Winter Scene

As seasons go, winter is tailor-made for reading. All you need is a blanket, a book and maybe a hot toddy, and you’re set.  The...

Even for an expert, making the right decision can be tough. After three weeks camped on the Carroll Glacier in Alaska, waiting to ski a certain line after it went into the shade, longtime backcountry skier and guide Donny Roth finally set out for the summit. It was ...

There’s Jackal Hut, Uncle Bud’s Hut and Betty Bear Hut. There’s Skinner and Margy’s, McNamara and Vance’s. All are names of the 34 backcountry...

After last year’s lackluster snowfall truncated the number of available ski days, it would be nice if Mother Nature gave a little foresight into what Colorado resorts may be in for in 2012-13. Without a time machine to take a peek at January’s snowpack, snow ...

  When the circuit of freezing on the lift ride up and dodging wobbly Texans on the run down gets dull, it might be time to take a look at the world of backcountry skiing. It offers the lure of the steep and deep with the freedom — and danger — of being alone in ...

  Colorado’s Liberty Skis started, literally, with the roll of the dice. While the metaphor is useful for many a startup, few can claim that the seed funding came from a craps table in Vegas. The story goes like this: Liberty Skis’ founders Jim Satloff and Dan ...

Old Man Winter better make up for last year’s lousy snow season. After a good initial showing in late autumn 2011, most of the year was spent waiting for that big storm that never really came. Adding insult was the record-setting summer heat that broiled the ...

3rd Annual 1940s White Christmas Ball...

  Amid dozens of debatably useless applications, iPhones offer numerous apps of particular interest for Colorado snow-sport enthusiasts. Such applications provide useful information about current slope and weather conditions, ski runs, avalanche risk, snow reports ...

There’s two things Andy Sovick is outright obsessed with: maps and skiing. He’s built his life and career around both.  The Fort Collins native grew...