The once mighty Caribou snowfield… …has been reduced. The end is near. So is the beginning. Continue reading

Chore day in the morning, Check engine lights, new ID's, various riff-raff to occupy time. When afternoon rolled around, we were worn by the necessary mundane. And then it started to rain. And thunder. And then rain harder. I suggested… Continue reading

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Elaine has been feeling less than ideal for the past month, but she's well now.  Celebrated with a nice jaunt up to Chasm Lake. Awesome to have my best friend back to hike with. As an aside, today was the… Continue reading

Time to get serious about getting fit for ski season. No better and quicker way to jump start the system than riding a big climb in the early morning with trails back down. The 5:45 am wake up call is… Continue reading

Ice up high this morning. Haven't seen that since June. Continue reading

I can't help but admit that watching this Colorado Trail Race online is inspiring. Kind of makes me want to load up the Moots, toss on a 32×19, and give it a go in the next few years. I think… Continue reading

It's been quite a phenomenal ski season. There has been new territory charted. I never realized that it's very possible – easy even – to ski year round as a resident of Nederland, Colorado. You don't have to be unemployed… Continue reading

Sometimes I wake up on days like today, where the temperature is 49°, the sky clean and the air washed by last nights rains, and, when I think back to some of the negativity of the last three years, I… Continue reading