Tweet Another weekend of skiing. On Saturday, I did something rare for me: tele skiing. Larger and heavier skis, larger and heavier boots, climbing up to a bowl and then skiing down. A little different from my main passion in winter. I have not been tele-ing in two years. Needless to say, I did more [...]

Tweet I had intended to hike this past weekend, but the lure of freshly fallen snow called to a few of us. What can be better than fresh powder, some good friends and the Colorado backcountry? On Saturday, the usual gang (Terry, d-low, Wendy and myself) went to the Sourdough Trail for an inaugural ski [...]

Tweet The foothills west of Boulder are a very visible feature of town. For many miles towards the east, the high plains go forth. Vast, rolling and wide. At the western edge of town? A dramatic and abrupt uplift. You can see with your own eyes where the Rockies begin and the Great Plains end. [...]

Tweet One of my first backpacking trips was with my good buddy Tim. We did "The Presies", culminating with the summiting of Mt. Washington. We did the usual posing at the summit, bought some over-priced and not-so-good cafeteria food that tasted DELICIOUS at the time and received the usual "Did you walk up this mountain [...]