Summited and skied our home mountain a few days ago. Myself and two boys just back from Europe. The young men were real troopers, doing the deed while still jet lagged and not acclimated. Nine hours car-to-car, 5,000 vertical feet,…
Trip Reports Backcountry
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When you get an invitation like this you have to accept: “Join us for a night climb and ski of Buttermilk ski area, with dinner at the warming hut catered by renowned chef/owner Mark Fischer of restaurant Six89 and Phat…
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Back late today after a beautiful trip with Park City Powder Cats in Utah’s Uintah Mountains. Their thin snowpack is going fast, but they’re in a nice corn cycle and we got the goods. I skied on a pair of…
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A couple of things to cover today. First, a few more photos from last weekend. Saturday we opted for resort skiing at Aspen Highlands (staying away from the backcountry because of high avy danger), but still hiked the famed Highland…
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Using headlamps for backcountry skiing at night is more than fun, it can increase personal safety in a big way.
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When the needle creeps into the red zone of ski touring danger, I like to get my fix in lower angled timbered terrain, we go for safe laps in lower angled powder.
