Lots of young people ski in Colorado. The only young kids we see in the backcountry tend to be ones who come with us. Why is this a distinction? When you ski in the backcountry you are much less able to predict the conditions.
Read MoreMy bicycle meditations brought me to the realization that there is a pulse beating through most of our existence. The sun comes up and goes down. Our blood courses through our body. There is birth and there is decay. It is all one big complex rhythm.
Read MoreThere is an image seared in my mind, part real and part predefined. Big, fat flakes of snow falling, the stillness of sheltering in the trees, the quiet glide of skis through fresh, dry snow and sharing this emotion with someone special.
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