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So far I’ve been really lucky in Washington.  Since I don’t have a vehicle that can handle snow while I’m in town I’ve been really good at carpooling and hitching rides.  I’m going green in Washington.   I talked to Gorio from evo and the original plan was to ride Sunday, waking up at 7am. [...]

I made my way down to Summit County for the weekend, with a variety of events going on to attend like Oktoberfest and Working Out the Kinks premiere in Denver. Of course…plans changed and ended up missing both of those but spent Saturday on snow taking photos. It had snowed in Colorado less than a [...]

Today we ventured out to Mt. Evans.  It is the worlds highest paved road sitting at 14,240 feet with amazing views around it.  After the highway open on May 23rd, Gag’s and his crew made it out to ride Mt Evans in June and the pictures he sent me were awesome to check out.    [...]

After spending yesterday at St Mary’s Glacier and me not wanting to leave Summit County, we headed up to ride the snow that is left at Breck’s 4th of July bowl.   You can actually drive up to the top and park right by the snow, but it’s a rocky road and 4WD is necessary. [...]

Today was a day to track down what is left of snow in Colorado. There are a lot of places with a abundance of summer snow like Independence Pass and St. Mary’s Glacier. Those places are a farther drive from Steamboat so we decided to try the Flat Tops to see if there was any [...]

It’s closing weekend at Loveland so today was definitely a good day to finish out the season. I met up with friends at 8am to make the drive down to Loveland. It was Jakub, Amy, John and myself to make the trek together. We met up with Jay in the base when we arrived at [...]

Since Gary came up from Denver, it was the plan to splitboard today on Buffalo Pass. It was my first time splitboarding and finally getting out in the backcountry with Gary to make turns. He’s a “earn your turn” kind of guy so I knew today would be a workout and painful experience but with [...]