By Emma Hesselsweet | January 2021 I leaped up the mountain, occasionally looking back to see my family, right behind me. Today it was actively snowing, and we were making use of our new uphill skis. For our first foray into the backcountry of 2022, we chose this Baldy Ridge ascent close to the townContinue reading “Ski touring at Baldy Ridge, near Breckenridge, CO”
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How our family started uphill skiing
This story starts on a freezing cold day a few years back, when we were skiing down the face of Mount Snow in Vermont and I got caught on a tricky patch of ice and nearly slid into a tree. As I collected my nerves and tried in vain to search out a less-icy line,Continue reading “How our family started uphill skiing”
The Peace of Wild Things 