Last night was the Neptune Mountaineering Fashion Show that Elaine organized so it was a late night getting the place pulled-down. Managed to get up to Eldora – we're still waiting for real snow – for ten runs of practice… Continue reading

Back up at the mountain, making subtle but definite progress. Relearning the art of trusting the ski, really leaning into the turn, finding the perfect carve. We did drills, we skied, we watched the storm clouds hover below us, teasingly.… Continue reading

Elaine and I were recently put in charge of events at Neptune Mountaineering. The emphasis has been on backcountry skiing (and some climbing) and building a ski culture in Boulder, Colorado. It's been a good run so far, with Chris… Continue reading

The wait for snow goes on. This year is dry, even by recent standards, as the below graph illustrates. Things are lagging, badly, and there isn't much hope on the horizon. The thing with being a skier during times like… Continue reading

When life tosses you lemons, aren't you supposed to make lemonade? Not that life has been lemons per se – but there have been a few distractions. A move and a neighbor who might indeed be panning out to be… Continue reading

This is Elaine, the other half contributing to this blog. This was supposed to be IT! The year! I wanted to go skiing everyday, and I had visions of powder runs dancing in my head. After the two of us,… Continue reading

Hey all. I'm moving my blog to another site and will no longer be posting here. Elaine and I have a blog called Mountain Nomads at http://mountainnomads.typepad.com/ From here on out I'll be posting there. It's just a new phase… Continue reading

Sunrise this morning from the window near our writing table. After six straight days of work – and a fair share of stess – today is a much anticipated respite. Our snow situation is still grim, but this year, for… Continue reading

Welcome to the Mountain Nomad's blog. This is a co-written blog with my wife Elaine. Elaine and I live a fairly simple life…we work in a mountaineering shop in Boulder and live in a small town west of there, Nederland,… Continue reading