by Kristina | Jun 5, 2014 | Backcountry, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
We interrupt your regularly scheduled program of posts about Norway to bring you this very important announcement : yesterday (Wednesday, June 4) I climbed Baker and skied down from the summit. With Theresa. We were both wearing tutus. Because: Team Tutu. Get...
by Kristina | Apr 10, 2014 | Action Figure Mascot, Backcountry, Mountains, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
March was a tough month to motivate to ski, but luckily I had a few fun events to get me back on skis for Turns All Year Month 29! The month kicked off with a She Jumps event to get the girls out on the slopes – and get out we did! Continuing my tradition of...
by Kristina | Mar 17, 2014 | Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
After months of uber dry weather, mid-February brought us some serious dumpage, the likes of which haven’t been seen in these parts for years. Theresa and I celebrated by hitting Crystal mountain in our Seahawks-turquoise tutus on February 1, the day before we...
by Kristina | Mar 12, 2014 | Backcountry, Mountaineering, Mountains, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
In the last installment of Turns All Year: The Tutu Adventures, I spent November and December skiing almost every weekend in sub-par conditions. January continued the trend, staying dry and keeping us powder hounds seeking new adventures.To start the year off right, I...
by Kristina | Mar 10, 2014 | 30 Before 30, Action Figure Mascot, Favorite, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
Lots of people wonder why I embrace being ridiculous. This may come as a surprise to most of you, but I didn’t always ski in tutus and travel with an action figure mascot. In fact, I wouldn’t even consider myself ‘outdoorsy’...
by Kristina | Jan 28, 2014 | Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
The snowpack in the PNW is pretty dismal. As I am writing this, it’s 50-degrees and sunny on a warm January day. While the rest of the country is complaining about the “Polar Vortex”, we are happily walking around in t-shirts and searching our homes...
