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
Tag: Ski Touring
Decision Making and Powder Skiing
After staying the night in Durango with a friend, Mark and I headed north hoping to ski one of the many incredible lines the San Juans has to offer. We got in touch with a friend who lives in Silverton and set our sights on the “Turkey chute”: a locally popular ski line up Arrastra gulch just outside of the town. We woke up early and made our way to the trailhead, finding the storm that we expected to move in later in the day already well on its way. By the time we got to the trailhead there were READ MORE