This year, more than any other year, I have learned it is not great snow that makes for an awesome ski season, but a stoked attitude. So often I've heard this was the worst winter ever. I've read there is… Continue reading

11 PM on Friday, March 30th was a raucous time at the base of Crested Butte Mountain. Half of the hundreds of people gathered were decked out in 80's garb, big hair and shiny pants glittering in the crescent moonlight,… Continue reading

Went for my last nordic ski at Eldora of the year. A meandering, mellow effort over patchy snow melting way too fast. Lots of nordic this month, intersperced with bigger days in the hills. We're off the Crested Butte for… Continue reading

March has been a dud. Spring-like, warm…too soon. Our base is still surviving, but it needs to change soon. I'm hoping April will be the snowiest one yet. There is powder still to be skied. One of the positives of… Continue reading

We started the day off with a nordic skate ski in the slush at Eldora, and then decided to head over to the lifts and really ski our Ski Trabs – very light weight race skis we're using for the… Continue reading

We've been having a bit of a warm spell here, and it's been a little bit rough. Yes, I know, these are not big problems in the world, but it is March afterall and March means – to me at… Continue reading

After a few days of R&R from the Power of Four, it's back at it. We spent a couple days skiing from Nederland to Winter Park, up and over the Continental Divide. Here's the story in photos. Just starting off,… Continue reading

“Hey babe, how would you like to do the Power of Four?” My husband asked me – while my mind was probably somewhere else. I either wasn’t paying that much attention, or am just plain insane, because I answered in… Continue reading