Start stripping your backcountry skiing climbing skin from tip or tail, doesn’t matter. When you’ve removed the skin about half way along the ski, fold it sticky-to-sticky, then finish stripping and fold again. I’ve done this in 80 mph. wind with no problem whatsoever. If you’re removing the skins from the ski tail first (as most do), stick your ski tails in the snow after you’ve got the skin half stripped. Do this in one motion as you pull the skin off from the tail. With the ski tail planted, you can then fold the skin without a moving ski to deal with.

Bob Lewis, 10th Mountain Division vet who was an Aspen area mountaineer and conservationist.

Lisa makes some turns for Robin Ferguson this morning at Independence Pass. Some of you might remember when we reported a while back about the untimely death of Friends Hut founder and ski alpinist Robin Ferguson. This afternoon was his…

Robin Ferguson eulogy, he helped build Friends Hut and was a well known skier from Aspen area who did quite a bit of ski touring.