It’s been a strange week in Colorado. After weeks of cloudless skies and temperatures in the 80s, everyone around here was beginning to think we were looking at the start of a long, dry summer.
Continue readingA river runs through it
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming…
And for the ten of you who occasionally glance at this blog, thank you for your patience.
Continue readingMe, in real life
Not the adventure I was looking for
Over the past few weeks I’ve been doing a fair amount of uphill skiing at Monarch. I really enjoy the effort involved, getting the heart rate up in the cold mountain air. And it’s fun seeing the ski resort from a different perspective and at a slower pace.
Continue reading2022 Cyclocross Worlds
Did you know that the 2022 Cyclocross Worlds were held in Fayetteville Arkansas a couple of weekends ago? Living in the mountains and currently focused on all things snow, I completely missed it until surfing the interweb this past weekend.
Continue readingMaking Tracks
Lifts? Where we’re going we don’t need lifts.*
* Chapeau to Doc Brown.
Greetings and happy 2022. May it be less of a shitshow than 2021, although the way things are going, it doesn’t look promising.
Although there are clearly more pressing matters in the world these days, I wanted to talk about something else on my mind: learning new things.
Continue readingIt’s going to go a long ways
Doing my snow dance
To say this winter is starting off slowly would be a huge understatement. Denver has yet to experience their first snow, breaking the record for the latest first snow set back in 1934. And since it stopped snowing last spring a little earlier than average, Denver is closing in on its longest streak of no snow set back in 1887.
Continue readingRiding BV Style
Having previously ridden and enjoyed the south end of the Buena Vista trail network I was curious about the north end. The north end of their trails, officially known as the Whipple Trails, is accessed from River Park at the east end of Main Street in beautiful downtown BV.
Continue reading