by Kristina | May 9, 2012 | Backcountry, Skiing
March 18 was a fun day up at Source Lake. The Source Lake area is near Alpental, and feeds into the sidecountry of Alpental Ski Resort. It’s also near Chair Peak, which many people will circumnavigate in one long day of touring. You can climb it in the summer,...
by Kristina | May 7, 2012 | Backcountry, Skiing
On March 16, I tagged along with 3 boys to Skyline Ridge and got in about 4,500 feet of skiing. For me, that’s a good day (although most boys will say they’d like about 7,000 feet at least).Skyline Ridge, also known as Heather Ridge, is off of Hwy 2, which...
by Kristina | May 3, 2012 | Backcountry, Skiing
Here I go promising (threatening?) to tell you about all of my backcountry skiing adventures, and I fall off the face of the earth. Never fear, I’m alive, just really, really busy. Family, work, and a social life will do that to a girl. But I miss you blog...
by Kristina | Apr 19, 2012 | Backcountry, Skiing
My first ever backcountry ski day was a 2-day epic trip to Mt. Baker. Some friends were renting a cabin up at the mountain and I was lucky enough to get an invite! The weekend of February 18-19 it was DUMPING snow. Seriously, look at this:Can you call that ass deep?It...
by Kristina | Apr 11, 2012 | Backcountry, Skiing
I have developed a pattern of taking up a new (and sometimes “extreme”) sport every few years. I started rock climbing in 2007, I adopted the forefoot strike and discovered that I really, really love running in 2009, then I bought a bike and started...
by Kristina | Mar 17, 2012 | Life, Skiing
Thanks for all of your comments, support, and encouragement as I make this major life decision! While it was a little fun to keep you all in suspense, I am sorry I didn’t get this post up yesterday as promised. I was out having a blast backcountry...
