We became flower children this weekend. Hiking to Silver Creek Pass near Marble, Colorado. Flowers at timberline and just above are in full bloom. Sharp yellows and blues you can taste, punctuated by numerous columbines with their elegant pastels. Soul…

Chris Davenport continues as a leader of the current generation of North American ski mountaineers in their prime. I’d heard he was going to Denali this spring, and as always expected plenty of inspiring success, but this is over the…

And yellow, and blue, and red, and… Got the Jeep fired up this past weekend and headed for Colorado’s Schofield Pass and points in between. One of my favorite short hikes in that area is Arkansas Mountain from the Leadking…

As morning sun illuminated Castle Peak like a military laser firing a warning shot, the unholy stench of coyote piss rose from my Jeep like a parody of macho cologne. Just moments ago I’d dribbled the stuff liberally, figuring it…

We made a quick overnight turnaround back from Lander, Wyoming to Colorado. Still, it was important to get a breath of the Wind River Mountains before returning home, so yesterday morning we hiked up to Popo Agie falls up at…

Skiing Grizzly Peak near Aspen and Independence Pass is never a sure thing, good to communicate about this sort of ski touring and mountaineering.