Bedrock & Paradox

Got the Guides out for ~2 hours yesterday morning in perhaps the worst snow I’ve ever tried to ski.  Rain fell Tuesday evening, then temps went below freezing a while after dark, and more precip fell overnight.  The result was cement with an extra-crispy crust below 4.7k, and a thicker but less snappy crust with…

Who’s in the house?

Are for using.

Is brought to you by slednecks. Not really.  Spring weather continues, today is another of the clearest days I’ve yet seen hear.  Colorado spring weather, in fact.  Best get amongst it. Gear shout out to the BD Bullet pack, circa 2003.  Back when Tom Jones was their head pack engineer, before he quit and the…

I find most Pale Ale’s boring, but not this one.  Recommended.  An almost IPAish twist on the finish.

For future consideration (B). -James Lutz 1992 trip.  Day by day beta.  Vague yet specific –Article on Doug Robinson, who skied the JMT in 1970.  Some nifty photos, but little hard beta.  Doug’s book A Night on the Ground, A Day in the Open is worth seeking out.  It has the complete account of their…

On a trip to take with my mom over the 2009-10 transition. My mom and little sister went to Paris together years ago, and mom and I have yet to take our trip.  The conversation over this past Christmas was to get it done already, life is too short.  I know the lower 48 pretty…

For whatever reason, I presume the increased traffic of my loyal readers (thanks Kelly), I’ve been receiving an increased number of offers to exchange _____ for a link or some other sort of exposure here.  Until someone offers me something especially tempting (yo Dynafit, where da skis?) I will continue with my strict no commercial…

I’ve been sorting through pictures for a school project, and wanted to put some memories back out there in the world. M cooking breakfast on Highway 12 up on the Aquarius Plateau, December 2005, during out nomadic phase.  The truck hit 100,000 miles later that morning near Calf Creek.  It’s know got over 200,000.  That…

This morning I made waffles, prodded M, and together we set out to answer the question: have I become the better skier?  After a day of riding lifts,ripping grommers, and skiing at least one of Snowbowl’s funky snow-filled black runs, the answer must be submitted to outside sources.  Ergo, review the evidence, argue, discuss, and…