http://jesperperl.com/words Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:17:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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, ... http://jesperperl.com/words/winter-fun/ 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 ... http://jesperperl.com/words/teton-pass/ 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. [flashvideo filename=videos/SI3D2.flv image=videos/SI3D2.jpg width=400 height=245 screencolor="0xFFFFFF" showdigits=false showvolume=true usefullscreen=false /] http://jesperperl.com/words/marys-nipple/ 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. [flashvideo filename=videos/SI3D1.flv image=videos/SI3D1.jpg width=400 height=245 screencolor="0xFFFFFF" showdigits=false ... http://jesperperl.com/words/cat-skiing-at-grand-targhee/ 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 ... http://jesperperl.com/words/james-peak-wilderness/ 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 ... http://jesperperl.com/words/change-of-seasons/ 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 ... http://jesperperl.com/words/downhill/ 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 ... http://jesperperl.com/words/summer-vacation/ 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 ... http://jesperperl.com/words/kingston-peak/ 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 ... http://jesperperl.com/words/horseback-riding/