snowmobile

Being crafty ski mountaineers, the locals I ski with here don’t go for much super-alpine terrain in midwinter, as the weather and avalanche danger up high makes it tough to put together a quality excursion. But get a string of…

Powder skiing in Colorado backcountry, with snowmobile access and good conditions is recreation paradise.

Retread” has become a pejorative. But it’s not. We install retread snow tires on our Chevy Silverado for Colorado backcountry fun.

As many of you know, it’s been as dry as an overcooked pancake here in the west. But it is FINALLY storming today in Colorado. So perhaps this will be a repeat of last year, when the heavens held off…

Backcountry skiing news roundup covers lodges, and huts along with Andrew McLean.

Time to rally! We’ll, not quite… Snowmobiles can ride pavement better than most people realize. But without a wheel kit on your skis your sled will steer like a barge. Worse, riding pavement will flatten the skegs (AKA carbides) under…