Aspen

Trooper Traverse backcountry skiing trip from Leadville Colorado to Aspen includes plenty of mountaineering and history.

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…

Cougar Milk was the backcountry skiing drink of the 1930s – 1950s, was originally known as Moose Milk.

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)…

Through the lens of history “Death Zone” was not at all depressing, but rather a supremely interesting view into the past. More, it was exciting to see that the climbing done by this team was an advanced form of Himalayan alpinism that involved tackling a monster wall, without a larger expedition