it deserves. With more than 10 feet of new snow in the high country and a strong likelihood of widespread blower conditions, it [...]
Last week Neil Fiske, Eddie Bauer CEO, flew up to Alaska to check in with First Ascent ski guides Reggie and Zach Crist, hard at work finalizing the new FA ski gear. Haines offers some of the most epic backcountry ascents and heli-skiing in the world and is the perfect location for the final round [...]
The Crist brothers are in Haines, Alaska in pursuit of big mountain skiing, and to welcome Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures, or SEABA, to the First Ascent family. Putting the guide built philosophy to work, First Ascent has outfitted the entire SEABA heli and cat-skiing guide team in our new ski gear (due in stores this [...]
Outside readers entered the Expedition of a Lifetime contest to win a five-day climbing expedition of Mt. Rainier with legendary guides, Ed Viesturs and Peter Whittaker plus First Ascent gear. Entrants were required to submit a 250-word, adventure resume, a 300-500 word essay describing why they qualify for the expedition of a lifetime, and a [...]
By Zach Crist
No ski season would be complete for First Ascent guides and brothers, Reggie and Zach Crist, without a trip up north to Alaska. Follow the Born Out There Blog over the coming weeks as the Crists and the rest of the First Ascent crew share what it’s like to test gear in some [...]
First Ascent’s guide-built philosophy means that each of our products must be tested in the most extreme outdoor conditions. For the upcoming First Ascent ski collection, we knew that meant we needed to get our ski guides, Reggie and Zach Crist, out on the road to chase down this season’s biggest storms. It just made [...]
By Melissa Arnot
I have become very interested in the Ecuadorian history of the Inca Highway recently. As we board a short flight south to Cuenca, I know that I will learn so much about it in the next few days. Our local guide meets us, here to help us understand more about the local culture [...]
By Melissa Arnot
The alarm beeping alerted me that it was now midnight – time to get up and start the hot water. I wake up Jeff (though he assures me he never really slept). As I peek outside, I can see the city of Quito far below us as well as the infinite universe above [...]
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