Early morning Sunday sipping on some tea, prepping to head out for a skin/ski, listening to the wind. The wind is certainly a constant presence here, and I have to admit the location of the caboose might potentially be even… Continue reading

My wife Elaine was recently reading Lou Dawson's book "Wild Snow," which talks about classic ski runs in North America. An interesting read she said, but she had to laugh out loud at a certain pretentiousness over…well, everything. Whether it's… Continue reading

An update from the White Room! The hut trip up to the Eiseman Hut was exceptional. The skin in turned out to be no problem, and Elaine rocked it in a bit under four hours including some decent length breaks.… Continue reading

It's a downright balmy -8.3° out right now, up twenty degrees from the low last night. I'm on fire duty tonight, Elaine is sleeping. As she should, because tomorrow is a big day. It's up to a hut, a solid… Continue reading

1:35 am. It's Elaine's shift to stoke the fire, but I woke up anyhow. -28.1° outside. Cold. Bitter cold. I'm trying to remember one day in high school…I went skiing at Sugarbush…I think it was -20° F. It was one… Continue reading

Quick dawn patrols are the name of the game the next two days. Kind of dreading it, kind of excited to see what it feels like. TonightSnow likely in the evening…then a chance of snow after midnight. New snow accumulation… Continue reading

Sitting here in the brand-new Nederland Community Library. A beautiful place, and the large window facing south, above the creek overlooks a scene of bleak grey and white winter. A storm has moved in, blanketing the land with snow and… Continue reading

A good day today. Elaine and I needed some quality time together, but as I had to work, it looked like it might be tough. So she came into the shop, and as there was work to do, she volunteered… Continue reading

Very windy ski up at the ghost town with Elaine today. It was a warm wind, so it wasn't too bad. Neither of us are really completely healthy, and we were feeling it, but it was nice to get the… Continue reading