Hi my name is Kyle Miller and I built this website WhereisKyleMiller to share my Splitboarding trip reports, knowledge and information on backcountry snowboarding and avalanche safety.
Many people ask what is Splitboarding and what are good places to get into the backcountry. Well…. This website focuses on all the adventures that I have had Splitboarding and snowboarding all around the globe. Learn about Backcountry snowboarding and the mindset it takes to go on 18 day Splitboard traverses. Here you can find gear reviews, my mindset in the backcountry and over 250 Splitboarding Trip Reports.
A Breakdown of my Backcountry Skiing Trip Reports
Where the Site Name Came From
This website started as a joke as I was no where to be found on powder days as a snowboard instructor. My local ski hill was Crystal Mountain in Washington state and like many ski bums I subsidized it by working on the hill. Riding every day I started moving further and further and into the backcountry. That’s how the term “Where is Kyle Miller” originally came from.
Progressing to Splitboarding and Trip Reports
I started Splitboarding in 2002 when it was a drought season in the Cascades. The ski lifts were closed mid winter and the only way to get into the mountains was with a splitboard. While attending a backcountry snowboarding festival I won a shirt and the deal was that I would have to write up Splitboarding trip reports. Basically this website started as a joke.
Progressing into the Backcountry
As time went on we started exploring deeper and deeper into the backcountry. Soon we were camping and doing multiple day ski traverses in remote regions of the Cascades. My skills were slowly growing one mistake at a time.
As the years progressed I started coming up with projects. At first it was Splitboarding the Volcanoes of the Cascade Range in a season. In 2013 I came up with the plan to snowboard the 10 highest peaks in Washington. Throughout the 2013 season Jason Hummel and I brought a video camera on our adventures. Crest Pictures put all the footage together making a short film showcasing the biggest mountains in the Cascades.