backcountry skiing

Silverado Pickup being towed home like a worn our party boy stumbling across town after a harsh night out. Sure enough, the problem was a failed fuel pump. That’s huge. Swapping the fuel pump in most modern vehicles requires dropping the gas tank, with associated issues such as gasoline fumes, room to work under the truck, and more.

Among the Aspen area’s offerings of excellent guide services, I’ve always been impressed by the focus and incredibly solid safety record of Scott Messina’s Aspen Alpine Guides (AAG). Though the years, Scott became the word in guiding the 10th Mountain…

ore about the sad skier death last weekend: A person who was on the scene posted a detailed report that makes it obvious that Thomas Metcalf did take a sliding fall and was unable to stop himself.

In his trip report we blogged yesterday, Chris Davenport wrote that over the winter he’d had “a pretty good run of luck in the mountains, a fact not in the least bit lost on me.” Chris was referring to his…

We were saddened to hear reports this weekend of skier Thomas Metcalf dying from a fall at Rollins Pass, and another injured in what sounds like a separate accident. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of a ski mountaineer dying…