Category Archives: Aspen Stories

Epic Storm, Day One

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Al

This storm hurled its first pitch about 3 AM today,. Since then, it’s been snowing pretty much an inch an hour ever since. Continue reading →

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Forty Seventh Year

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Al

Once again, I had remembered how to ski. Continue reading →

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Baldy Chutes, Part III

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Al

I had my black powder suit on that day, heating me up as it absorbed the intense high altitude rays. Off came the hat, mittens, and goggles; down came the zipper, but still I sweated. Reaching the steeper portion of … Continue reading →

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Baldy Chutes, Part II

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Al

Two weeks of sun and cool nights had compacted the snow well. and it was an easy walk up to the bare rocks of the wind-blown west face of Baldy. The top was a gentle rolling snowfield that seemed to drop off abruptly over a cliff. Continue reading →

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Baldy Chutes – Part I

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Al

On the window sill of my “office” – really, it’s more like a storage room for all my triathlon stuff, with a small desk for a computer – sit four items. Over the course of the past 20 years, I … Continue reading →

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Tahoe’s A Comin’

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Al

Altitude is like heat: you can’t overcome it with will power alone. Like running up a hill or into the wind on a bike, you just have to back off as much as the environment demands. Continue reading →

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Go Your Own Way

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Al

Rumours would go on to sell 40,000,000 copies, one of the top ten albums of all time. And I would go on to have at 4 more decades of skiable snow, loving every fresh fallen flake. Even the no snow years (like the last two) are better than no years at all. Continue reading →

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The Princess

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Al

“His thing is going further, longer and sometimes faster. If you are not half dead and out of food by the time you get home, you haven’t gone far enough.” Continue reading →

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Bumps

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Al

I don’t get tired, I don’t get sore, and all I get is more and more confident. Another opportunity to keep doin’ it till I can’t. Continue reading →

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Powder Day

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Al

Thirty years ago, on powder days, my father would drive me over to the lift. I’d have to haul out the monstrous 18” snow blower and clear the driveway, curving 400’ downhill. We’d leave about 8:05, exactly the right amount … Continue reading →

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