Alta Backcountry: Living and Exporing in Wild Places

  • The simple life

    Up at 6 am everyday, without an alarm. My wife needs to take meds, so she is fast asleep. I toss on my bike shorts, my wool jersey, and don my helmet. Head west, up the 1,400 foot climb to… Continue reading

  • Cool video, better song, but what city is this?

    All this feels strange and untrue And I won't waste a minute without you My bones ache, my skin feels cold And I'm getting so tired and so old The anger swells in my guts And I won't feel these… Continue reading

  • Summer hike on Caribou

    Serious blast from the past. Remnants of the old Caribou Mine Mountain Bike Race Series – the starting poles to hold the start banner. Brought back a lot of fun memories…setting up courses in thunderstorms, grassroots racing, the evening light… Continue reading

  • When will the first snowfall hit Colorado?

    http://www.blogpoll.com/poll/view_Poll.php?type=java&poll_id=186805 What month do you think the first snowfall will hit the Colorado high country? Basically, when will you look up at the divide and see the white stuff. Vote now and think snow! Continue reading

  • The Road Not Taken

    Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as… Continue reading

  • Ullr Rising

    For a skier, July can be daunting. The air penetrates, and not in a chestnuts roasting, rosy cheeks sort of way. No, in July the air drives through your layers and leaves you a haggard, sweaty lump, not wanting to… Continue reading

  • Road tripping

    I have not been writing on here a whole lot, I suppose because I've been busy living. Life has been quite the whirlwind of late – and not just of the athletic nature. Did some traveling across the pond to… Continue reading

  • Slop Melt

    60°, sunny, calm Conditions are slop outside so I'm waiting for things to dry out a bit before a little dirt road mountain bike ride. I'm not a huge fan of skiing when it's like this…snow sticks to skins and… Continue reading

  • Happy May 11th to You!

    TODAY: Slight chance of snow showers early in the morning… then a chance of rain and snow showers late in the morning. Snow and rain in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 3 inches. Highs 40 to 46. East winds… Continue reading

  • Pre-Root Canal Fog Run

    Fog banks in thick this morning. A May storm, with promises of deep snow, or perhaps nothing. A morning to ride. Or to run. I decide to run. The light tromp of the pace on the dirt, moist, cold, spring.… Continue reading