Have you ever wondered which bar sells the most PBR in the entire nation? I hadn’t either. Up until this past weekend, that is. But there I was in a Montana cowboy dive bar named The Remington, staring up at a plaque on the wall proudly declaring they were the #88 “Top PBR Volume Account in America.” So, naturally I got curious about who made up the top of that list. (Read on and you can find out too…)
To keep up what has turned into sort of an aspiring tradition for us, Anna-Lisa and I skinned into the Fabi Hut from Aspen last week and did our best to fill the place with holiday cheer. It was a fun night out as huts are always a unique experience, and cool to visit the other Benedict Hut after spending Christmas Eve at Fritz’s three years ago. Read more…
It’s been quite the start to the snow season up here, at least in the northern mountains of Colorado. It seems like it’s been snowing more days than it hasn’t since mid-November, and Vail already has 62% of its terrain open as of December 16th. I can’t recall the Back Bowls opening this early in recent memory, nor can I recall wishing I owned a snow blower more than I have this month. With snow seasons in general being pretty hit or miss these days, needless to say, we’ll take it. Read more…
It’s been a long ski season. A decent one though all things considered, featuring a bit of a roller coaster in terms of snowpack totals and capped off by a temperamental, dusty spring. Some good days were had, but these days I seem to find myself looking forward to the green valleys, raging creeks and dry trails of summer earlier and earlier. I’ve also always been a fan of defined endings to seasons and activities, as there’s simply too much to do in the Colorado outdoors to risk getting burned out on any one thing. So with all that being said, for me at least, it felt like the right time to take the planks out for one final ski and call it a season. Keep reading…