Blogs & Websites
- Aspen X Guides – The guides’ blog from Aspen Expeditions, a great source of Aspen-area beta
- Silent Summits - Fred Marmsater, a Boulder based outdoor enthusiast
- Outdoor Junkie – Ann Driggers outdoor blog for the GJ Sentinel
- Honey Stinger – Need food for the trail or a race? Honey Stinger makes the best stuff
- Backcountry Access – Company blog from the guys bringing you the Tracker and Tracker2 beacon
- Sierra Ski Journal – John Morrison’s blog from the Sierra’s
- Ski with Kim – Ski star Kim Reichhelm’s Adventure Ski Camps
- Live Epic – Dylan Bowman’s blog
- TetonAT – Steve Romeo’s Backcountry Skiing and Ski Mountaineering blog
- Aspen Spin – “Aspen’s Top Blog”
- Havell Travels – Kim Havell’s always got something going on
- Scott Martin – an author and copywriter friend’s blog on direct response marketing
- Run Colorado – Colorado Running News and Calendar
- Happy Trails – Steve and Kathleen’s running/biking/Colorado outdoors blog
- Bravabella – Old friend Lyndsay Meyer getting after it in the Alps
- Wild Snow- Lou Dawson’s site, needs no further introduction
- The Mountain World - Jake Norton’s blog
- GooneyRiders – “We rant against waste, commuting by car, and people who take themselves too seriously.”
- Two Knobby Tires - Guide to Colorado Hiking, Biking and Camping
- 52 weeks in Denver – Thomas Armento’s “backcountry skiing and more”
- The Mountain Murmur - Cloudveil’s blog covering mountain life
- Chris Davenport- Check out what Chris is up to- it’s usually something interesting
- The Verteblog - The Backbone Media blog
- Brownie’s blog – a curious one
- Adam Moszynski – ripping Aspen skier
- Nick Devore - ripping Aspen telemarker
- Will Cardamome - another ripping Aspen telemarker
- Troy Henkels - not actually a big skier, he loves hanging out in Arctic locales
Guide Services etc.
- Amos Whiting - Aspen’s lead climbing guide
- Aspen Expeditions - In Aspen and need a guide? They’re an outdoor retailer too
- Ski in Chile – Plan the Ski Trip of a Lifetime! World Champion skier Kim Reichhelm offers guided ski trips to ski Portillo Chile and Valle Nevado Chile.
- Northwest Mountain School - owners/guides John and Olivia’s Leavenworth, WA based outfit
- AMGA – American Mountain Guides Homepage
- Smart Mountain Guides – Miles and Liz Smart
- Jokull Bergmann- in English his name means ‘Glacier Mountain Man’ – in Iceland he’s your guide
- Borea Adventures - Runar and Siggi run a pretty cool operation in NW Iceland
- Colorado Mountain School - when heading to Rocky Mountain NP, hire Dale Remsberg
- Aspen Powder Tours - sounds fun to me too
- Himalayan Experience - in my opinion, the best and only way to go to the Himalaya
- Alpenglow Expeditions - Adrian Ballinger’s international guiding operation
Around Aspen
- Cache Cache
- Gorsuch Ltd.
- Hamilton Sports
- Aspen Ski Rentals
- Aspen Valley Ski Club
- Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
- Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers
- Challenge Aspen
- Ute Mountaineer
- Ajax Design
- Aspen Daily News
- Aspen Times
- Aspen / Snowmass Online
- ARC – Aspen Recreation Center
Ski/Avalanche/Weather
- CAIC – Colorado Avalanche Information Center – check this one everyday!
- Colorado Powder Forecast – Joel Gratz’s skier based snow forecasts
- Chance of Weather – the summer edition of CPF
- Biglines.com – “snowriding community” news, lots of info
- 10th Mtn. & Braun Hut System - hut info and reservations
- NOAA – Aspen forecast - weather forecasting
- The Ski Journal – online magazine
- Powderbuzz – Colorado backcountry website, with some good info
- Snotel – Colorado - check snowpack data from around the state
- Weather.com – more weather
- Weather Underground - more weather
- Aspen Nordic - homepage for the Aspen Nordic System with a grooming report updated daily
- Teton Gravity Ski Forum - sometimes informative, sometimes fun, sometimes totally lame
Running
- Ultramarathonrunning.com
- Trail Runner Magazine
- Ultrarunning Online
- Colorado Runner
- Planet Ultramarathon
- World Mountain Running Association
- Run Colorado
- Run 100′s
Races
- Elk Mountain Grand Traverse - 40 mile ski race from Crested Butte to Aspen
- Pikes Peak Series - Marathon, Ascent, Garden of the Gods
- Lake City 50 - 50 miles around Lake City, CO
- Hardrock 100 - 100 miles around the San Juans – coolest thing I’ve ever been a part of
- Imogene Pass Run - classic mountain race, 17 miles from Ouray to Telluride
- Wasatch Front 100 - 100 miles on the Wasatch Crest(Utah), HARD
- Bighorn Series - 100, 50, marathon etc., in June up in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains
- Leadville Race Series- A whole summer’s worth of races on foot and bike >10000 ft.
- Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc - a goal for the future, 100 miles around Mont Blanc
- Bear 100 - totally chill 100 miler late September in northern Utah, superfun
- Barkley Mountain Marathon - the hardest race EVER(to some)
- NYC Marathon - everyone wants to get in this one
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