Out camping and jeeping this past weekend near Buena Vista, Colorado. Quite the lightning show to the south of us. Got out the camera and tried to capture a few. Department of artistic productions: I just got an email from…

Champion randonnee racer Pete Swenson is working hard to create a Colorado race series. He just sent me this press release. Looks like fun! Introducing the 2007 COLORADO SKI MOUNTAINEERING CUP SERIES – COSMIC The Colorado Ski Mountaineering Cup (COSMIC)…

Got up early this morning, excited to watch the big Life-Link rando race, meet people, and absorb the ambiance of the Tetons. It always amazes me what goes on around here. Yesterday the East Ridge of the Grand Teton got…

Had a beautiful drive north to Jackson via the Maybell shortcut, still took about 8 hours from Carbondale with some stops and not driving too fast (lots of drill rig traffic). Jackson is maxed out with the snowmobile hillclimb world…

News review of backcountry and adventure skiing, also snow climbing and mountaineering.

The Euro ski racing scene was kind of an eye opener. The resorts are huge, wide open and do almost no avalanche control work by North American standards. Add to that the mentality that avalanches are seen as an unavoidable act of God, and you begin to see why so many people die over there.