by Kristina | Apr 7, 2017 | SheJumps, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
It turns out, you can get too much of a good thing. After skiing my face off for 11 days in February, something had to break, and it was me. And the weather. We can blame the weather too.For March – month 65 of Turns All Year – I got in three days of...
by Kristina | Mar 30, 2017 | Advice, Backcountry, Skiing
When I head into the mountains, I always share a backcountry trip plan with an in town designated in-case-of-emergency-person. The lucky job usually falls to my good friend Q, who you may remember as the doggy-dad of one Mr. Porter Pants. What to include in the...
by Kristina | Mar 24, 2017 | Gear, Life, Outdoor Industry
I hate purses. I pretty much always have. In college, when I felt compelled by society to carry a purse, I bought a few cheap small ones at the ROSS or Goodwill. Like every other band-geek-sorority-girl-wanna-be, I strutted around with my little bag on one shoulder...
by Kristina | Mar 16, 2017 | Backcountry, Gear, Skiing
My butt gets cold. Dare I say, I have one of the coldest bottoms in the history of womankind. I struggled for years with debilitating “cold-butt syndrome”, but I’m happy to be here today and tell you: it gets better. You need just one key piece of...
by Kristina | Mar 9, 2017 | Backcountry, Costumes, Publications, Skiing, The Mountaineers, Turns All Year, Tutu
I love that my job and my personal life have so many opportunities to overlap. For our spring edition of Mountaineer magazine (designed and edited by my lovely and talented colleague Suzanne Gerber), I got to write about the storied Mt. St. Helens tradition of...
by Kristina | Mar 2, 2017 | Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
If I thought skiing in January was great, then skiing in February was absolutely phenomenal! Hands down one of my best months ever on snow. With 11 days in 2 states and 2 countries – none of which were my home state of Washington – I covered 77,000 vert,...
by Kristina | Feb 24, 2017 | Backcountry, Gear, Skiing
Like most outdoor pursuits, you need a lot of stuff for backcounty skiing. Between hard goods and soft goods (and tutus) you can expect to spend anywhere from $2,000 to $12,000 to get outside. Yikes! Since you really do need all of this stuff, here’s a handy...
by Kristina | Feb 16, 2017 | Backcountry, Skiing, Turns All Year
Alpine Touring (aka randonee skiing or splitboarding) is surging in popularity. An estimated 6 million skiers and snowboarders in the U.S. are now exploring the backcountry, according to Snowsports Industries America (SIA). By many estimates Alpine Touring is the...
by Kristina | Feb 9, 2017 | Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
In May 2016, I was lucky to be whisked away in my first helicopter to the Kokanee Glacier Cabin deep in the heart of the Kokanee Mountains. There, I spent 7-days with my new best friends exploring the beauty of British Columbia. The weather was HOT but the beers were...
by Kristina | Feb 2, 2017 | Action Figure Mascot, Backcountry, SheJumps, Turns All Year, Tutu
January was a good month to chase turns all year. Deep, light, fluffy pow was abundant early, then cold temps assured our snow would stay light before the rain came mid-January and squashed our powder dreams. The rain slab made for scary conditions in the backcountry...
