Continental Divide Trail
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Brooks Range Journals: June 9, 2023 – Drop off day
Today is drop in day for this year’s Brooks Range excursion. After driving 3,000 miles from Colorado to Alaska and sifting through gear in a dillapidated AirBNB in Fairbanks, spending hours in line getting Alaska plates so our car is… Continue reading
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The Quiet Snow of Spring
It’s the night of May 3rd, less than 50 days till the summer solstice, and it’s 27° F and lightly snowing lightly. It’s a bit ridiculous, but at the same time not unusual. May is the third snowiest month of… Continue reading
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2021 Expedition Amundsen: The North American Plan
Synopsis: We’re looking to take two, three-person teams of North Americans to Norway to compete in the 2021 Expedition Amundsen 100 km adventure ski race in late-February. This is considered one of the hardest ski races in the world, testing… Continue reading
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2019 Expedition Amundsen Recap: Across the Stormy Hardangervidda
Getting To the Start: From Eldora, Colorado to Haukeliseter, Norway Expedition Amundsen touts itself as the “World’s Hardest Expedition Ski Race.” The first year my wife Elaine and I competed in the event, in 2017, we felt a little bit… Continue reading
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Mount Robson to Kakwa Lake
Words by Elaine, photos and captions by Dan. This is it, the big one, the one we’ve all been waiting for! Sure, Fred and George Weasley may have forever engrained these words into many a millennial’s mind, but they sure… Continue reading
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Coleman to Kananaskis: Forget-Me-Nots, Tornado Mountain and the Most Beautiful Spot on Earth
July 9, 2019 – 24 miles, 3,300 of climbing Aspirations for getting out of town quickly rarely go as planned. The pattern of the trail gets broken, conversations happen and breakfast places keep serving food – all delaying departure. Such… Continue reading
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Prelude to the Great Divide Trail
June 6 was a rough day. Out of nowhere, Elaine was laid off from her job at a bike shop in Boulder. She was told the company was doing poorly financially, and that it was necessary to eliminate Elaine’s paycheck… Continue reading
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“Long Way Radio” Greenland Podcast
We arrived back in the United States from our 16-day adventure in Norway late last week. It’s good to be home in our cabin in the mountains again, where we can be creative, go for little recovery skis, live cheaply… Continue reading
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