I got in a nice solo dawn patrol this morning in the Elk Mountains of central Colorado, on Mace Peak out of Castle Creek. This is looking down a cirque known as the "Ear." This time of year Mace Peak…

CDOT says the road damage is not as bad as first thought, latest is that the gates will open sometime today — in time for a fine weekend of backcountry skiing! Lou DawsonWildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson)…

Nope, it’s not April fools — a flood took out a bridge on the east side of Indy, and it’s closed till further notice. Talk about having your spring backcountry skiing plans dashed! Not all is lost, however. Now the…

Thank you CDOT! Now for a few weeks of prime backcountry skiing at one of the best locations in the western United States for spring ski mountaineering.

It’s been a WARM couple of days, but Colorado backcountry skiers are still getting it done by starting early in the morning, and going for high altitude on anything but northerly slopes (which have not been well compacted). NOAA weather…

Bob Perlmutter backcountry skiing on The Tuning Fork, Torrys Peak, Colorado. Had a nice backcountry ski descent today, big 3,000 vertical foot snow face on the north side of Torreys Peak, Colorado. Known as the "Big Old Stripe Of Snow"…