Mikaela Schiffrin, 18 years old and from Colorado, finished in 9th as the top US woman. The seasons have been slow to change and we haven’t been out for too many winter adventures yet. The Women’s World Cup did come through town last weekend, so I thought I’d share some photos from the first day’s giant slalom race, which saw beautiful weather and really good snow. They’re incredibly impressive to...
The poster says it all. See you at Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder next Thursday.
The results are in from the OnTheSnow.com ski test. Over a few days last March, I was one of 13 lucky people tasked with evaluating next year’s skis for the website’s annual review. I say lucky because I think it’s a really cool opportunity to tryout the new gear, but it wasn’t without it’s challenges. There were 60 different skis that needed reviewing in just three days time, so it...
Christy and Dav make their way up Mount Baker’s Coleman-Deming route. Our 2011-12 ski season salvage operation has come to a close. Two weeks in Canada and a week in the Northwest helped make up for the somewhat lackluster winter we had in Aspen. Now it’s time for summer. There’s a small chance we’ll ski again here in Colorado, but for now, Christy and I figure Mount Baker was our...
Ski Mount Rainier in a day? Sure, just get an early start.
Sierra Slayer Glen Poulsen and friends joined the Volcano Tour for a couple of days, including this one on Mt. Hood’s Cooper Spur. What an incredible trip this has been. Since joining Chris Davenport and friends on the Spyder Volcano Tour last weekend we’ve skied Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, and Mt. St. Helens. We’ve caught up with old friends, met loads of new ones, toured parts of the Northwest we’ve...
The Spyder Volcano Tour land yacht, our home for the next week. It’s a quick turnaround. Since returning from Canada earlier this week, Christy’s bags pretty much remained packed– with only the clothes that needed a visit to the laundry room having been pulled out and since put back clean. (more…)
Sean, Friendship Col, opens the second set here. Here are a few more from the week. (more…)
Bianca, from Quebec, charges down from Friendship Col. Everyone who ever told me that Fairy Meadow was a “must-do” was right. The place rocks. Joey, Sean, Brad Buyers, Christy, and I joined a group of 12 Canadians (including Greg Franson and Jesse Berg from our Bugs to Rogers Traverse last year) for a week up at the hut in the Adamant Mountains. We finally got a bit of the skiing...
A rare break in the morning clouds above the Bow Hut afforded the view we sought. I’ve often heard Canadians refer to whiteout conditions as “clag,” an acronym that is said to have originated with the Royal Air Force: “clouds low, aircraft grounded.” If you live in Colorado, a high treeline and lack of glaciers often prevent whiteout conditions from being an issue. But on a recent trip to the...
We met in Aspen in 2000 and have been happily stuck in the rockies ever since, getting out in the mountains every day we can, in every season and by all means possible. Read More
