If you’ve traveled through the same Colorado (or most other western states) forests for decades, you’ve probably noticed they keep getting denser, overgrown, filled with snags and deadfall. Due to the environmental indoctrination I got at NOLS and elsewhere, I always thought that forests that dense were natural, that logging and otherwise managing for forest products was a sin, and that somehow convenient fires would clear things out once in a while. Boy, was I wrong.
Monthly Archives
June 2009
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I didn’t want to mention it at first, but hey, I’m a blogger… I hitched a ride on some rich guy’s private jet and ended up in Germany over the last few days. Was amazed and disappointed to see that…
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(Editor’s Note: I’m over in Vail doing some trail research for hutski.com. Was going to just chatter away about some hiking I did yesterday, then this came in over the transom as an email. I figured the collective wisdom of…
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Black Diamond Factor AT ski boot review for backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering
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Yeah, that mountain up there is calling my name. I know she’s friendly most of the time, even sexy. But she’s cold and dangerous too. Sometimes, the thought of her up there without me is too much to bear. Who’s she with? What are they doing? Is the snow good? How was it climbing in that wind before the storm broke? Every-detail-please.
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Hey everyone, I lost my ice axe at the Shannon Ridge trailhead for Mt. Shuksan. It is an orange black diamond ice axe, it is/was probably sitting in the parking lot. Anyone got it? Would sure appreciate getting it back.…
