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My name is Fritz Sperry. I began skiing at about 4 or 5 at Bellayre Mtn in New York. I skied on and off every winter in the Catskills untill moving to New Hampshire when I was 15 to attend White Mountain School. I skied as many days as I could at Cannon Mountain and got my first taste of backcountry skiing on the closed slopes of Mittersil and on the Tucker Brook Trail. Then an epiphany happened when I went to Tuckermans Ravine at Mount Washington.

After 3 years working in the music industry fresh out of high school, I moved to Breckenridge. I did some competitions in the bumps and the steeps and moved on a few years later to Crested Butte. Seriously it’s the most beautiful town in America. The Elks truly inspire. Everyone that loves mountains should check this place out. I ended up breaking my self up pretty good and moved back to NYC for a while where I turned my focus to being a chef. Travels took me back to Denver for a spell and then on to St Louis. It was here that my 1st child was born and I married my wife. We returned to Colorado after 4 painful years away from the mountains and had another son.

Now entering my 21st season of backcountry skiing, I’ve really begun to sharpen my focus as far as the goals I want to achieve. I’m currently working on a skiing guide book for one of the more popular ranges in Colorado and hope to have that finished by Summer of 2010.

I now live in Denver with my wife and 2 sons, and try and get out as much as I can. My older son has already started skiing and is becoming a little ripper.

Enjoy and happy travels. Be safe and always remember that you need to come home after every trip. Hopefully I’ll see you out there.

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