Yesterday, I got to experience something I’ve waited forty-nine years to do. My son and his friend were on a mission to tackle Mount Washington’s Tuckerman Ravine, as part of an Independent Senior Project one of them was working on. After researching routes, reading up on avalanche warnings, and acquiring the proper gear, they made a…
Tag: backcountry skiing
Lock-Steps
Something has been coming up in conversation a lot lately that I thought might be helpful to mention. Well, helpful if you’re a hiker or climber looking to take on rugged mountains or some other difficult terrain. Maybe this comes up around the water cooler at work, but more likely, it comes up on the…
We Had to Climb Something: Park City’s Desolation Peak
The fam and I took our first full-family ski vacation out west last week, and of course, we had to climb something. It wasn’t even my idea, I swear! One of my kids led the charge, and to my unbounded delight, nobody resisted the idea. In fact, there was enthusiasm all around. I had been…
The Backcountry Code
Last week I went backcountry skiing in an undisclosed location. I could tell you about it, but I can’t say with any certainty that if I did so, a representative of the Backcountry Illuminati wouldn’t put a hit out on me. You see, backcountry skiing locations are sacred ground, where those willing to make the…