With a perfect forecast, Brittany and I headed to one of our favorites- Teocalli Ridge. Even though we both liked the “old” trail better, it’s still one of the best standard rides around. In fact, after some erosion and the trail breaking in a bit, it’s getting close to the former levels of greatness. At least, that’s our opinion…
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Riding the Monarch Crest used to be at least a yearly experience for me. But for the past several years, we haven’t done the classic Crest ride. There are several reasons- finding the time, finding the motivation to drive to a trailhead when we have single track right outside the door, or just wanting to ride new trails. On top of that, it’s tough to decide what the best trail on Monarch pass is. Is it Agate? Starvation? Fooses? Greens? Ask 10 people and you may very well get 10 different answers…
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Mid June skiing on Apache peak in the Indian Peaks Wilderness on the front range of Colorado! Apache doesn’t require the longest of approaches, it’s still a 13 or 14 mile day, and most of that was spent with the skis on the back. It would be a bit shorter if the road was open past Brainard lake, but unfortunately it’s almost always closed there- at least when the skiing is still good. At least the trail was heavily trafficked and in good shape, so we made good time to Lake Isabelle…
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As the snow finally starts losing the battle with summer, I find myself less and less inclined to ski. Not because I don’t enjoy it- I still do. And summer snow can be really fun. But hiking for miles and miles just to reach the snow starts to lose a lot of allure for me. Brittany, on the other hand, will keep going until the snow gets really bad. With this in mind, we chose something with virtually no approach- Sundance Mountain…
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Several years ago, we skied the Grizzly Couloir on Grizzly Peak in perfect June powder conditions. As we packed up
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Star Peak has long been one of my favorite local mountains. Its distinctive pyramid is highly visible from Highway 135
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Ten years ago over Memorial day weekend, Brittany and I met for the first time and skied the East face
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The La Plata subrange of the San Juans has long intrigued me. Maybe it’s the name, that sounds like the
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Recently, we were asked if we wanted to review WIN detergent. As boring as that sounds, WIN claims to be
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