So many backcountry skiing blog items, so little time to write up the news about ski touring.

Colorado Backcountry Skiing Continues, D System Improves (June 20, 2005)

In 1986, Mountain Rescue Aspen leader Greg Mace died in a fall during a training climb on the Maroon Bells near Aspen. Numerous ceremonies and memorials ensued, including the naming of Greg Mace Peak in Colorado’s Elk Mountains. But one important piece was missing in the healing from this awful tragedy.

Colorado Backcountry Skiing Stays Amazing (June 15, 2005)

Backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering bindings contest, win a free pair of ski touring bindings.

While we were down in the ‘Juans experiencing our own version of Colorado’s "spring," Mike Marolt and friends were doing this: “WOW! Sat & Sun were the best backcountry skiing I have had in a very long time. We skied…