My friend and fellow Backcountry.com team member, Don Bowie, just confirmed plans to attempt a winter ascent of Broad Peak. Leaving in just a few days, Don is back in Telluride preparing for his journey to Pakistan. See below for more info and to follow his action- www.donbowie.com.   http://k2climb.net/news.php?id=17771   from Explorer’s Web & K2climb.net: Winter [...]

  Sunday was ladies day at the Pool Wall in Ouray, CO. With my two climbing wing women, Katja & Mel, we hit the sunny crag for some mid-afternoon sport climbing. Katja charged it, putting up numerous hard routes and firing all of them. Mel and I both led a moderate 10 and then we [...]

   Back by popular demand, Babes in the Backcountry event “Sisters in the Steeps” will return to host, Silverton Mountain, in April 2009. Guide/Instructors will be Patti Banks and myself. Join us for a weekend of great adventure in the San Juans. Visit: www.babesinthebackcountry.com- Leslie Ross www.silvertonmountain.com- Jen Brill – Kim Havell

Staying light on Day 1 of ski season- a beautiful ski tour, albeit thin on the lowers, but an awesome quick 2 hour trip/lunch break in Waterfall Canyon in Ophir. The skin track was amazing, the exit good, and light fluffy powder turns up high were really fun! On the way up, Con and I bumped [...]

As we await our next storm in Telluride, Saturday turned into a sun soaked day in the high desert outside of the Naturita area in SW Colorado. A small group of us headed to the crag of Atomic Energy for some mixed pitch-sport and trad-day. Photos above are of Katja Wichland and Winslow Scott making the most [...]