Author: Patrick Fink

Born in Chicago, Transplanted to the West, Trained in the Mountains. Author of MountainLessons.com

Mountain Biking, Racing

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Ring of Fire 2023

A quick administrative note: I’ve migrated this site to a different host and there have been some changes to the theme and page...

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Mountain Biking

White Rim in a Day

Over the last few years I became increasingly interested in the White Rim route as a day effort. This 4×4 road loop in Canyonlands...

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Skiing

Coming Back

It’s been quite some time since I’ve posted anything here. Life, work, training, COVID, and many other things have gotten in...

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Mountain Biking

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San Rafael Swell Night Out

We’re bad Utahns. We don’t follow the usual patterns of a Salt Lake adventure-bro. The adventure-bro is more migratory, in part...

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Adventures, Travel, & Writing, Mountain Biking, Routes

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Western Uintas Bikepacking

This past Spring, I joined the hipsters and bought a gravel bike, and it has led to no end of trouble. Obscure riding routes, kitschy and...

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Skiing

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Monte Cristo Gully

There are a few classic lines that I want to tie up this Spring. But this Spring is different and there’s no such thing as plans any...

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Skiing

A few Spring lines

It seems almost frivolous to be writing about skiing when the COVID-19 epidemic is weighing so heavily on my mind, but I also think...

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Skiing

Powerhouse Couloir

Stairs Plant, Generator Couloir (left), Powerhouse Couloir (middle), and Substation (right). After a great morning of low-elevation couloir...

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Skiing

Little Cottonwood Secrets

Jbo is a reliable ski partner, provided that you can get your ski mission done before 11 am on any given day, when he needs to get back to...

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Skiing

East Face of Twin

Just a quick entry with some recent action. Took a visiting medical school friend Nick out for his first ever backcountry tour. It was a...

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