Hi all! We’re back from an incredible five days backcountry skiing on the Trooper Traverse from Leadville to Aspen, Colorado. Our adventures were many, including catastrophic breakage and ultimate McGiver lashup of a Silvretta Pure binding, a frigid 9 degree…
10th Mountain
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Day trips and dawn patrols are a blast, but sometimes you need an extended dose of mountain air. I was feeling that exact craving when Penn Newhard emailed an invitation for 3 nights at the Braun Huts and Friends Hut…
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Cougar Milk was the backcountry skiing drink of the 1930s – 1950s, was originally known as Moose Milk.
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After whipping up the souffle, Chris and his mates find some desert of their own somewhere out the back door of the Cookhouse. Back before I found my calling, finding the right job (one with a ski and climbing culture)…
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Lou here, back from three days at Shrine Mountain Inn, a triad of cabins that are part of the 10th Mountain Hut System in central Colorado. Let’s just say there was tons of snow. Tons. Nice. Merry Christmas. Chuck’s Cabin…
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The coolest thing about the trip was being able to ski with Rick Borkovic, a prime figure in the revival of using the telemark turn for backcountry skiing. In the 1960s and 1970s Rick was a ski patrolman and guide in Crested Butte, Colorado. With his nordic as well as alpine skiing expertise, in 1971 Rick (along with a few other Crested Butte locals) began experimenting with using nordic ski gear to make turns on steep alpine terrain. Rick’s group, along with concurrent nordic downhill experimentation in the Northeastern U.S. and in California, led to the modern free-heel skiing industry.
