Category Archives: Beyond Colorado

What a Year So Far

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It’s no secret that this winter has been a great one in Colorado and is currently showing no signs of slowing down as we are now into April and it just keeps on snowing. The statewide snowpack sits at 139% of average as of April 3rd with the graph trending almost identically to the historic season of 2019. It’s the type of year that has one wondering just how long we’ll be skiing for given the snow totals to date. Read more…

Japow! Making Turns in the Far East

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Throughout my skiing life I’ve had all kinds of enticing little glimpses into the Japanese ski scene. Years of vague hints about how marvelous it can be, but without ever really taking the time to fully grasp the details. In retrospect, these moments all added up to a fairly substantial list of reasons to finally go check it out for myself. So, when Katie and I were brainstorming our family’s Asia trip for early 2023, we decided a stop in the land of the rising sun for a ski adventure was finally due. Keep Reading…

Pow, Ghost Trees and Dive Bars: A Whitefish Weekend

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…)

November on the White Rim

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The White Rim Trail is a 100-mile long dirt road that carves out a massive loop around the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park. The route weaves and winds through some of the most dramatic canyon country Utah has to offer and has slowly but surely evolved into one of the more famous “century” mountain bike rides in the U.S. Parties oftentimes take two to four days to complete the loop, camping at various locations along the way, but it’s also become a popular option to ride the entire thing in a single day push, which is what we decided to do. Read more…