…seasons change, but some years winter hangs on longer than usual. Our Utah and Cali brethren and sistren may have easily accessible turns ALL YEAR LONG with 700+ inches they’ve received. Hallelujah. We are doing alright ourselves in the PNW. Dual sport and tri-sport days are a plenty right now. MTB and BC skiing are …
Well, I’m icing my knee and taking ibuprofen… again. This winter has thrown some curve balls, but when you already didn’t have an ACL in your knee for the last ten years you can’t blow it again… you just make the knee swollen, angry, and the bone-on-bone sections grind painfully. Ugh. Still, not a lot …
Well, it’s that time of year where… I switch my local forecast observations from what is happening in town to what is happening in the mountains. I usually have multiple tabs on my browser open (e.g. NOAA, snowforecast.com, webcams from the ski hill and mountain passes, etc.) in hopes to ascertain where the snow will …
I completed the first pond skim of my life… it was amazing, and I want more! Unfortunately, that will have to wait until next season, but what doesn’t have to wait is a good ol’ uphill hootenanny! If you happen to live in the PNW, or INW (Inland Northwest) come join us! 3rd Annual: GRIN & GRIND UPHILL …
Winter took off here in the PNW during January, then got unseasonably warm, and then now seems to be back in the mountains… for at least a stretch. I’ve gotten in a pretty good mix of backcountry, lift assist, and family ski days this season. During the wintry January portion I was on-call for work …
Old-Man-Winter is finally making a return to the PNW after a stretch of high pressure. I snuck in a dawn patrol before work Friday morning and am stoked to get that back into my weekly schedule. If you are in the INW of the PNW and utilize the uphill policy at Mt Spokane don’t forget …
A text and email thread began last night about skiing this week. It took most of us by surprise since this group lives in the lower 48, but the Kootenay Boundary Forecast by Avalanche Canada has just started to forecast and apparently there is 72cm (approx 30in) of snow to slide upon. They say the …
Any backcountry ski friends tracking the headlines this week pertaining to the website backcountry.com? Well, since I had just locked and loaded my little website URL this summer with the word “backcountry” in the title, I waited and watched the headlines closely this week. Backcountry.com appeared to be bullying other companies by sending “cease and …
For those in the western US there is some serious moisture passing through. Check your local forecasts models to see if the temps are agreeable for snowfall up high. Two BC ski friends pointed out the following… The Cascades will see feet of snow. One friend is headed to Mt Rainier to check out the …
Old-man-winter is trying to cut in ahead of autumn-glory this weekend, with the local ski hill webcams showing a full on snow storm! I guess I can’t put off regluing my skins any longer with the prospect of possibly getting turns in tomorrow… Where, and when, does the passion for snowy hills and backcountry lines …