A couple nights before leaving on a backpacking trip, I decided to finally dig up a Trangia stove I’d received…
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Because sometimes during the holidays you’d rather be skiing (even if you don’t want to say it out loud): …
ARE YOU READY for another ski season? These skis and poles sure are! And they could be yours for just…
Skiing, like life, is exciting. One moment, you’re at the top, the world open in front of you, teetering on…
Earlier this year, my book The Great Outdoors: A User’s Guide came out, representing about 12 years’ worth of poking…
Fact: ski season is just around the corner. Another fact: it’s hard to participate in ski season without skis. Don’t…
Because we all deserve a little recognition for doing things well out there. —Brendan
Today, I get to share something that some wonderful people and I have been working on for almost two years:…
Ski season is here. With any luck, you’ll have one or more powder days, and they will be the best…
Hey, are you getting the Super Mega Mountain Ultimate Combo Pack Pass this year, or what? I know it’s already…
Last Saturday afternoon, I was about to nod off in the passenger seat of my friend Mitsu’s car while we…
Pretty much everybody has a singular moment marking each realization that they’re not getting any younger: You find a few…
SKIING, POWDER AND SNOWBOARDING, POWDER Pros: Is best thing ever, on snow, anyway Cons: Costs money for ride to top…
Here are a few simple tips to help you make friends at the ski area this season: DO proceed to…
Ski season is nearly here, kind of. Although you might not actually click into your skis for another 60 to…
A few months ago, I walked into your season pass office and filled out a form to get an Uphill…
Dear Winter: Hey man. How’s it going? A few of us were just talking about you. And by “just,” I…
I leaned on my poles at the intersection of Why Not and Vagabond, green and blue runs, respectively, low on…
Here is a flow chart to help you decide: But wait, you say, it’s not that simple. Right, it’s not.…
Here’s what you’ve imagined: You and your attractive girlfriend or boyfriend sitting next to each other on the chairlift, ripping…
Ski season is here, and you’ll be spending anywhere from three to 15 minutes sharing chairlifts with people you may…
Dear helmets: You guys are my favorite hats. Sure, other headwear may be more stylish, more “cool,” easier to put…
(Chris Sharma photo by Klaus Fengler/klausfengler.de) Ladies: Have you enjoyed Ryan Gosling’s “Hey Girl” meme, but wish there were something…
This past January at a film festival, I got to chat briefly with big-mountain skier Chris Davenport. He’s a big…
I sat down exhausted last Tuesday night next to my friends Chris and Forest in front of a granite shelter…
You love snowboarding. Or climbing. Or mountain biking. You’ve been doing it for so long, you can’t remember what your…
I realized a couple years ago that I have more fun skiing uphill than skiing downhill. I enjoy the Zen…
The Sunday night before my first day of fourth grade, I rolled my black-and-gold Huffy Thunder 50 BMX bike up…
“I’ve been thinking about things on a cost-per-use basis lately,” my friend Nick said to me a few weeks ago.…
When you dismount a mountain bike going uphill, you end up doing a sort of bow. As you step off…
You, outdoor recreator, are quite probably quite educated: Bachelor’s degree, possibly a master’s degree or Ph.D. You wore a cap…
As the USA Pro Cycling Challenge was working its way around Colorado and into the Front Range in August, I…
In a conversation a few weeks ago, a climber friend of mine described herself as “not super-girly.” Her expanded definition…
A handful of Saturday mornings, I have driven out of Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood juggling a bowl of granola on…
I know people love skiing — I live in Colorado. People move here just to go skiing. They start salivating…
(photo borrowed from avtraining.org) I’m not anyone’s mother, but stories like this make me feel like being everyone’s mother. I…
Although lift tickets at Vail are now back down to a so-affordable $94, this season was the year of the…