– Goethe

Welcome to Alpine Ambition blog, my name is Kevin Landolt; I’m twenty-one years old and live in Fort Collins, CO. I’m an avid climber and backcountry skier pursuing a career in mountain-guiding and climbing/ski instruction. The purpose of this blog is to document that process as well as to share thoughts on training, climbing, skiing, and life in general. It is also a top priority of mine to share weekly conditions updates for Cameron Pass. I have been blogging since early last summer. Feel free to check out my old blog at alpineambitionblog.blogspot.com.

Skiing along the ridge towards Mt. Mahler

My lone tracks off the ridge E. of Seven Utes

The past couple of weeks have afforded me some incredible ski-tours in the Never Summers. I’ve been touring here since I was old enough to drive and I’m always psyched on the place. Lately I’ve gotten really excited about pushing longer trips into some of the more remote drainages along the Divide. While the usual Diamond Peaks, Montgomery Pass, Seven Utes, Lake Agnes area, etc… are all great destinations that offer good skiing, studying the RMNP border area on the map has me amped on longer, more committing tours. Snow-caves and heavy packs anyone?

Here in town I’ve been training pretty hard at the gym. You can expect from me a fair bit of splatter about “training”. I dig it. More in an armchair athlete sort of way, but I still try to remain disciplined and stay fit even when I can’t find a climbing partner (usually) and end up punting around on skis or going for a trail-run. I think reading and re-reading Kiss or Kill is what did it. Anyway, happy new year everyone. Talk to you soon.

Campusing with the tools