Yeah, that mountain up there is calling my name. I know she’s friendly most of the time, even sexy. But she’s cold and dangerous too. Sometimes, the thought of her up there without me is too much to bear. Who’s she with? What are they doing? Is the snow good? How was it climbing in that wind before the storm broke? Every-detail-please.

Book review of Colorado 14er Disasters, about ski mountaineering accidents on Colorado’s 14,000 ft. peaks.

Congrats to 27 year old Colorado native Joe Brannan, 6th person to ski all of Colorado’s 14,000 foot peaks! Till now I’ve known the fourteener skiers pretty well by the time they’ve finished their projects. It helped that all were from this area (including Crested Butte).

Had a couple of choices for parties last evening. Jordan White’s 14er skiing victory shindig was the one. After all, who can resist a festival where the doorway decorations are a quiver of Dynafit mounted backcountry skiing planks, along with the most worn out pair of AT ski boots on the planet?

Jordan White backcountry skied all the Colorado 14,000 foot peaks in three years. He is the latest of a handful of ski mountaineers to climb and ski back down all 54 of the fourteeners. He began with Quandary Peak on May 4th 2006, finishing with Snowmass Mountain this past May 3rd, 2009.

Ski descent of Castle Peak east face, Elk Mountains Colorado.