We’re deep into winter now up here in the Colorado high country. It’s been a cold one this season and coming off the tail end of another round of storms, spring still feels a long ways off. One of the best ways to break up the grind a little bit, other than escaping to the desert or booking a tropical getaway of course, is to go on a hut trip. There’s just something refreshing about rounding up some friends, skiing to a cozy backcountry cabin miles from civilization, cranking up the furnace and enjoying a feast, games and conversation late into the night. It’s always a good time. Read more…
With an unusually long period of relative stability persisting in the backcountry around Vail, Dave Bourassa and I decided to head out for a late-January tour in the upper-Piney Creek area. With no particular plan in mind we skinned up to the base of the Piney Bristle summit block, skied down into upper-Piney, climbed and skied a neat line off “Peak D” and then ascended back up to Dave’s sled at sunset. Read more…
As the holiday weekend for the Rev Martin Luther King, Jr. approached, I decided to take PTO the Friday leading up to it and enjoy some freedom and solitude in the desert. I’d mountain biked portions of Canyonlands near Moab before, but had never visited the Needles District until this trip. Read more…
For our first hut trip of the season Anna-Lisa and I headed over to Aspen and skinned up to the Tagert Hut from Ashcroft. We had the place all to ourselves for one night so we made the most of it by staying up late, cooking a nice dinner, drinking some whiskey and doing our best to fill the place with holiday cheer. After all, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Read more…
