After the Ledges trail, you would normally go to the Stinking Springs trail if you were doing the big loop, but the trail goes through private property so it is closed right now. So we skipped that and found ourselves on the crown jewel of Phil’s World- Rib Cage.
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Since the mountains are still buried in snow, we were looking for somewhere a bit drier, but we also wanted to go somewhere we hadn’t been to a bunch of times already, like Fruita. So off we went to Cortez, mostly to check out Phil’s World. Phil’s World was a blast (especially Rib Cage), but we were able to ride basically everything in a day so we decided to go up to Dolores and ride the new McPhee Overlook trail, along with the other trails at Boggy Draw.
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Red Mountain Pass is one of the hot spots of backcountry skiing in the San Juans, and Red Mountain 3 is one of the more traveled peaks in this area. So, one fine March day, we went to go check it out for ourselves!
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The San Juans are one of my favorite ranges for backcountry skiing anywhere. Lots of vertical, plentiful snowfall most seasons, and terrific access thanks to the miners of the late 1800’s. Silverton lies in the heart of the range, and if you haven’t been, you should go.
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As I write this on the last day of November, the temperature is in the teens and it got well
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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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After skiing the Lightning Bolt the day before, Brittany and I decided to tackle the Dream Stream the following day.
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Brittany and I headed down to Telluride to check out the snow conditions in the San Juans last week. One
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Brittany and I once again headed to the San Juans to explore the backcountry while avalanche conditions remained low. On
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