The early bird catches the worm, and the early bird also gets to break trail for everybody else through a foot and a half of fresh. So it is. Headed up to the old ghost town yesterday in the dark… Continue reading

My wife and best friend (same person) went up to the Fowler-Hilliard Hut Thursday and Friday this week. It was Elaine's first ever hut trip and she slayed it. We got to Camp Hale, home of the former 10th Mountain… Continue reading

Scrumptous trip, with more photos and words to come. Off to ski before work, because my stoke for this sport has never been higher. Continue reading

An Early Christmas Present 2010 from Joel Bettner on Vimeo. Continue reading

Day 23 on skis today. Tomorrow morning dawn patrol time trial on the training hill on the SkiTrabs, hoping to peak out at sunrise…exactly…7:13 am. May the sky explode in orange. Then…hut trip to Fowler/Hilliard. Elaine’s first ever. Equipment almost… Continue reading

It can be hard to sleep on some nights. It's the wind, you see. After a few years of respite, the wind is back in force this winter in the land east of the Continental Divide. The caboose creeks and… Continue reading

We had planned on going backcountry, but when it's a Tuesday, you have off, and a foot of snow is registered at the mountain…well, you have to take advantage of that. Woke up early and did a quick Ski Trab… Continue reading

Loveland is a cool place. Awesome, I dare say. Line of the day…”ski first, look third, huh?” Yes, there are places it is snowing. Tomorrow, into the backcountry! http://www.facebook.com/v/949259554183   Continue reading

There are these moments, when you play in the outdoors a lot, where you see the opportunity for artistic impression in the backcountry. It's a melding of factors – nature's canvas and the chance to do something to accentuate it,… Continue reading

Today is Elaine and my six month anniversary. A happy day. We'd been friends for a long time, with some sort of confusing moments, but in the fall of 2009 we started spending a bit of time together, as friends,… Continue reading