Backcountry skiing news roundup including thoughts on K2 climbers accident and Luis Stitzinger on Nanga Parbat

Maintaining house and autos to prepare for backcountry skiing season ahead.

If you enjoy Colorado’s network of backcountry roads (or primitive tracks anywhere in the U.S.), watch out for bulldozers “improving” them. Just last summer we headed for one of our popular local 4×4, ATV and mountain bike trails (Schofield Pass)…

Stanley stainless steel drink bottle review

Well, we got a lot of miles and use out of our 03 Tacoma TAV. Would have liked a few more years but that’s not to be. After a spin on ice last weekend the truck got crunched enough for…

Snowest, 07/08 first issue. That’s their favored mountain 800 on the cover — Polaris Dragon RMK. But I like the Ski-Do Summit Everest because it weighs less. Nope, I don’t mean I’m switching to telemark skiing. Instead, just as winter…