Benedict Hut – Another ski weekend
A weekend of skiing, eating, some adult libations, and winter scenery while catching up with another friend. Read More …
Tag: ski
Harry Gates Hut – Spring in February
A trip to Harry Gates Hut with spring-like conditions. Read More …
Exploratory Ski – Golden Gate Canyon State Park
An old favorite is skied for the first time. Read More …
Chrismukkah in the mountains : Sangree Hut
A holiday weekend spent at the Sangree M. Froelicher Hut outside of Leadville. Read More …
May Day Weekend Backpacking…on skis!
A backpacking trip for May 1st weekend. Fresh powder, winter-like conditions and beautiful terrain. Read More …
New Year’s weekend ski tours
Just some tours over New Year’s weekend. Anxious to get out overnight, but the day trips will do for now.
Gear review: Smile Plates
Holes in 3-pin 75mm Nordic boots can get beat up. Here’s a fairly simple and inexpensive fix and/or preventive measure.
Ski to the Divide – Skinner Hut
A three-day trip to Skinner Hut near Leadville, CO.
Teton Valley – Winter Becoming Spring
someone and I had planned a ski trip to the Teton Valley and nearby areas in later March. Some Nordic backcountry in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the surrounding area was the idea.. An early spring altered our Read More …
January Ski Jaunts
A few ambles and rambles in the month of January
Hey, You, Get off my McLeod…and skiing in June!
A rare rainy weekend here in Colorado. The girlfriend and I wisely decided that maybe backpacking at 10k-11k when it is snowing and high 30s/low 40s may not be the best idea. (And up to half a foot of snow Read More …
Feeling the Magic – Arestua Hut
Four seasons ago was when I really started to get into backcountry skiing. I had dabbled a little bit in it when I first moved to Colorado back in 1999. I bought a pair of used rental skis and boots Read More …
WD-40
A good friend of mine celebrated her 40th B-day in style: Three days of skiing, good food, wine and friends up at McNamara Hut just outside of Aspen, CO. The trip started off under a blanket of those wonderful winter Read More …
Sourdough Nordic Traverse
Three years in a row now, my buddy d-low has organized the Sourdough Nordic Traverse an ~13 miles tour on skis that makes wonderful way to see much of the Nordic areas around Boulder. Both d-low and I were a Read More …
The Northern Wind – Section House Hut trip
Hut trips. Perhaps a bit decadent for this self-proclaimed dirt-bagger thru-hiker. But I love ’em. The outdoors person in me loves skiing in the mountains for three days. Seeing those intense Colorado winter skies, the bright sunshine and being in Read More …
Ski to the Divide & Merry Wanderers of the night
What makes for a good trip? Beautiful scenery? Good company? Perfect conditions? An unidentifiable “something”? A “good trip” can be hard to define. But you know it when it happens. At the end of the trip, you have a grin Read More …
Thunder Lake
A very long day of ski touring to Thunder Lake. During the winter, it was almost 15 miles and ~2300' elev gain with much of the trail barely broken. No matter, it was an awesome day. The day started with Read More …
Sangree Hut
I love hut trips. Hut trips combine many things in life I enjoy: Being outdoors in the fresh air, getting together with friends, enjoying good food and wine and just enjoying the simple pleasure of life. I've always thought of Read More …
Snowshoeing (Gasp!) and A Long Traverse
Snowshoeing. It is accessible to anyone. It is a great way to introduce people to winter. It can be fun. It is something I used to do a lot of. Then I discovered (and became decent at) ski touring. I Read More …
Harry Gates Hut Trip
“Hut Trip”. Those two words conjure up so many vivid memories for me. A wintery landscape with softly swirling snow. Intense blue skies framing the mountains covered in white. Tracks of coyote and elk leading off into the soft white Read More …