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Colorado Backcountry Skiing Stays Amazing (June 15, 2005)

For recent guidebook work I got a new scanner with better dynamic range (more detail in lightest and darkest areas), am having fun re-scanning some of my old prints. This one is the view of Colorado fourteeners South (left) and…

Thank you CDOT! Now for a few weeks of prime backcountry skiing at one of the best locations in the western United States for spring ski mountaineering.

I’ve always been interested in (and challenged by) backcountry skiing on Longs Peak, as it’s hard to find in condition for a complete ski descent from the summit.

Any day of the year, someone is skiing, somewhere. And Warren Miller Entertainment knows that to be true.

This past Friday really was a good day. Backcountry glissers all over central Colorado nailed beautiful lines while a snowstorm was building in the southern mountains. Saturday turned out better than expected for backcountry skiing, with low pressure slowly building…