August 01, 2015 The New Olympics Any question of the Winter Olympics relevance to skiing as a competitive sport can be put to rest with today’s […] Read more
June 14, 2015 The Battle Begins Today the Elk River Valley crosses an annual threshold for the cutthroat trout living out a winter in the benign […] Read more
March 02, 2015 This Prom Queen of a Winter This winter is kind of like going on a date with the Prom Queen when you’re from the wrong side of the tracks. Read more
December 28, 2014 A Merry Christmas and Pow Pow Pow I think we can sagely say that Santa is no longer saying Ho Ho Ho and enthusiastically switched over to Pow Pow Pow. Read more
December 03, 2014 More than Milk and Snickerdoodles We’re going skiing. Friday. At 9am, Fernie Alpine Resort opens. Read more
November 25, 2014 This is Winter The valley wobbled and fell into winter. No other way to look at it. Read more
October 18, 2014 A Ribbon of White Wins the Sweepstakes Today Arapahoe Basin, base elevation of 10,780 feet on the Colorado Continental Divide, took the annual ski industry sweepstakes becoming […] Read more
September 21, 2014 Define Small Town, eh? In 1890 Fredrick Turner spoke before the US Congress declaring the frontier was tamed. The westward expansion reached the west […] Read more
September 04, 2014 Fernie Bipolar Days The sun warmed Tuesday to 20 plus. In the evening a few clouds hung on the Lizards creating a multi-hued […] Read more
May 19, 2014 On the Cusp We perch on the cusp of summer, about to fall. In the last three days, my crab apple tree moved […] Read more
April 22, 2014 And this is Spring I woke this morning to a hard rain turning harder–into graupel or soft hail. The splash of rain changed to […] Read more
April 15, 2014 And the Fat Lady Sang On a glorious Sunday in April the Fat Lady sang at FAR with the background vocals and chorus supplied by […] Read more