As many of you know, it’s been as dry as an overcooked pancake here in the west. But it is FINALLY storming today in Colorado. So perhaps this will be a repeat of last year, when the heavens held off…

We’re somewhere north of Salt Lake City, still road tripping to Bellingham. Good memories of Wasatch backcountry skiing when we cruised through the basin yesterday. I was whipping out a Thursday news roundup this morning but went off on the…

Colorado mountains have problems with public access in some cases, this is information about El Diente parking for climbing and ski touring.

Chapin told me he wanted to ski a 14er for his birthday (he turns 11 at the end of the month), so Big John Gloor and I meandered up Quandary this past Saturday and we ended up snagging Cristo Couloir in windy and creamy conditions.

My pickup rumbles into Maroon Lake day parking at 3:35 AM, with Louie snoozing in the rear seat and me just barely awake with the help of alien stories on Coast to Coast radio. With a glance at the night…