Landscapes shift when free of snow. Features morph: become larger and smaller, more or less ominous. A ravine we call a death trap is flooded with delicate purple petals.

Skiing the Crestone Peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the early days.

Interview with Scott Rinckenberger who, along with Trevor Kostanisch, was the first to ski Washington state’s five volcanoes in five days.

Book review of Wager with the Wind by James Greiner covering Don Sheldon and Alaska bush flying aviation on Denali and beyond.

Trip report from the Brooks Range in Alaska, making summer ski turns and avoiding bears in the Arctic.

Trip report for spring ski mountaineering ascent and descent on Rolling Mountain in the San Juans with debrief of decision making/snow quality.