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Be Careful Out There

ted — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:48:15 +0000

I thought I should share a couple of recently posted videos from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, where a special avalanche advisory has been issued.

Here, a video showing the hair-trigger sensitivity of the snowpack leading to a remote triggered slide-

And the analysis of Keith Ames’s unfortunate death last week outside of [...]

Chair Weekend

ted — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:09:38 +0000

Christy, finding the old facets skied like a big pile of granulated sugar.

When Kir’s email came through asking if Christy and I would like to join her and Anda at her Chair Mountain cabin for the weekend, you could hardly describe the thought process as a decision– I knew instantly we were [...]

Fast Women in Aspen

ted — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:04:23 +0000

Viktoria Rebensburg took the win here for Germany. Interesting to me was the fact that she was on Nordica skis, a brand rarely seen, on the World Cup podium. Click any photo to enlarge.

The fastest women skiers in the world descended on Aspen this past weekend for the 2011 Women’s World Cup [...]

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 [...]

Off to a good start

ted — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:08:00 +0000

What better way to kick off the season than to debut a new outfit. Looking good, Fry.

Our season has begun.

Not wanting to wait another month for the lifts start running here, Christy, Kathy, Joey, and I headed up to Montezuma Basin yesterday. It’s a haul to get up there, but when [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Lake O’Hara and the Icefields

ted — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:13:22 +0000

Sean starts down the massive couloir by Opaban Pass, above Lake O'Hara. Mount Biddle stands tall behind.

With an unexpected day free before we embark on our Bugaboos to Rogers Pass traverse, I thought I’d post a few pics from the first leg of the Canada trip, from a couple of days in [...]

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, [...]