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We haven't skied Banff since 2018, but in the teens, we took three week-long Spring break trips to Banff always in the last week of March or first week of April. Some years it was already full-on Spring in the Bow River Valley, others there was cold and snow all the way down to the Calgary...

10s of thousands out in the streets again today at 9°F with a stiff wind: “Who’s streets? Our streets!” The protesters skew noticeably younger than the No Kings protests in the spring and fall. Much angrier too, although the protest and march was super peaceful with no law-enforcement in sight.

My cold-weather ski mitts are stained with candle wax from attending outdoor vigils. If congress and/or the federal courts don’t stop DHS’s flagrant constitutional violations at the cost of loss of life and liberty very soon, the republic will end. It’s that simple. Also, Bovino’s SS cosplay...

Not impressed. This is from yesterday morning (and many of the citizens of this fine city were out in the streets for much of the day):

12-14" in the past 3 days at MRG. Now at 60 open trails (100% if memory serves). Why am I so fixated on MRG? Because they have pretty much no snowmaking, which, of course, means conditions there can be a good indicator of the quality of the skiing in the region. Unfortunately, there is now a...

It seems that MRG is now down to 28 trails. More importantly, from today's MRG Conditions Report: "After the rollercoaster ride of weather that the past week brought, early season conditions are present on the mountain that make it suitable for ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE & EXPERT SKIERS. Expect...

MRG has 40 trails open. Not bad for December 11.

Ah yes, the gales of November!

Super sorry to hear that EMSC. I’m glad it wasn’t fatal, and wish you the speediest of recoveries. I had to unload my Mustang seat for February 2017 on similar notice, also for health reasons. I struck out with my contacts, John’s, Tony’s, tseeb’s, and FTO, but hit pay dirt by reaching out to...

Probably Nelson and Rossland, in that order. John and I have also had good experiences in town in Revelstoke, although the hassle factor can be higher there. We enjoyed Golden as well, but were only there once and only for one night. Fernie was a bit of a disappointment when we were there for a...

Agree on Sandpoint. No mention of Whitefish either. Silly list. My favorite ski towns are all in Canada anyways.

This, and lot of what we hear and read from the White House these days, immediately reminds me of Orwell and “newspeak.” Last weekend, we watched Raoul Peck’s excellent new documentary about George Orwell, Orwell: 2+2+5. The film was made with the cooperation of Orwell’s estate and includes a...

A strong aurora borealis can be an hours-long intensely psychedelic light show you will not soon forget. I've been fortunate enough to see one. It was kinda mind blowing. I can only imagine what it might be like to see a good display from much closer to the pole.

Tons of Mexican beer around here too. Virtually none of it is Corona.

Here in the Upper Midwest, we're lucky enough to have a fair number of regional heritage macrobrews (some of which are now, admittedly, owned by the brewing giants) that somehow survived prohibition and the second half of the 20th century and have forever made affordable, "making-love-in-canoe"...

Yes. I purchased tickets from consolidators (fares to destinations advertised in the back of of the Voice, if memory serves) when in the U.S. to travel abroad. Once overseas, if you didn't have a RT ticket, bucket shops could be found in many countries. They were quite useful in the days...

Hell, no internet at all. Remember phone cards, cashing travelers cheques, bucket shops (boy, those could be great), essential bulletin boards in key hostels or cafes for exchange of information between travelers, picking up mail at American Express Offices, hostel touts, a new currency in...

"Well a person can work up a mean mean thirst after a hard day of nothin' much at all Summer's passed, it's too late to cut the grass There ain't much to rake anyway in the fall" Last I heard he was living in Edina, so no. However, our closest access to Minneapolis' extensive network of bike...

My parents have said that Vermont's fall colors were a bit lackluster this year. Meanwhile, fall colors have been at least average in intensity here in MN this year, but also at least two weeks behind schedule compared to historical averages. I would miss maple trees this time of year if we...