Lisa makes some turns for Robin Ferguson this morning at Independence Pass. Some of you might remember when we reported a while back about the untimely death of Friends Hut founder and ski alpinist Robin Ferguson. This afternoon was his…
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Independence Pass Backcountry Skiing News — Coating of New Snow Still Holding
by Lou Dawsonby Lou DawsonI did a solo mission up at Independence Pass, Colorado this morning. Above is view at about 7:00 A.M. from Blue Peak, just north of Independence Pass looking southerly. Stunning peak with couloir is Grizzly, Mountain Boy Gulch in foreground.…
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Alaskan backcountry skiing from the Backside Glacier, excellent ski mountaineering.
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Boot climbing up Pearl Mountain this morning. I leave the house at 3:45 AM. The highway drive goes fast, up the Roaring Fork Valley here in central Colorado. No traffic this early, and flashing yellow stoplights you can rip through…
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I’ve always have a place in my snow lovin’ heart for Mount Hood, Oregon, having first skied it for the first time while in the Northwest working for Outward Bound, and another time during my honeymoon in 1985 (and today…
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El Diente Descents, South Side Couloir and Repeat of DeVore Route, San Juan mountains Colorado trip report.
Inspiring readers to go in search of Wildsnow.
