The coolest thing about the trip was being able to ski with Rick Borkovic, a prime figure in the revival of using the telemark turn for backcountry skiing. In the 1960s and 1970s Rick was a ski patrolman and guide in Crested Butte, Colorado. With his nordic as well as alpine skiing expertise, in 1971 Rick (along with a few other Crested Butte locals) began experimenting with using nordic ski gear to make turns on steep alpine terrain. Rick’s group, along with concurrent nordic downhill experimentation in the Northeastern U.S. and in California, led to the modern free-heel skiing industry.

Sanctified, backcountry ski movie reviewed

Skiing news, Colorado 14ers, Sanctified movie review thoughts and a few comments about Chris Davenport.

Wildsnow enviro rant and comments

Review of Sanctified film, is this green bias too much or just enough?

This is EXCITING! After one huge October dump, Colorado’s western slope is getting hammered again. This happening when we usually have weeks of dry Indian Summer weather. As well as providing some of the earliest powder skiing on record, what’s…