snowmobile

I’ve been riding and modifying “Mr. Tippy” lately. That’s the nickname I tend to use for our Yamaha Nytro snowmobile; a high-tech low-pollution 4-stroke machine that works well for ski access, but nonetheless is a bit on the heavy side…

We’ve got an excellent situation here in western Colorado during the midwinter months, when the lower altitude snowpack builds up and February/March powder storms renew the surface every few days. To enjoy this, I head west from Carbondale into the…

Snowplowing can be fun. Really. Ever tried it? When I was a kid we lived for a few years in a mountain valley where my dad had to plow a 1/2 mile driveway. He mounted a tiny plow on a Jeep CJ, chained all four corners, and chisled away at the white stuff with that underpowered truck like a farmer plowing with one mule instead of a team. I remember ride-alongs, snow flying over the windshield as the blade bounced over rocks and sparked in the early morning dark.

Where did we leave off the last blog post? Oh yeah, it was about manning up and making Valentine’s day happen. My approach this year, don’t mess around. Sure, I skulked out of City Market with a dozen red petaled…

Spectating a World Cup skimo race in Italy is an experience I will not forget, included the spectators backcountry skiing.

According to just about anyone I know of the Prius exalting persuasion, the Hummer SUV is the most evil manifestation of capitalist over-consumption to ever roll our planet. In their view, it epitomizes the hilarious albeit grim sticker you might…