by Kristina | Nov 3, 2014 | Advice, Favorite, Life
I’m a bit of an old soul. I like to read real books and write with a pen and paper. One thing I really love is sending and receiving cards in the mail. It’s a dying practice, but some of my very favorite people are those who still send cards to say thank...
by Kristina | Oct 29, 2014 | Backcountry, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
Last week I told you about the triumphant completion of 3 years/36 months of Turns All Year. I feel like I write enough about skiing that you’re all probably sick of it, but this is my blog and I want to celebrate ALL of the months I haven’t specifically...
by Kristina | Oct 26, 2014 | Action Figure Mascot, Backcountry, Mountaineering, Mt. Rainier, Turns All Year, Tutu
I love that the Pacific Northwest is home to something like Turns All Year. Broadly, TAY is a group of people who count the number of consecutive months in which they ski with the goal of doing it for a solid year. Each consecutive year becomes both easier and harder...
by Kristina | Sep 26, 2014 | Advice, Life, Travel
Remember when you were a kid? You’d wait all year long counting down to the last day of school. Then, with great anticipation the last bell of the year would finally ring. You’d run out, blasting through the double doors, and immediately begin unabashedly...
by Kristina | Aug 20, 2014 | Backcountry, Mt. Rainier, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
The Russell Glacier is on the north side of Mt. Rainier, just east of the Ptarmigan Ridge. Living in Seattle, this is the side we always see – but I’ve never seen it up close… until now. Theresa (turquoise tutu) and I (pink tutu) have been talking...
by Kristina | Aug 15, 2014 | Backcountry, Skiing, Tutu
Sometimes you go to Norway and the trip is fun and fantastic and you come home and immediately blog about your adventures in a post read by thousands landing you sponsorships with the likes of Arc’Teryx, DPS Skis, and those fabulous folks who make tutus, leading...
by Kristina | Jul 4, 2014 | Backcountry, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
Backcountry skiing is awesome. I love everything about it. I love being outside. I love the challenges of getting up a mountain on your own and finding your way down safely. I love the way it sounds when all you can hear is the snow falling and the feeling of charging...
by Kristina | Jul 1, 2014 | Life, Publications
For our July issue of Mountaineer Magazine, out today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Tyrhee Moore and Rosemary Saal of Expedition Denali, the first all African-American team to attempt to summit America’s highest peak.Together we delved into the issue of...
by Kristina | Jun 26, 2014 | Life, Publications
The Mountaineers launched a fancy new website on Cinco de Mayo, and as the Content Project Manager, the site launch pretty much took over my life for all of April and May (except for, you know, when I was in Norway). Subsequently I neglected to share the most recent...
by Kristina | Jun 16, 2014 | Action Figure Mascot, Backcountry, Skiing
The roads in Norway are plagued with something called a Frost Heaves – a inverse speed bump caused from the freeze/thaw cycle of the road. Some of them look bad and are fine, and others look innocuous and will send your car airborne.That is not an exaggeration....
