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Woops, in my rant state of mind I almost forgot today is Thanksgiving! Good to look at life and pick a few things to be thankful for. I thank God I’m still able to get out in the beautiful wild…

Book review on mountaineer Neal Beidleman’s ski guide book to Aspen Snowmass ski areas.

Pearl Basin, Colorado. We went gonzo with the pickup truck again and reached the same parking for ski touring access, near Aspen.

Fourteener in this case is Mount of the Holy Cross. A somewhat mellow hike as fourteeners go, Holy Cross nonetheless has a bit of route finding challenge as the easy route descends into a valley before the climb begins, and then winds around from a north shoulder to the west side of the peak.

While some snowsport resorts in Colorado do their best to shut out skiers and riders from adjacent public land, Aspen’s ski areas have embraced the concept of open access. More, they’ve made huge gains providing in-bounds expert terrain. Consequently the…

Up here on the northern half of spaceship earth we are definitely in the dog days, but they’re having at it down south. In more ways than one. I was amused by this ditty from Ingrid Backstrom about the interesting…