“Powder snow skiing is not fun. It is life, fully lived, life lived in a blaze of reality. What we … More
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San Juan Snowpack ’19: The race to the top
Okay, okay, okay. A week ago, I pointed out that this year’s snowfall, while big, still did not measure up … More
The War for the Roads
This story by Jonathan P. Thompson ran in the Silverton Mountain Journal in winter of 2002. Given the historic avalanche … More
San Juan Snowpack 2019: Big, but not the biggest (yet)
Let there be no doubt: It has been a snowy winter in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado, along … More
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