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This past summer, @nomadwolf360 and I were lucky enough to get to hike through the Canadian Rockies along the Great Divide Trail for a couple months. Getting pretty excited to get to head back up, visit wonderful friends @lesliegerein and @keithbrodsky, and enjoy exploring this stunning playground in the winter! . #thruhikerthursday #GreatDivideTrail #GDT #wildestthruhike #hikingtheGDT #Canada #CanadianRockyMountains #ForYourMountain #LaSportivaNA #Julbo #JulboEyewear #hyperlitemountaingear #hmgtribe #choosemountainswomen #choosemountains #adventureculture #jaspernationalpark #banffnationalpark #banffcanada #humanpowered #unruletheoutdoors #mtnchicks #mountaingirl #likeagirl #womenwhohike #humanpoweredadventures #livewild #wildandfree

Perfect cloudy day, a few fresh flakes falling from the ski, and fantastic company - all makes for a great day in the backcountry. Thanks for a beautiful time, @hdagnon and @nomadwolf360 ! . #hmgtribe #hyperlitemountaingear #voileskis #simplesolidbackcountry #humanpowered #earnyourturns #solitudeinthefrontrange #unruletheoutdoors #mtnchicks #mountaingirl #likeagirl #womenwhoski #choosemountains #choosemountainswomen #amundsensports #ski #skiing #humanpoweredadventures #willskiforchocolate #willskiforcheese #livewild #wildandfree

One fun thing about getting my health back? Getting to practice my V2 around Eldora! Sublime tracks out there today, topped off with some turns and watching the college kids rip up their course over on the alpine hill #nordic #nordork #makewintergreatagain #makeamericadeepagain #keepullrhappy #praiseullr #earnyourturns #solitudeinthefrontrange #unruletheoutdoors #mtnchicks #mountaingirl #likeagirl #womenwhoski #choosemountains #choosemountainswomen #amundsensports #ski #skiing #humanpoweredadventures #willskiforchocolate #willskiforcheese #livewild #wildandfree #closertoyou

Started 2020 off (finally!) healthy enough to get out for a good ski tour up to the divide. The snow pack was funny, the wind ripping, and the snow swirling - all a perfect combo to hang with great company. Thanks for the perfect start to the new year, Phoebe and @nomadwolf360. . #amundsensports #makewintergreatagain #makeamericadeepagain #keepullrhappy #praiseullr #hmgtribe #hyperlitemountaingear #voileskis #simplesolidbackcountry #humanpowered #earnyourturns #solitudeinthefrontrange #unruletheoutdoors #mtnchicks #mountaingirl #likeagirl #womenwhoski #choosemountains #choosemountainswomen #amundsensports #ski #skiing #humanpoweredadventures #willskiforchocolate #willskiforcheese #livewild #wildandfree

The alpenglow gilded the snow golden again this evening, as the ever present breeze 💨buffeted us around and the almost full moon 🌕raged above, kissing the snow ❄️ in silver highlights. If I’m lucky enough to experience this regularly? Than I’m lucky enough 🍀 With @nomadwolf360 . #makewintergreatagain #makeamericadeepagain #keepullrhappy #praiseullr #hmgtribe #hyperlitemountaingear #voileskis #simplesolidbackcountry #humanpowered #earnyourturns #solitudeinthefrontrange #unruletheoutdoors #mtnchicks #mountaingirl #likeagirl #womenwhoski #choosemountains #choosemountainswomen #amundsensports #ski #skiing #humanpoweredadventures #willskiforchocolate #willskiforcheese #livewild #wildandfree

Absolutely perfect day out there today. It feels good to breathe the cold winter air, break trail, get blown around a bit, and enjoy those fluffy turns on the way back down ❄️❄️❄️ . #makewintergreatagain #makeamericadeepagain #keepullrhappy #praiseullr #earnyourturns #solitudeinthefrontrange #unruletheoutdoors #mtnchicks #mountaingirl #likeagirl #womenwhoski #choosemountains #choosemountainswomen #amundsensports #ski #skiing #humanpoweredadventures #willskiforchocolate #willskiforcheese #livewild #wildandfree

Thanksgiving has come and gone again, and once again, there is so much to be grateful for: general health, a wonderful family, and a beautiful place to live and ski 🎿 ❄️ . #thanksgiving #luckyenough #makewintergreatagain #makeamericadeepagain #keepullrhappy #praiseullr #earnyourturns #solitudeinthefrontrange #unruletheoutdoors #mtnchicks #mountaingirl #likeagirl #womenwhoski #choosemountains #choosemountainswomen #amundsensports #ski #skiing #humanpoweredadventures #willskiforchocolate #willskiforcheese #livewild #wildandfree

November has been tough. At the risk of sounding insanely spoiled, I think it’s partially been not enough time outside. Dan and I have skied many days already, but mostly just bopping around the backyard for an hour. After spending 24 hours a day outside all summer, dropping to a single hour a day hits the body hard. Today marked the first bigger day in the backcountry - over five hours of frosty fun make me a happy lady! (Made all the better by seeing one person at the very beginning, and a few neighbors at the very end!) Now toasty warm by the fireside, body tired, belly full of cauliflower and kimchi, I feel at peace in a way I haven’t in a long time. . #makewintergreatagain #makeamericadeepagain #keepullrhappy #praiseullr #earnyourturns #solitudeinthefrontrange #unruletheoutdoors #mtnchicks #mountaingirl #likeagirl #womenwhoski #choosemountains #choosemountainswomen #amundsensports #ski #skiing #humanpoweredadventures #willskiforchocolate #willskiforcheese #livewild #wildandfree

Welcome back, winter! I missed you! . #pinhead #pinheadsfromhell #makewintergreatagain #makeamericadeepagain #keepullrhappy #praiseullr #unruletheoutdoors #mtnchicks #mountaingirl #likeagirl #womenwhoski #choosemountains #choosemountainswomen #amundsensports #ski #skiing #humanpoweredadventures #willskiforchocolate #livewild #wildandfree

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#TBT to 2016 and @elainevardamis and my visit to Sondre Nordheim's cabin in Morgedal, Norway. Sondre was in some ways the first famous ski bum, often shrinking on farming chores in favor of skiing up and then back down the hills surrounding this cabin. He built skis with modern camber and refined bindings which allowed for real performance on skis. Legend has it he skied to Oslo - about 115 miles - and then won the Holmenkollen ski jumping competition. I suspect he found the world around him a little mundane, but when he was on skis he felt absolutely free and on top of the world. He needed that daily dose for sanity. I think about him often on the many 6:30 am mornings while skiing around Happy Valley. Sondre provides me a lot of inspiration. 🎿❄️🏔🇳🇴#skiing #ski #winter #legend #snow #snowpassion #telemarkskiing #morgedal #sondrenordheim #norge #dnt #warrenmillerentertainment #xtremeidfjord #woodenskis #amundsensports #getoutside #getoutstayout #oldschool #cabinlife #hygge

I have a not-so-secret mission to make Larry’s Bootfitting - in addition to the best Bootfitting shop in the land - the best Backcountry skiing clearinghouse of knowledge anywhere. Another fun day in the high country with @elainevardamis and @hdagnon - a little shakedown before a bigger ski next week. Did a similar ski on January 1 in the depths of the worst sickness I’ve had in five years. Nice to be healthy and not feel like blacking out every five minutes! 🏔🎿❤️#skiing #ski #getoutside #getoutstayout #snow #timberline #rockymountains #larrysbootfitting #skibums #continentaldivide #amundsensports

Sunday morning nordic tour at the original Boulder County nordic Trail center. Blustery, beautiful solitude on a perfect mid-winter day. ❄️🎿🌲#nordic #nordicskiing #åsnes #asnes1922 #amundsensports #wax #getoutside #getoutstayout #wiveswhokickass #waxandwool #3pin

#tbt to @elainevardamis skiing bumps during the epic winter of 2010-11. First year working in the shop garnered us free passes to Loveland...what a year to have that perk. Living in the caboose, pretty much broke and skiing our butts off every damned day. 🎿❄️❤️#getoutside #getoutstayout #snow #skiing #badasswife #moguls #bumps #skibum #winter

Nordic mornings, alpine afternoons. @elainevardamis must be going for that Skimeister Award this winter. 🏔❄️🎿#skiing #ski #nordic #alpine #diversity #snow #winter #getoutside #getoutstayout #amundsensports

#tbt 1992 Moab Rocks. A few inches of rain fell all day turning a desert mountain bike race into a gucky survival slog. I learned on this day that I do better the worse condition get. This endo into a muddy creek being the exception. 🏔#getoutside #getoutstayout #madriverriders #moab #desert #redrocks #abbey #haydukelives

Some lift served carving on perfect groomers in the sun followed by Tikka Masala, a sloyd knife and a good piece of birch on a January night before a cold front moves in. This recovering and letting the body replenish after the busiest December I’ve ever experienced has its perks, and a reminder that all this work we’re doing goes directly to a grand adventure with @elainevardamis in a few months time. All in all, a good day. 🌲🏔❤️#hygge #birch #sloydknife #carve #keepitsimple #gethealthy #winter #amundsensports

I’ve had a season pass at @eldoramtnresort since 1991. Yet this evening marked a first. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s the Monday after the holiday, the wind chill is sub-zero or the canyon closure, but this was the first time ever that I’ve skied there and not seen another human being (other than my wife @elainevardamis). Ninety minutes of solitary bliss on the classic tracks, more like the Yellowstone Club than one of the busiest ski areas in the Front Range. I doubt lightning will strike twice, but we’ll take it and savor it! 🏔❄️🎿#skiing #ski #nordicskiing #nordic #xcskiing #solitude #amundsensports #missknickerbocker #getoutside #getoutstayout

Started the new decade off with a ski up to the Divide inside a ping-pong ball whiteout with @elainevardamis and our friend and Larry’s Bootfitting co-worker Phoebe. A dizzying lack of visibility and a ripping frostbite wind above timberline, and silky smooth turns back down in the trees. Wild and free places seems like the best kind of places to start things anew. ❄️🏔🌬#skiing #ski #whiteout #snow #wild #wilderness #wildplaces #amundsensports #msknickerbocker #getoutside #getoutstayout #hyperlitemountaingear #hmgtribe

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