In what has to be one of the best April fools’ jokes in recent memory, Mother Nature pulled off a beauty this past week.
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Skiing
Les Tufs
Given the generally lousy snow conditions this ski season, this video seems appropriate.
Continue readingSometimes the snow finds you
What a strange winter. The 2025/26 season is shaping up to be a record bad year for snow in Colorado.
Continue readingSki whating?
Here’s one for you. What do you get when you cross skiing with rodeo and drag racing?
Continue readingNo Name is the name
Snow Therapy
Local Perk
One of the best things about living IN the mountains, as opposed to NEAR the mountains or, god forbid, AWAY FROM the mountains, is that every now and then Mother Nature offers up a little gift in the way of weather that you can partake of only if you’re here to experience it first-hand.
Continue readingSki Clover
It was time. After weeks of studying topo maps, watching the weather and checking the avalanche forecast; after one reconnaissance mission and numerous prayers to the snow gods, it was time. Time to ski Clover Mountain.
Continue readingSnoGo
I just liked the name of this antique piece of equipment parked at the top of Monarch Pass. There’s snow, let’s go!
Continue readingTracks in the afternoon
I’m still experimenting with the GoPro. A few days ago, I took it out for my first attempt at using it for backcountry skiing. Looking at the footage it captured I learned a couple of things.
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