Before I transition into full summer work, I have been enjoying some down time and the best of the Colorado’s spring greenery. The waning snowpack that backdrops the alpine flowers and budding aspens has me thinking back to the surprisingly good skiing we got in this spring. Read on for a few photos and accounts of some of my outings this spring! As March drew to a close, snowpack across Colorado was at record low levels and Mark and I were anxiously awaiting the closing of Snowmass so that we might finally be done with the tedium of this past READ MORE
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Kick off to 2025 Spring Season: Malamute+
This post missed publication last year. But as I look over my blog I’m happy to share it now. As the dry, warm weather quickly settled the season’s below average snowpack, Mark, Parker and I were excited to venture into the high country for a bit of ski mountaineering. Parker is usually our main partner for ski mountaineering, but we don’t usually get to see him much outside of April and May. Living closer together this winter, however, we had gotten to see a lot more of each other. Even so, getting out for the first spring ski with Mark READ MORE