Last Weekend…

Another four days on snow this weekend (friday through monday) and a fair amount of shooting going on.  Locations included in this photo update are Arapahoe Basin, Vail Pass backcountry, and Berthoud Pass backcountry.  Enjoy the pics!

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Cricket Rail Jam 2010

Amid the sounds of spring taking hold all around Colorado, was the distinct scraping sound of shovels and asphalt heard throughout The Hill on March 4th, 2010.  The ear-wrenching sounds were in preparation for one of the University of Colorado’s favorite student events – the annual Cricket Campus Rail Jam.  By five pm, a two-story […]

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Snow Camping in a Three Season Tent

Three-season tents do not do very well when the high for the day is ten degrees Fahrenheit.  January 3rd – 5th I accompanied backcountry skier Alexander Umbhau and snowboarder Casey LeFever into Rocky Mountain National Park for a couple of days of freezing temperatures, earn-your turns powder laps, and winter camping at its finest.  Here […]

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Twin Falls

Being trapped in the great indoors gets to you.  After two weeks of papers and finals, and a week at home shopping for Christmas gifts and hanging with the family, my outdoor itch had become too much for me, so I woke up early with the idea of a hike in mind.  Being home in […]

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A Morning at Alpental

The Pacific Northwest has been going off as of recent.  Snowfall had been accumulating in the feet, not the inches, over the past couple weeks around Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, as storm cycles pounded the Cascades relentlessly with wonderful November snow.  Fortunately, I “had” to go home to Seattle for Thanksgiving break, because spending […]

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