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October 2, 2019October 2, 2019

W’s La Sportiva Ultra Raptor Review

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So it was a bit breezy up there today! But sometimes it feels good to get blown around a bit

Guys! #youvegotsnow Always love this first dusting, with the remnants of the leaves on the trees, and the fresh taste of the winter to come in the air 🍂 ❄️ 🍁 ❄️ Woke up to 18 degrees, it’s now 14, and more fluffy flakes on the way! Happy dance 💃 . #snow #firstsnow #welcomewinter #winterishere #thestokeneverdies #amundsensports

I grew up just a stone’s toss away from the Continental Divide, and have now spent the better part of two summers hiking along it. It seems strange to say that a land mass feels like home, but the Continental Divide truly feels like home. To be able walk up to it from my home is pretty dang special, to see it in all its ever changing glory an honor. This one’s for you, Continental Divide, and thanks for being such a wonderful friend and companion, even though you push my limits a lot! . #continentaldivide #alpine #rockymountains #coloradorockymountains #rockymountainhigh #damncolorado #autumn #fall #winteriscoming #foryourmountain #lasportivana #julbo #julboeyewear #hyperlitemountaingear #hmgtribe #choosemountains #choosemountainswomen #gogetit #livebig #dreambig

New blogpost up on altabackcountry.com, or link in bio: wrote up a review for the La Sportiva Ultra Raptor, which has been a fantastic companion over many miles for me. Cheers 🍻 to all the good times in them, and here’s to many more! . #lasportiva #lasportivana #foryourmountain #lasportivaultraraptor #ultraraptor #hike #hiking #womenwhohike #likeagirl #womenempowerment #getoutandhike #goforahike #takeahike

The alpine is on point lately. Also grateful for 3 hours of solitude in the Front Range in leaf peeper season 👍 🍁🍂 . #alpine #continentaldivide #hike #hiking #rockymountains #rockymountainhigh #damncolorado #autumn #winteriscoming #ForYourMountain #LaSportivaNA #Julbo #JulboEyewear #hyperlitemountaingear #hmgtribe #choosemountains #choosemountainswomen #adventure #gogetit #livebig

Another evening up on the Continental Divide with @nomadwolf360 - it feels damn good to breathe the thin air, get buffeted by chilly breezes, and watch as the alpenglow shines gloriously around us. It’s home 💕 🏔 🌅 . #alpenglow #alpine #sunset #continentaldivide #hike #hiking #homeiswherethealpineis #rockymountains #rockymountainhigh

Getting back into the swing of things has a good feeling about it. This time of year is always lovely for me - the days growing cooler, the nights longer, that taste of autumn in the air, and the fresh promise of winter to come. Dan and I celebrated the equinox by getting up high - and checking out the stomping ground of my very first backpacking trip. Not too shabby! . #hike #womenwhohike #equinox #equinoxhike #fullcircle #homedoesntsuck #homedoesntneedafilter #autumn #autumnequinox #winteriscoming #continentaldivide

It’s been altogether too long since I’ve gotten to hang out with all these lovely ladies - let alone all at once! We may be spread pretty far now (literally from Seattle, WA to Moscow, Russia), but there was a little blip in time where we all got to be together. I love you all so much, and am so proud to get to call you ‘sister’. Keep doing you, ladies, ‘cause you are fabulous, strong, lovely humans 💗🤗 . #sisters #sistersquad #sisterlove #love #badasswomen #badasswomenunite #inittogether #strongertogether

New blogpost up on altabackcountry.com or link in bio! Finally got the last segment of the Great Divide Trail written up. Loved going back through my journal and Dan’s photos for this - it helps keep the trail alive for me. Follow along for yet more rain, mud, and the most spectacular wilderness I’ve been lucky enough to travel through. Many thanks to @keithbrodsky and @lesliegerein for being such wonderful adventure enablers, and thanks to @gaylyfwd for the company, laughs, and into to @justinbieber ! And as always, thanks to @nomadwolf360 for being the best partner I could ever hope to have! Also, last but most definitely not least, thanks to Julbo, Hyperlite Mountain Gear, and La Sportiva for the assistance with gear! . #GreatDivideTrail #GDT #wildestthruhike #hikingtheGDT #Canada #CanadianRockyMountains #ForYourMountain #LaSportivaNA #Julbo #JulboEyewear #hyperlitemountaingear #hmgtribe #choosemountainswomen #choosemountains #adventureculture #willmorewilderness #kakwa #kakwaprovincialpark

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Used day three of the season to explore the old mining roads and cabins, clear deadfall and pack down a base on Ghost Mountain. High winds means conditions are variable: zero inches deep in the open, two feet on the leeward side in the dense forest.🏔❄️🎿#skiing #ski #skiuphill #getoutside #getoutstayout #winter #pokinaround

Four inches of snow and lots of wind last night. Perfect for taking out the rock skis and working on that uphill fitness. First day of the 2019-20 ski season. Here’s to the greatest winter yet! ❄️🏔🌲#skiing #ski #uphill #skinning #getoutside #getoutstayout #winterishere #snow #winter #julbo #hyperlitemountaingear @elainevardamis

The wetlands and tarns have frozen over in the high country. Time to break out the nordic skates and glide around the ice until snow flies! 🏔❄️🍁#abovetimberline #tundra #alpine #frozen #hmgtribe #amundsensports #lasportiva #julbo #getoutside #getoutstayout

Willmore Wilderness Park, located in Alberta, Canada, is a 4,600 square kilometres (1,800 sq mi) wilderness area adjacent to the world-famous Jasper National Park. It is lesser known and less visited than Jasper National Park. There are no public roads, bridges or buildings. Motorized vehicles are not allowed in the park, transportation is done by foot, horse, mountain bike or ski. The park protects a large population of mountain goats and bighorn sheep (20% of the total population in Alberta). Other mammals commonly found here include grizzly bears, mountain caribou, elk, deer, cougars and timber wolves. Coyotes, wolverines, lynx and black bears are also present in the sub-alpine region, while marmots, rock pika, ptarmigan and Rocky Mountain goats can be found in the higher alpine areas. The sub-alpine environment contains white spruce, lodgepole pine, balsam fir and aspen poplar. Several native burial sites are located at Big Grave Flats, as well as some early coal mining, forestry and trapper cabins. Potential dangers while traveling through the park are changing weather (which can make rising waters dangerous to ford; there are not many bridges so don't get caught behind rising water), lost and water-logged trails and the abundant bear population. 🏔🌲🇨🇦

Battle of the seasons. 🍁❄️🌲#autumn #winter #seasons #leaves🍁 #snow #nature

Dreaming up the biggest adventure yet. Mulling that mental space about what we can do and still safely get thru, what our physical and mental limits are, what is original and where lessons from the land can be learned the most...these thoughts have been swirling in our heads the past few weeks. 🏔🌲💪#getoutstayout #getoutside #wilderness #mountains #north #greatdividetrail #thewildestthruhike #hyperlitemountaingear #hmgtribe #lasportiva #julboeyewear #amundsensports @elainevardamis

Why, hello winter! ❄️🏔💪#winterishere #winter #snow #firstsnow #ski #skibums #getoutside #getoutstayout #amundsensports

By this time tomorrow night, the weather forecasters are predicting a foot of snow and -30 degree wind chill values at this very location. Decided to enjoy the real end of summer with a hike today from East Portal up to the top of James Peak on a route where we spent much of the summer: the Divide Trail on the roof of the continent. Always a joy to reacquaint with our wild home away from home, relax in the dying Indian summer sun by a mountain lake, enjoy the rare air at 13,000 feet and reflect on an absolutely stellar summer. It’s starting to flurry outside the cabin and we’re having our first wood fire of the season tonight. Winter is here...bring it on! 🏔🍁❄️❤️#winterishere #winter #autumn #firstsnow #tundra #alpine #getoutside #getoutstayout #endofsummer #storm #snow #colorado #julboeyewear #lasportiva #amundsensports #hmgtribe #cdt2019 #hikertrash

Happy Leif Erickson day. It’s a good day to go exploring. ❄️🏔🇨🇦🇬🇱🇳🇴#leifericksonday #explore #getoutside #getoutstayout #nature #wilderness #greenland #icecap #greenland2020 #acapulka #hmgtribe #julboeyewear #amundsensports

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