Tweet Wilderness First Aid is a basic certification for the assessing, treating and stabilizing of a person’s injuries in the backcountry.  But how does the (sometimes) gear and equipment focused backcountry medicine co-exist with a more minimalist view? Here is my own take.  

Tweet A primer  I wrote for people who are on the beginners backpacking trip that I organize.   

Tweet Adrianna and I had planned a ski trip to the Teton Valley and nearby areas in later March. Some Nordic backcountry in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the surrounding area was the idea.. An early spring altered our plans. But it was still a fun and relaxing trip.  

Tweet Ever spring and summer, I look forward to the wildflower display in Colorado.  Starting in spring, Pasque flowers and sand lilies dot the foothills. By high summer, blue columbine and Indian Paintbrush are covering the sides of the Rockies in a riot of color. And how to identify all these flowers? I use  the [...]

Tweet Interested in backpacking in Colorado and want to explore one of the least visited parts of Rocky Mountain National Park? And learn some new skills in the process?