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(Preamble: I’m skipping around the “10 Things” list as resources become available, so today is #3.) “If your friend’s out of shape you’re dead.” That’s the take at Backcountry Access (BCA) about avalanche rescue shoveling (makers of Tracker avy beacons…

Ten things every backcountry skier should know for safety and fun, and to survive mishaps.

(News Flash – Friday PM: Lincoln Creek Road off Independence Pass Road in Colorado is now open, providing access to the Grizzly Peak area of the Sawatch Mountains. Bob Perlmutter just got back from an awsome day on Grizzly, and…

Boot climbing up Pearl Mountain this morning. I leave the house at 3:45 AM. The highway drive goes fast, up the Roaring Fork Valley here in central Colorado. No traffic this early, and flashing yellow stoplights you can rip through…

Most important mod is adding a camera case to a shoulder strap. But other changes help as well. I must have been a surgeon in a past life, considering how good it feels to slice into a new backpack with…

Louie and I traveled over to Leadville, Colorado and camped at the Vicksburg trailhead in position for skiing mount Mount Oxford and Mount Belford.