Flashback to New Year’s Eve one year ago. Midnight was approaching as a small group of us headed out to go ice skating at Kendall Mountain’s little rink at around 11 pm. The air was so cold that my face and nostrils were stinging. Despite the arctic temperatures and the…
1 – Skin up the Lackawanna Trail – Locals swear up and down that this hike and ski is safe no matter how terrible the avalanche conditions are (and according to the CAIC today, they are terrible). It’s right in town, just North of the Kendall Ski Area. The Husband,…
Editor’s Note: Today the Diva has a guest contributor, our very own Jackson-Hole fashionista / outdoor aficianado Claire Rabun. Today, she’ll give us the scoop on what Northern Rockies Divas are digging as we head into the holiday weekend. This season has been one for the books, as Jackson has…
Colorado Skate Skiing’s best-kept secret is in Silverton, Colo., and its free! Altitude start is 9,318-feet at Kendall Mountain Ski Area, goes up about eight miles to Eureka at 9,862-feet. Skate skiing shares the track with snowmobilers but when it’s in and groomed, there’s nothing better!
We had an awesome family day out at the Ouray Ice Park yesterday, Dec. 26, 2010. It was just the second day the park has been open this season (due to warm weather). The Park was packed full of climbers who were chomping at the bit to get some mileage…
Part of our winter life up here in Silverton is the avalanche cycle and avalanche awareness. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) Northern San Juan Avalanche Report said it best today; a “very impressive avalanche cycle ended Friday (12-24-2010). Natural action was extensive, with slides on virtually every aspect and…
Holy sh*t how I love this town. Arriving in Silverton at around 6 p.m. last night, it hit me again. … Why can’t we just live here? Then I remember our kids, and our jobs (blah blah blah). But that’s why we love it up here. … It’s all about…
Some big news happened this week in the Mountain Diva community. … Park City’s own Diva, Ashley Battersby, podiumed at the Slopestyle Finals Winter Dew Tour on Dec. 19, as reported in Gravity Magazine. She was the first woman to win this important four-day competition, which took place in Breckenridge,…
We’re just about to crash into Christmas Eve and it’s truly been a mad dash this year with our friends and families (not to mention our jobs) pulling us in all kinds of directions. Time to refocus. … Vacation is just around the corner! The Mountain Diva editorial team of…
Anna Lavesque is the founder of the A No. 1 Mountain Diva paddling resource: (GAP). Winter”s arriving, but it”s never too early to explore Diva adventures for 2011, so we thought we”d spend a few minutes getting to know Uber Diva Anna Lavesque! Lavesque is dedicated to inspiring women and…
