the older i get, the faster i was.
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Laboring in Steamboat
Spent the weekend camping on a friend’s property in Oak Creek, near Steamboat Springs. It’s always a good time with this crew, plenty of grilled meats and whiskey around the campfire, punctuate with mountain biking and SUPing and playing ball with the doggos. This was to be a solo mission for me, meaning sans girlfriend…
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Guerrilla Trail Education
The first sign in this series of pictures has been showing up in a lot of the local parks, and was created and placed by the county’s open space / parks and rec department. And while there are certainly legitimate complaints and concerns about riders riding too fast on multi-use, bi-direction trails, it’s always stuck…
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Marched right past dumb, and sprinted straight to stupid
“We have an endocannabinoid system in our bodies that needs to be nourished.”
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All these horseflies must work for JCOS
https://www.strava.com/activities/2574124759
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Getting a high mountain tune up
Skied my second 14er this year. Let me rephrase, I skied my third 14er of all time, the second of this year. With a deep and mostly stable snowpack going into the summer months, it’ll be a while before high country mountain biking is in so I figured why not ski a couple big(ger) objectives?…
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The Vortex!
As I’m getting closer to my goal of a 50+ day ski season, I think about how blessed we’ve been this season with consistent snowfall and some really stellar conditions. Today is Day 44, and there’s still plenty of freaking awesome skiing to be had. Awesome skiing like The Vortex, a classic west and southwest…
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Bluetooth Coffee Cup
Still some great color out there, apparently you just gotta know where to look. I got super high (12K) riding Copper to Searle Pass with my lady on Saturday, then moseyed over to the Minturn area and rode around in some aspens on Sunday… Climbing Line Shack. All the aspens. Found this sweet little cabin…
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Mom Nature’s Finest Hues
Monday: wherein Evan posts tantalizing visual media rife with the beautification derived of Mom Nature’s finest hues, accentuated by altitude of magnanimous proportions. Topping out at 11,300′ of elevated bliss, I submit for your measured consideration Crested Butte’s Trail 401 in peak leaf peeper glory, an infinitely attractive redhead, and one ugly dude who can…
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#GetHigh4Graham
Revisited Wheeler Trail to Miner’s Creek in Breck a few weeks back, as part of a big ol’ group ride put together by Will who started the Go4Graham Foundation, a non-profit working to raise awareness, fight stigmas, and break the silence surrounding mental health and depression. Good group of folks, and a bunch of strong riders…
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Gold Coin Highway
Oh man, I’ve been ignoring this blog for a while now… but don’t you worry I’m still getting HIGH, man. I have a few other rides to back-post, but figured I’d chuck this high-country classic in the mix to add a little fall color to the blog. A little Kenosha Pass out-n-back with my favorite…
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The Salida Sortie
About once a year for I don’t even know how long, my good friend Ben comes out to Colorado to ride for a week or so. Every year, I try to take him somewhere he’s never been. And by the end of the week or five days or however long he is able to visit,…
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Powder Addiction
The only thing more sublime than skiing completely untracked backcountry powder on a sunny day… is not having to walk uphill to get to it. I was treated to such a thing by my friend’s Jeff and Claire, who invited myself and another friend, Heather, for a day of guided backcountry catskiing with Powder Addiction…
Dirt&Snow 