Okay, it’s a 2008 Yamaha FX Nytro MTX (40th Anniversary Model so it has red accents), 4 stroke, 153 inch track, reverse, electric start. three cylinder fuel injected 1049cc screamer. Amazingly quiet, no 2-cycle exhaust issue,.
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Got out yesterday to enjoy our amazingly stable central Colorado backcountry snow. While pockets of instability no doubt exist, much of our mid-alpine snowpack is a bonded birthday cake topped by fluffy cotton candy — yielding that blissful experience that’s…
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Snow Dancing In Moab, Utah after a long fun winter of skiing in Colorado.
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My NOLS Course — Louis “Louie” Dawson III story about first time in a climbing school, with leadership and cooking.
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This past Friday, on the Sangree High Route. I got the feeling that Scott Messina (pictured here) likes marking trails. Yep, those are the ubiquitous blue diamonds that Colorado backcountry skiers have become fond of over the years. I used…
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Blogsters: Aspen area guide Ron Rash (part owner of Aspen Alpine Guides) is helping get me off the keyboard (and out in the backcountry) every so often by contributing a newpaper column style guest blog. Here is his first. Boot…
Inspiring readers to go in search of Wildsnow.
