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Winter Fun

Jesper — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:17:14 +0000

We have had lots of fun this winter. Much more fun than posts reveal on this website. Cat-skiing, resort skiing, winter hikes with Strelka. Its been a great winter so far, albeit with the snow pack in the mountains being a little delayed and frighteningly unstable in the back country, so we’ve stuck to the resorts so far for skiing.

Teton Pass

Jesper — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:04:50 +0000

The third and last video from last years trip to Jackson is from Teton Pass. Booting up Teton Pass is always a good workout and a lot of fun. Interestingly enough, we stayed in Teton Village, but not once did we ski Jackson Hole Resort. We found better snow is these other locations…

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Mary’s Nipple

Jesper — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:35:59 +0000

The second day of the trip to Jackson last year was spent hiking Mary’s Nipple. Repeatedly. The Nipple had been closed for a couple of days because of weather, and when it finally opened up, the conditions were perrrrfect.

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Cat skiing at Grand Targhee

Jesper — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:00:42 +0000

To step the ski stokage up a notch for the upcoming ski season I have converted some ski footage from last year’s ski trip in Jackson to a web friendly format. This first video is from our cat ski day at Grand Targhee.

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James Peak Wilderness

Jesper — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:54:29 +0000

This past weekend, Jen and I took Strelka up to James Peak Wilderness for a little snowshoe jaunt. It was a beautiful day with plentiful remnants from the latest snow storm. The low angled sun towards the afternoon made for fun photo playing with sunlight and shadows in the trees.

More photos here.

Change of Seasons

Jesper — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:17:28 +0000

Summer ended. Fall is taking over. The leaves are changing colour and temperatures are dropping. A lot. This past weekend seemed more like winter than fall with several inches of snow on the ground. Jen and I decided to see how the high country was taking in the change of season. Our destination was Mt Audubon, Strelka in tow, or more correctly, towing us up the mountain. That is, until it got so bitterly cold that she tucked her tail way in between her legs and made it clear to us that she wasn’t having too much fun post holing snow drifts 3-4 times higher than herself. At that time we turned around, and we quickly warmed up as we descended and found more shelter lower on the mountain and finally in between the trees again. It may be fall, but it sure feels like winter in the mountains.

More photos here.

Downhill

Jesper — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:03:43 +0000

Jen and I have taken to a new angle of bike riding: Downhilling. As in lift served gravity powered riding. We have already gone up to Keystone and Winter Park a couple of times and have had a blast. This past Saturday good friends Dave and Don joined us and despite how hard it is to stop whenever your are having fun descending on a bike, I actually did so and got a little footage.

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Good times!

Summer Vacation

Jesper — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:08:36 +0000

For our summer vacation this year we decided to stay in Colorado - much like last year - driving around from one mountain town to the next, mountain bikes in tow. This years destinations were Crested Butte, Telluride and Durango. And if there was anything we learned this year, its that Colorado has so much to offer; enough for several more summer vacations like this!

Many more pictures in the photo section, and Jen did a great write up on her blog.

Kingston Peak

Jesper — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:10:48 +0000

I have wanted to go up in the high country for a while and with the snow finally starting to disappear at and above tree limit Jen and I decided to check out the Kingston Peak and James Peak area. And what a treat it was. We were greeted with amazing views all around. Our ride started at around 10,000 ft of elevation and climbed to above 12,000 ft. Beautiful day. Beautiful views. Wow. The tundra has got to be one of my favourite places to be…

More photos here.

Horseback Riding

Jesper — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:37:15 +0000

Last weekend when Jen’s sister Vicki and her family visited we went horseback riding. I have been riding before, but this time was the very first time I actually felt in control of the horse, and she - her name was Rawhide - knew it! Good times. It still amazes me how steep terrain horses can go up and down…

More pictures here.