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Bike to Ski: The Sopris Sprint - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Bike to Ski: The Sopris Sprint

10 years ago when we first announced the idea of opening a ski shop in Carbondale Colorado even our most...
Does it go? Skiing the Quandary Couloir - Mount Quandary - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Does it go? Skiing the Quandary Couloir - Mount Quandary

"...the couloir both tightened and rolled just below us and that roll would reveal the answer to the question that...
Commando Run Ski Traverse - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Commando Run Ski Traverse

As a resident of the town of Vail, there is something intrinsically exciting to me about the idea of a...

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Ski Touring in Alta Patagonia: Refugio Frey - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Ski Touring in Alta Patagonia: Refugio Frey

Time Round Trip: 3-4hrs in. 2-3hrs out. Total Ascent: 2300ft Difficulty: Easy- is...
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Ski Touring in Patagonia: Lopez Refugio - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Ski Touring in Patagonia: Lopez Refugio

Time Round Trip:  Total Ascent: ft Difficulty:  Elevation:  Season: August- September Location: Argentina...
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Ski Touring in Chile: Volcán Villarrica - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Ski Touring in Chile: Volcán Villarrica

 Skiing the North face of Volcan Villarrica Time Round Trip:...
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Skiing Mount Shasta's Avalanche Gulch - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Skiing Mount Shasta's Avalanche Gulch

Shasta remained as one of the last big Volcanos I...
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Skiing Maroon Peak - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Skiing Maroon Peak

It's no secret that the sport and industries of backcountry...
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14er Skiing: The West Face of Snowmass Mountain. - Cripple Creek Backcountry

14er Skiing: The West Face of Snowmass Mountain.

I have never been much for peak bagging. A day...
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Father Dyer Postal Route Ski Mountaineering Race - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Father Dyer Postal Route Ski Mountaineering Race

 Father Dyer, a minister born in Ohio, made his way...
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Marble to Crested Butte Ski Traverse - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Marble to Crested Butte Ski Traverse

On April 13th I drove over to Carbondale to pick...
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Ski Mountaineering in Mexico- Pico de Orizaba - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Ski Mountaineering in Mexico- Pico de Orizaba

When you think of high altitude ski mountaineering missions, Denali,...
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Feeling the 'Burn- Blackburn Trip Report May 2016 - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Feeling the 'Burn- Blackburn Trip Report May 2016

“…The mountains speak in wholly different accents to those who...
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Spring Skiing on Independence Pass

Redemption on Grizzly Peak.   The Chute on Grizzly Peak...
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Ski Touring in Banff National Park - Wapta Traverse Huts - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Ski Touring in Banff National Park - Wapta Traverse Huts

My parents were a little surprised to see me arrive...
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