by Kristina | Dec 10, 2015 | Mt. Rainier, Skiing, Turns All Year
For November turns this year, Muir seemed to answer the ‘Where to ski?’ question. The tutu made three visits to the mountainside camp.Situated on the south side of Mt. Rainier at 10,188′, it’s both very accessible and incredibly remote. Muir is...
by Kristina | Dec 3, 2015 | Advice, Backcountry, Favorite, Lists, Skiing
As “the girl who skis in a tutu,” people regularly ask me how to get started backcountry skiing, and I love introducing others to my favorite pastime. The more (safety-oriented, environmentally-conscious) BC skiers we can get out there the better. I’ve said...
by Kristina | Nov 26, 2015 | Life
To celebrate Thanksgiving this year, The Mountaineers is sending a message of thanks to its community. As the marketing manager, I’m primarily responsible for crafting and distributing this message. While I didn’t come up with the beautiful design below...
by Kristina | Nov 19, 2015 | Advice, Life, Skiing, Travel
While on a hut trip in Canada, I learned of this amazing game called “What’s yours like?” Incredibly simple and requiring zero accoutrements to play, “What’s Yours Like?” is both an amazing get-to-know-you and disturbing...
by Kristina | Nov 12, 2015 | Life, Publications
My job is pretty incredible, and getting to hang out with Jim Whittaker in his living room a few weeks ago to make this film ranks up there on my list of all-time best life experiences.He’s such an accomplished man who approaches his achievements with a humble...
by Kristina | Nov 4, 2015 | Life, Publications, Skiing, Tutu
I consider myself very lucky. I’ve found a job that I love, and one of the things it’s afforded me is the ability to write “professionally”. Not only do I publish blogs for work on a pretty regular basis, I also get to write for our Mountaineer...
by Kristina | Oct 28, 2015 | Life, Skiing, Tutu
My friends are the best. They’re so great, in fact, sometimes I feel bad for stealing all of the best people in the world and hogging them for myself. #SorryNotSorry.Want to ski on your 30th birthday….in May? I’ve got the crew for you!Why are they so...
by Kristina | Oct 22, 2015 | Mt. Rainier, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
People love to hate social media. I get it. It’s invasive. It takes the place of real relationships in your life. It causes FOMO….But it’s also kind of awesome. One of the things that I’m really loving lately is #ThrowbackThursday, or #tbt if...
by Kristina | Oct 16, 2015 | Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
All of the TAYers (as we call ourselves) were pretty worried about finding snow this summer. Well, as it turns out, when you’re mentally prepared and physically conditioned for suffering, it’s never as bad as you think it’s going to be. Or something...
by Kristina | Oct 8, 2015 | Backcountry, Costumes, Mountains, Mt. Rainier, Skiing, Turns All Year
I’m on the record as saying it was a pretty dismal winter, and I also mused that skiing this summer was going to be the worst. While both of those things remain true, skiing is still skiing thus AWESOME, and skiing when no one else is skiing makes it all the...
