Will's house in Tahoe is technically on the Nevada side, but I tell most people in Chile that I live in California because it's much easier than explaining that Lake Tahoe is on the border between California and Nevada and... Continue Reading →
It's incredibly easy to avoid trees when skiing in the mountains outside of Santiago, because there aren't any. As someone who grew up zig-zagging through snowy pine trees on the east coast of the US and has since graduated to... Continue Reading →
Sending hard is fun and all, but who doesn't love a good wipeout? My body, that's who. I had a couple of big (and somewhat dumb) falls while I was in Lake Tahoe for the holidays (I'm now back in... Continue Reading →
Now that I'm back in the US just in time for spring, it occurs to me that my seasons are super out of whack. Starting from last (northern) summer spent in California, I was in Chile for most of the... Continue Reading →
The original plan was to do an epic backcountry ski weekend in the Eastern Sierras at the end of April, usually a reliably good time to get some spring skiing in at high elevation. Alas, Mother Nature had other plans.... Continue Reading →
See, it kinda looks like we're skiing in that photo, but really what we're doing is hiking on skis. I learned this winter that "backcountry skiing" is a total misnomer, and really it should be more like "slogging up snowy... Continue Reading →