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)…

Backcountry skiing and ski touring news, growing glaciers, fund raising parties and other interesting tidbits from the mountain world.

News about ski touring and other backcountry skiing related items, including wildlife and land use issues, also energy policy that influences public land.

what better thing to report on than fun with carbon offsets? Offsets are fairly cheap

ore about the sad skier death last weekend: A person who was on the scene posted a detailed report that makes it obvious that Thomas Metcalf did take a sliding fall and was unable to stop himself.

What other choice than American Lake for a backcountry hike on the Fourth of July? American is a glacier tarn south of Aspen, off the Castle Creek drainage. It’s arguably the most popular hiking destination in legal wilderness accessed from…