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Benedict Hut – Another ski weekend

Posted onFebruary 27, 2017July 4, 2018AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A weekend of skiing, eating, some adult libations, and winter scenery while catching up with another friend. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, hut trip, ski, winter

Harry Gates Hut – Spring in February

Posted onFebruary 20, 2017July 4, 2018AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A trip to Harry Gates Hut with spring-like conditions. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, hut trip, ski, winter

Exploratory Ski – Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Posted onJanuary 9, 2017July 4, 2018AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

An old favorite is skied for the first time. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, ski, winter

Chrismukkah in the mountains : Sangree Hut

Posted onDecember 27, 2016July 4, 2018AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A holiday weekend spent at the Sangree M. Froelicher Hut outside of Leadville. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTags10th Mountain Hut, Colorado, hut trip, ski, winter

May Day Weekend Backpacking…on skis!

Posted onMay 2, 2016July 9, 2018AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A backpacking trip for May 1st weekend. Fresh powder, winter-like conditions and beautiful terrain. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, Colorado, ski

New Year’s weekend ski tours

Posted onJanuary 5, 2015January 5, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Just some tours over New Year’s weekend. Anxious to get out overnight, but the day trips will do for now.

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, ski, tours, winter

Gear review: Smile Plates

Posted onDecember 9, 2014January 26, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Holes in 3-pin 75mm Nordic boots can get beat up. Here’s a fairly simple and inexpensive fix and/or preventive measure.

CategoriesGearTags75mm, boots, gear, gear review, nordic, ski, winter

Ski to the Divide – Skinner Hut

Posted onFebruary 26, 2014August 6, 2016AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

A three-day trip to Skinner Hut near Leadville, CO.

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTags10th Mountain Hut, Colorado, hut trip, ski, winter

Teton Valley – Winter Becoming Spring

Posted onApril 16, 2012April 15, 2019AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

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 …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagshike, National Parks, ski, Wyoming

January Ski Jaunts

Posted onFebruary 3, 2012AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A few ambles and rambles in the month of January  

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, ski, skiing

Hey, You, Get off my McLeod…and skiing in June!

Posted onJune 5, 2010June 20, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

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 …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsMt Toll, National Trails Day, ski, trail work

Feeling the Magic – Arestua Hut

Posted onDecember 16, 2009May 14, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

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 …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsArestua, Guinn Mountin, ski

WD-40

Posted onFebruary 3, 2009June 27, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

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 …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTags10th Mountain Huts, hut trip, ski

Sourdough Nordic Traverse

Posted onJanuary 25, 2009December 18, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

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 …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, nordic, ski, sourdough trail

The Northern Wind – Section House Hut trip

Posted onJanuary 20, 2009April 15, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

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 …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsboreas pass, hut trip, section house, ski

Ski to the Divide & Merry Wanderers of the night

Posted onJanuary 11, 2009December 18, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

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 …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsfull moon, ski

Thunder Lake

Posted onJanuary 31, 2008December 17, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

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 …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsRocky Mountain National Park, ski, Thunder Lake

Sangree Hut

Posted onJanuary 23, 2008December 16, 2010AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

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 …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTags10th Mountain Huts, hut trip, ski

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