Elaine determining that Santa's landing strip will be nice and soft this year! This is starting to become a family tradition of ours, going for skis on Christmas Eve. Last year it was a tour up to Lost Lake, and… Continue reading

For a day billed as the end of the world…well, it was not. Another dimension, alignment of the galaxies? OK, we could go for another dimension, as the one we are on seems hell bent towards destruction. Winter temperatures 4°… Continue reading

When storms arrive on scheduled work days, you go dawn patrolling. Back-to-back mornings of waking up in the pitch black, testing the studded snow tires, breaking trail, climbing mountains, skiing powder and filling the soul with goodness. Then, when the… Continue reading

Change is hard. Humans are creatures of habit, and asking us to change our precious routines can be like asking a charging moose to just stop. I, like most, feel good about change when I’m behind the steering wheel with… Continue reading

It's 4:30 am, Orion is raging and I can't sleep. It's not a bad can't sleep. In fact, it's been this way my whole life. You see tomorrow, or today, a group of friends, my wife and – bless the… Continue reading

Since Elaine and I ski a bunch and also happen to work in a backcountry ski shop, with access to a fair bit of gear (don't hate, the pay ain't great!), I figured this would be a good forum for… Continue reading

We’ve had a few tired days…Thursday and Friday we managed a few hours up at Eldora each day, but nothing too exciting. (Hey, it’s Eldora, with about three runs open. But we did check out Bunny Fair Bowl – sick,… Continue reading

Straight off the Eldora website as of 8 pm Thursday night…"The Eldora Nordic Center opens this Saturday." Stoked! Continue reading

Tuesday morning dawn patrol, -19° wind chill. Nederland, Colorado is not the best skiing location in the world. You know those perfect images of softly falling snow, deep powder runs, perfect aspen trees and blue skies? Yeah, those don't happen… Continue reading