This New Year’s Eve, I will be remembering those that have passed this past year. Just today, I spoke with one of my closest friends from childhood and college, Ludovic Hood. Ludi and his family lived in Hong Kong at the same time as my family, and his younger brother William and I were in [...]

It has been a stellar December in Colorado. In the Telluride area, for the past three weeks, we have seen storm after storm. The powder skiing has been of a rate and depth that we have not seen in awhile.
The backcountry conditions have been fairly treacherous the past few weeks as load after load piles [...]

The snowpack in both Utah and Colorado is in very tender phases at the moment. Highlighting this situation are the two deaths at Snowbird and at Aspen this week. Ski Patrols all over the country are working overtime to meet the demands of the resort and the consumer, and trying to get terrain open as [...]

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It is the 50 year storm here in the San Juans. In the past week, we have been hit with two huge 14 inch days. Yesterday was off the charts. Tonight and tomorrow we are due for another 1-2 feet of snow. Mountain Ops and Telluride Ski Patrol have been working overtime to get the [...]

This Friday night, at the Hehir home in Ophir, I will be doing the first two slideshows of my career. One show is tracing our journey to climb Gasherbrum II from this past summer and the other documents locals making some rare descents in the Telluride area from last ski season.
Thanks to help from my [...]

For the past few days, the ski touring in Ophir has been excellent. Lots of light and fluffy powder on moderate terrain. As we await the next storm, this is a great time of year to get back in shape skinning and spending time with friends. Con Severis, Rob Klimek, Dr Dan, Dylan Sloan, Haime Palmer, and [...]