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Ever since I got a halfway decent digital camera, my original digi, a 1 megapixel Vivitar, has been collecting dust. I've been toying with ideas on how to mount it to my helmet for a while now, but I could think of no workable options. Duct taping to the front is no good as the camera does not...

...should you decide to dip a little south toward the end of that route, there's a pit stop available for you in CO. With maybe even a quickie backyard dawn patrol if you have the time. Could even get a run in before anyone's awake...

Having lived in VT for almost 30 years, then living here (CO) for the last three, I absolutely agree on all points. By sometime in early November, it stops raining here. It won't rain again (above 9,000' or so) until April at the earliest, you can count on it. Another side effect of the things...

The usual suspects went for a tour behind the house yesterday. It was me and my dog, Winter, who headed out the door sometime just before 3pm. The goal: From above treeline, watch the sun set and inspect some north facing trees afterward. Both were surprisingly good. From the spork in the...

A fixer-upper with a view. A satin meadow. A week-old slide that barely moved. From the top. Rippled snow or candle wax? In a postcard. Backlit silhouettes. Where?s he going? Over the edge. And down. My dog eight my tracks.

Yeah, it's all they say it is. I did a volunteer boot-packing weekend there before they opened last season. I think around a hundred people were there. We stomped out some starting zones, then skied the bottom two-thirds or so of several slide paths. On top of what you mentioned, they get A LOT...

It was just a trick with smoke and mirrors but there must be something magic on the turning away from the door to a snow covered hill. Old-hat wearing, same old me, skinning up the road with Dan and Winter. Beware of dog while crossing neighbors yard to another road behind their house and then...

Back at it:

When I saw 6? of new snow outside this morning, I figured we?d have a nice little morning jaunt. Permanent slope side lodging has its perks. I took the following photo when I was out and about on turkey day: I kept that filed away, because I knew the gully that drops from view would be my...

Thanks! Not in 'zuma though, About 45 minutes (driving) from there, actually.

Yesterday was a full one for me and I didn?t wake until 10:30 this morning. I almost decided to stay in and relax, but the snow outside sparkled in the sunshine and I was drawn to it. I love the sound of skis slapping down just before clicking in. They made that noise when I dropped them right...

Book your trips to Utah, Whistler or California. Because Colorado sucks. Just look at this crap: There?s sh%t like that all over the place here. It?s horrible. Parkview Mountain (above), is somewhere near this, but we make due, and oh yeah, I?ve gotta write this down: Nine days, no lifts...

No, that's Breckenridge, as seen from an old mining area on Mt Baldy (or Bald Mountain, according to topozone). The mountain I was on is seen in pic#1. There are many mountains with "Bald" or "Baldy" in their names; the one I refer to is in Summit County, CO - just outside the town of Breckenridge.

Sometimes, the world is so beautiful that it hurts.

hamdog - not sure how to take this... as evidence that I do have human partners, well, somebody had to take these shots... and to address your sarcastic "humble" remark: mentioning your proximity to mountains is taboo? since when? as a good friend once said, if your going to be...

So it was my fifth day out this season, and it was my fifth day of skiing powder. I dare say: That?s better than being kicked in the crotch. A friend of mine, who drives a plow, spoke of copious volumes of snow Wednesday near the base of Peak 7. So on Thursday morning, I took the tip and...

On Wednesday, I skinned from my front door and skied back again. Check this out. I live on one of those roads at about 10,500? and 90 minutes from my driveway I was standing at 11,800? in the middle of that little red cursor. Just above my development, I discovered this sign, , which...

At 9:25am, I was 4x4 driving up the switchbacks of a snowy old mining road. I parked roughly at 11,600?, skinned to about 12,400? under cloudy skies. By 10am I was making turns. I parked at the star and skied from the arrow: Up the NW snowfields of Bald Mountain, at least five different mines...

A run at Breckenridge, Spitfire, has been looking good for a while now. I first noticed how white it was last week from the supermarket and 6-8? just fell in town a couple days ago. So this morning I skinned from the Beaver Run base area to the top of the Falcon lift on Peak 10. It was a...

Without a doubt, yes. I'm in a pair of Garmont's best of two years ago, the G-Ride G-Fit, and what you're getting is certainly a step up from that. It took a bit of getting used to for me, with the ultra-light, relatively soft (by DH standards) G-Ride, but I have used them every day since this...