Morgan Phillips

I have to be honest, I never was into snowshoeing. I always opted for my splitboard and skins when it came to exploring the backcountry of the Pacific Northwest because I do love a fast decent down the mountain. Last spring, I tried snowshoeing for the first time and it definitely opened my eyes to a different way to travel in deep snow. I found the slow travel of the snowshoe allowed me to take in the epic vistas that surrounded me and invoked a level of appreciation I hadn’t had in the past. @backcountry has all the equipment I needed to get up the mountain and take it all in. The Tubbs VRT snowshoe had amazing review and let me tell you it didn’t disappoint. My go to outerwear is always Arcteryx with the proven track record of making some of the most versatile and reputable clothes money can buy. So get out there and explore the slow way….but its never a bad thing to take a couple laps on a splitboard as well! #backcountrypartner

Found a fun spot to camp with the @storytelleroverland, something about heading up a forest road and being able to stop and set up camp is just perfect. @avcal and I are really loving this van. I found this spot using google earth, part of the fun is looking for spots and making it happen!

Hi, I think I’ll start posting more again! Is anyone still out there? #visualscollective #thegreatoutdoors #ourcamplife #mountainlife #ourplanetdaily #artofvisuals #wildernessculture #beautifuldestinations #Roamtheplanet #discoverearth #stayandwander #wildernessnation #wildernesstones #earthhotspots #vsco #visualsofearth #pnwonderland #backcountry #theoutbound

Hey y’all I hope you like climbing content because I feel that’s all I have taken photos of in recent times. Here are some pictures of me by @kuoseph 1: Hagakure, did not send…yet. 2: Kobe Tai, did send…yay. I am making a commitment to myself to take more photos that aren’t work related and share them with y’all. Hold me to it!

Hopefully my winter this year looks a lot like this. #visualscollective #thegreatoutdoors #ourcamplife #mountainlife #ourplanetdaily #artofvisuals #wildernessculture #beautifuldestinations #Roamtheplanet #discoverearth #stayandwander #wildernessnation #wildernesstones #earthhotspots #vsco #visualsofearth #pnwonderland #backcountry #theoutbound

I love that we can add music to posts now, nothing captures the feeling of a moment like a good song. I feel I spend more time picking music than editing now. #landscape #yosemite #sunset #haze

Can you see him? I’ll be honest, I certainly couldn’t at first glance. He was just posted up taking a midday break in Glacier National Park. Am I the only one person jealous of his noon nap? #gnp #glaciernationalpark #bighornsheep #wildanimals #wildlifephotography #wildlife #landscape

We went up to one of our favorite lookouts to camp and found ourselves staring at the magnificent view. On a side note, the 70-200mm lens I used was quite hard to hold with a broken clavicle. It’s been a few weeks since I took this photo, I am glad I have been healing up nicely so I can hold a camera again.

After a long day out on the trails, Huck and I need to recover.  I find one of the best ways to do that is sit on the couch and hope my aching bones feel better the next day. Huck definitely has it better!  He gets to sit on his brand-new recovery zone dog bed by @Orvis. This bed is specially formulated to help dogs recover faster and better. It does this with specially designed memory foam that both decreases pressure on joints and  regulates temperature for dogs. It definitely works because Huck is ready to go the next day and I'm just sitting here icing my joints. Honestly, I think about curling up in the fetal position on it all the time. #OrvisRecoveryZone #ad

Mountain biking has to be one of Huck’s and my favorite things to do, which means we get out as much as we can around our PNW Hhome. A long day on the trails can be quite exhausting for me and Huck, so when we come home, we need to relax.

I pop open a mineral water, sit on the couch, and let my old man joints take a break. Huck gets to use his brand-new RecoveryZone dog bed by @Orvis. It was three years in the making and specially designed to help dogs recover better and faster.  You might even say he has it better than me, because the next day he is ready to go! While I’m sitting here, still aching. #OrvisRecoveryZone #ad

Some of the best trips I have taken are ones that I didn’t know what to expect . Oaxaca, MX was definitely one of those trips. Normally I lean towards places I can climb, bike, or hike but with my recent broken bones that just wasn’t an option. So, I found myself hunting for different things to do and thankfully @avcal had some great ideas. One of those ideas took us south to beautiful waterfalls, incredible hospitality, delicious food cooked in traditional kitchens, and there was also a chicken named Claudio. 1. Heirve de Agua 2. Claudio 3. This is a restaurant…not lying. 4. Traditional Oaxaca kitchen 5. Colors and a van.

I feel like this guy a lot of the time. Life is a balancing act, and at 38 years old I have no idea how to balance everything perfectly. Work vs Social vs Personal Time, how does everyone do it?