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Got out for a solo trip yesterday. 4 wheeled up the Halfmoon road to the North Massive trailhead. That’s a fun road. Not hard but with one nice corner. Got to the trailhead and started at the crack of 7am. Made good time to the summit and skied off the top. The snow at this [...]

Went for a nice little trip today. Started at the North Elbert TH and went up the North Ridge. Turned a little early up the ridge and got a bit off trail but it all worked out with a little bushwhacking. It was nice to have some alone time, but I was really surpised to [...]

It seems like every trip has an issue. Like life, things are never smooth and easy. Grays had snowmachine issues, Culebra had weather and skin issues, there’s always something. I get a call from my wife just as I hit Academy Blvd in Colorado Springs “Stupid question, but do you need your jacket?” “DOH!!!!!!” I [...]

Crossposted from Iskibc’s Trip Report on tetongravity.com TR: Peak 1 & Tenmile Peak 4.3.06 Spring fever has officially set in. Longer days, a stabilizing snow pack, and warmer weather always puts the mind into high gear for those big spring lines you’ve been thinking about all winter long. The transition from a winter snow pack [...]

On my last trip, up Culebra, I ran into some serious issues with my skins. They kept coming off which is a real pain in the neck when your in the heavy wet isothermal snow you often face on the way out after a day of skiing. So much energy is expended just trying to [...]

Joe and myself had been talking about trying to get down to the San Luis Valley since January. We had talked to the ranch in Februrary and had a green light for the 1st week in March, but with no snow on the mountain we decided it was best to hold off. $200 each for [...]

Well I was back east in Boston for some dorking at the Bay State Coin Show and thought it might be fun to get up Mt Washington and do a little skiing. So I called up my friend Daniel who I’ve known since I was 3 and we had a plan. I used to live [...]