Valdez: Spring Skiing on Thompson Pass

June 5th, 2009

The morning before the wedding and the day we drove out of town we skiing up on Thompson Pass. The first day was only my girlfriend’s second day backcountry skiing ever, so we did a pretty mild and short run on the East side the road, on the shoulder of Odyssey. The second day was [...]

Making Skis with Seneca Boards

May 2nd, 2009

A couple of months ago I was able to spend an evening with Bozeman based Seneca Boards to watch them press a pair of skis. I’m a big fan of DIY stuff and have long played with the idea of making my own boards, so I was excited to get a first hand look at [...]

Mount Hood Meadows

February 17th, 2009

I was in Portland with the GF this past weekend, so one day of our trip we planned to ski at Mount Hood. It’s ski season afterall, Bridger Bowl has been hurting for snow, and it looked like a lot of fun to ski when I visited last summer, so it was the only thing [...]

Whitefish Whiteout Rando Race

January 25th, 2009

This weekend my attempt at a “serious” rando racing season took me all the way up to Whitefish, MT, for the 2nd Annual Whitefish Whiteout at, well, Whitefish Mountian of course (formerly Big Mountain).
Whitefish is about 5 1/2 hours from Bozeman - kind of a long way to drive for a race I was going [...]