As May continues, access to backcountry skiing in Crested Butte becomes more and more difficult. In contrast, areas around Fremont Pass, like Climax Corner and the headwaters of the Arkansas Rive...
https://14erskiers.com/blog/2020/05/mount-buckskin-17-may-2020/
Life is not always easy. But I am a big believer that challenges are obstacles we must overcome. The greater the challenge, the more enriching to who you are as a person. The world has changed in...
I first laid eyes on Sayres X-rated in June of 2006 when I first skied La Plata Peak. Four years later I, along with my friends Lacy and Kim. decided that Sayres Benchmark might be fun to ski in ...
https://14erskiers.com/blog/2020/05/sayres-x-rated-ski-10-may-2020/
The North and Middle Sisters had been on my hit list ever since my Pacific Northwest trip of 2013. During that trip, I was able to ski South Sister . After my friend Zach and I skied Mount Rainie...
https://14erskiers.com/blog/2020/05/tbt-north-and-middle-sisters-ski-17-may-2018/
Last year was an even better spring for skiing. A stellar snow year made for great coverage. The one caveat was having to travel through avalanche debris leftover from a historic avalanche cycle ...
https://14erskiers.com/blog/2020/04/tbt-tr-mt-aetna-ski-12-may-2019/
In late February / early March, one of the biggest avalanche cycles happened in Colorado that we have in recorded history. It was state-wide, avalanches causing havoc during the cycle and causing...
https://14erskiers.com/blog/2020/04/tbt-powder-factory-26-march-2019/
The day before, we toured from Jamtal to Weisbadener Hutte. We had plans to potentially complete what most people call the Silvretta Tour by staying one more night at the Silvretta Hutte, just ov...