Thanksgiving Dawn Patrol: Butler Gulch 11.24.11
While visiting family on the Front Range, we were invited to make a few early morning turns up at Butler
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Author: Frank Konsella
2011/2012: Year of the Airbag. BCA Float 36 Review
This season seems to be the one when critical mass has been achieved with the use of airbag backpacks here
Read More38 and counting… 11.20.11
Arggh, another year older. Thankfully I got to ring in another year with some good friends and some good skiing.
Read MorePurple Palace 11-18-11
Despite my previous post, I actually do like to get out and get a little fresh air from time to
Read MoreThoughts On Early Season
I hate early season. There, I said it. Sure, I’m sometimes accused of being a hater in general, but hear
Read MorePaonia Riding 10.29.11
On Halloween weekend, Brittany and I headed over Kebler Pass to check out the riding around Paonia, CO. We’d been
Read MoreGear Review: Pearl Izumi X-Alp Seek IV MTB Shoes
Posting a bike shoe review right after one of the first big snow storms of the year may seem a
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Perfect Conditions: Doctor Park 10.16.11
Our regular camera died pretty quickly, so most of those shots were with the GoPro, which I actually think takes pretty good photos of the fisheye variety. I shot video on the descent, and it was pretty hard to edit out much of it. Doctor Park is so good from top to bottom, so which part of the descent would you eliminate- the top fast section?, the techy middle?, the Ewok descent through the forest?, or the tech finish? So I left it all in…
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Another Colorado Trail TR: From Copper Mountain to Searle Pass and Kokomo Pass 9.25.11
Brittany and I once again found ourselves on the front range, this time for the premiere of AE Films’ movie, “Facets of Winter“. We wanted to get in another quality alpine ride before the snow falls somewhere on the way back, and we chose yet another stretch of the CT in Summit County, this time taking off from Copper Mountain toward Searle Pass and on to Kokomo Pass. This stretch is sometimes done as a shuttle between Copper and Camp Hale of 10th Mountain Division fame, but we got the impression that the ride was better as an out and back anyway, not to mention we would be able to avoid a lengthy shuttle. My buddy Mark Walter drove up from Denver to ride with us as well.
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