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Hitting the Bag at Aspen Highlands!

I am a fourteen year-old Telemark, and a Nordic, skiing girl from Aspen, Colorado. The local ski team AVSC, Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club, was introducing the new freestyle team airbag and they hosted

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10 Steps to Pissing Your Friends Off: Heli-Ski Edition

Win a $16K Alaskan Heli Skiing trip, from of a Facebook contest simply for entering in your email address. Be only allowed one friend to bring with you, for the all-expenses-paid trip of a lifetime.

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Bikes in the snow, welcome to spring in the Rockies!

A fresh blanket of snow, is just what town needed to cover the grimy streets of spring and remind me why I love the shoulder season — flip flops one day and freshies the next!

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Skiing on Mt. Rainier

I started dreaming about skiing on Mt. Rainer a little over 13 years ago after a climbing trip with the guides at RMI. At that time I went up the Disappointment Cleaver Route, the traditional

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Snow Season Dangers

The first Colorado avalanche fatality of the 2012-2013 ski season occurred this week inside the gates at Snowmass Mountain. The details can be found here. This should serve as a reminder to riders that early

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Last Minute Gift Ideas

If you’re organized, gifts are purchased, wrapped, shipped or maybe already exchanged. But, we’ve been spending too much time playing, and are just getting started. In case you still need ideas, here are a few

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Columbia’s Omni-Heat ® Products

I have been lucky enough to own more than a few pieces of gear with Omni-Heat technology, and it didn’t strike me until a recent trip to a friend’s house back east, how different it may

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Boot Review – Keen Laken

I got KEEN Laken High boots for back to school shoes, and I think they are amazing. Inside the boots, the material is very soft, cushy and warm. The zippers are barely noticeable, but zip

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Pheasant Hunting in South Dakota

From turkey and whitetail hunting as a kid with my grandfather, social dove hunts with my dad through high school, a decade spent hunting waterfowl on the Eastern Shore of Maryland to now chasing elk

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Know Before You Go

As excited as Christmas morning, I just received my invitation to the Annual Governor’s Hunt in Pierre, SD. This reminded me of my first pheasant hunt.  If you happen to get a great invitation to

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