Pass prices
So, the price of the ski pass I bought this season went up about $25, I think, from last season. And I was thinking that was a lot. Then I read about Aspen’s offer. Whether for charity or not, that is an expensive pass. Aspen offers $25K ‘ultimate ski pass’ for charity By The … Read more
Cascadian Beats
Doing some background reading about poets and peaks – like Kerouac and Desolation – I stumbled across this essay credited with labeling the Beat Generation. Reading through the words of John Clellon Holmes reminded me of a conversation from an English class in college. Someone had asked, what makes literature? The answer, more or less: … Read more
Sightseeing NYC
Welcome to NYC, the city that really seems able to be everything to everyone.
Fall there
This might not sound quite as crazy as heading for the West did back in the day, just close. I went back east to go climbing. And to see some of those much heralded autumn colors. Everyone I know from there talks about them. The fiery reds and oranges and bright yellows even made “shrapnel-bursts” … Read more
Fall here
Autumn. The best kind of fall. Not that I’ve always enjoyed it, but it is a charming season. Used to be, for me, that these few months, or weeks, were just an interminable wait for snow to fly. Around here, the usually small, though picturesque, swathes of fiery changing colors aren’t popular enough to warrant … Read more
It’s just like that
When I started working nights at a newspaper, my aunt, who lives in Spokane, Washington, asked, “Is that safe?” I couldn’t help but laugh. I think I had just finished telling her about how few other people are in the office when I am. To me, that’s more often a blessing, and I live in … Read more
Climbing the N.B.s
It’s kind of funny that in a big ol’ state like this one there would be two climbing areas with the initials N.B., within a couple hundred miles of each other. It’s a little weird there would be two with the same initials, period. But anyway, at the Northern Bourbouns – across the dirt road … Read more
Season of the film
The sun is already dropping from the sky at an unusually early hour, and it won’t be much longer before the temperatures really drop and fall gets here. From now until then is that awkward period of anticipation, during which greedy eyes watch mountains for the first sign of white and movies to pass the time … Read more
View from the passenger seat
As the name might imply, Big Sky Country covers a lot of space. And a lot of miles of road. Here are a few glimpses of the stretches between Bozeman and Helena – from both sides of the Bridger Mountains – and the Paradise Valley, most taken from the passenger seat by Lyra Leigh-Nedbor. -SF … Read more
