by Kristina | Jan 19, 2020 | Advice
Congratulations! Your toenail turned all of the colors and is going to fall off. Don’t despair. Follow these tips* to embrace the 6-12 month regrowing process to welcome your new nail with grace and dignity. First things first, mitigate the pain. Whether you...
by Kristina | Jan 12, 2020 | Turns All Year
After an exciting start to the regular, lift-accessed ski season (wherein I nearly missed month 97 because of a clerical error), I enjoyed six glorious days of uphill and downhill skiing in December. Beginning December 14, I had one day in bounds, one day sidecountry,...
by Kristina | Jan 5, 2020 | Life
At the end of December, it’s fun to reflect back on smile-filled memories and consider what things we’d like to leave behind as we enter a New Year. A lot of things made me smile in 2019: exertional flatulence, outdoor camping fails, snot rockets, Chaco...
by Kristina | Dec 23, 2019 | Skiing, Turns All Year
Dodging roots and rocks is par for the course, but I don’t expect to contend with flying limbs and uncontrolled metal to boot. I grew up in Montana, where there’s only seven people per square mile. Learning to ski in big sky country meant lots of open space to slide...
by Kristina | Dec 9, 2019 | Turns All Year
After skiing every month for 96 months in a row, I never imagined that I might miss month 97 because of a clerical oversight. Once described as a “magnificent planner”, as I get older I seem to be less and less capable of keeping track of the little things. For...
by Kristina | Dec 2, 2019 | Publications
For the December 1, 2019 edition of Mountaineer magazine, I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Luis Campos to share his story. I don’t do much writing for the magazine these days, and I felt extremely lucky to draw this story. Luis has an ease about...
by Kristina | Oct 20, 2019 | Advice, Skiing
The coin-colored Subaru Impreza sits low with the weight of metal and plastic and human flesh. We drive purposefully south, into the good weather window we hope will carry us all the way to the summit of Tahoma (Mount Rainier). Going into the weekend, so full of...
by Kristina | Oct 13, 2019 | Advice, Skiing, Turns All Year
It takes a special breed of human to want to hike and climb to ski every month of the year. They possess a passion for unpredictable adventures and a love of manky snow, and mostly they are owners of many layers of Gore-Tex. These weirdos are my people: we are Turns...
by Kristina | Sep 27, 2019 | Turns All Year
At some point in my Turns All Year journey, I figured out the secret of the Aug-Sept twofer. You go to Wy’east (Mt. Hood) over Labor Day weekend to ski chair lifts for the last “free” skiing of the year. If you’re lucky, Labor Day falls over...
by Kristina | Sep 20, 2019 | Turns All Year
I have never skied alone – that is, until Turns All Year Month 93! With limited availability and a lack of desire to coordinate with anyone, I scooted up to Mt. Rainier solo. The skiing was a far cry from the best July turns ever last year, but hey, it was...
