Paint Week For me, paint week is the official start of summer. The temps are usually reasonable, I'm usually wearing shorts and I know our busy summer season isn't far behind. It's a not-so-subtle reminder, to enjoy those last few left turns at FoggLifters and to soak up the relatively quiet downtown.
The End of an Era My YouTube notification popped up. With delight, I saw Cody Townsend had uploaded another FIFTY episode – line number 46 - the Bloody Couloir. It had been a while since a new episode had dropped – something to be expected as the lines he had left to complete became rowdier and more technical.
The "Paradise Paradox" And Other Interesting Things The Daily Montanan just published a riveting piece about this topic earlier this week. It's worth a read.
Now That's A Great Idea! I shimmied through the gate at the top of the Centennial Lift – my daughters and their friend hot on my tail. We carved some amazing, untracked turns, sliding down the open bowl into the trees. As we neared the first cat track, the snow turned a bit chundery.
Riders On The Storm My phone pinged, again. Another notification from social media. When I clicked, I smiled and scrolled through the seemingly endless pictures and videos of all of you slashing and giggling through some of the best powder Mother Nature has served us in a long time.
McCall Locals Launch Sustainable Travel Planning App McCall locals, Alicia and John Roessler, a nonprofit environmental attorney and global tech and outdoor travel veteran launch Lodestar -- a sustainable travel planning app
The Darkest White On January 20, 2003, a thunderous crack rang out and a 100-foot-wide tide of snow barreled down the Northern Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. More than a dozen skiers and snowboarders were thrust down the mountain and buried.
So, You Bought A Centennial Lift Chair... Buying a lift chair is the easy part of the process. Here's how we finally got our Centennial Chair hung up on the front porch.
One Weird Ski Season From JAPOW to rain, closed resorts to powder skiing, the last two weeks have been emblematic of this crazy, weird, maddening La Niña winter