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Ski & Slideshow

ted — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:09:52 +0000

If you’re in Vail next week for opening day, come by The Sebastian afterwards for Christy’s slideshow. It’s going to be fun. Tickets benefit the Youth Foundation of Vail.

See you all [...]

Cover Girl

ted — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:27:46 +0000

Christy's finally a cover girl!

I’ve got to say, it looks pretty good to me. The interview from this month’s issue of Experience Life is below, which can be read in larger form by clicking on it. A short video interview can also be seen on the Experience Life website, here.

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Wrapping it up

ted — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:14:25 +0000

Joey, in front as usual, makes his way up towards the Bells.

The season went on and on and we stuck with it as long as we found things good, but we’ve decided it’s time to pack the gear away for the summer. It was a great spring and I thought I’d share [...]

The North Face of North Maroon

ted — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:16:28 +0000

Good call, Dav.

Sometimes you just have to play the hand you’re dealt.

Not that skiing isn’t one of my favorite things to do, but after six or seven months of winter, the arrival of summer is definitely welcome. As we all know though, nature doesn’t always follow a set schedule and this [...]

Bugaboos to Rogers Pass – 10 days in brief

ted — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:04:32 +0000

It was good snow and good times right from the start, pictured here, in the heart of the Bugaboos.

(Note: I originally wrote this piece for powdermag.com, published on May 13, 2011.)

Scrawled on the wall of British Columbia’s Glacier Circle Hut, we could read the names Bill Briggs, Barry Corbet, Sterling Neale, [...]

Bugaboos to Rogers Pass – an overview

ted — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:42:58 +0000

Sunday afternoon we made it to Rogers Pass, ten days after being dropped off in the middle of nowhere, by the Bugaboo Spires. Eight of us made the 85+ mile traverse, climbing some 32,000 vertical feet along the way.

Local ski pioneer and #1 fan of “Canadia” skiing as he puts it, Art [...]

The Daly Grind

ted — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:48:38 +0000

The approach, justified.

Well actually, skiing 13,300 foot Mount Daly is almost always a great day, as it was for us last Saturday. In fact, I think it would probably be a hugely popular Aspen objective, much like Mount Hayden, were it not for the drawn out approach.

So I say “grind” half-seriously, [...]

Stormin’ the Castle

ted — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:07:23 +0000

Adam on the East Face.

The days are longer, the temperatures milder and the lines are more filled in- it just feels and looks like spring.

Seizing a sunny day between spring storms that have been dumping on us lately, Anda Smalls, Adam Mosczynski, Christy and I set out to climb Castle Peak [...]

Buckskin Benchmark

ted — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:33:10 +0000

The view from the top.

Spring is here. At least according to the calendar. And though it isn’t a tradition to try to get out on the first day of the new season, with Christy and I both free this past Sunday, we set our sights on an objective we’ve had for some [...]

Sportswomen of Colorado

christy — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:27:05 +0000

(Christy here) This weekend I had the honor of attending the 37th Annual Sportswomen of Colorado Awards Celebration. Prior to receiving a letter a few weeks back notifying me that I was the recipient of an award for Superior Performance in Ski Mountaineering, I was not familiar with the organization. Honored [...]