Operation Moffat

I read Gwen Moffat's autobiography - SPACE BELOW MY FEET - decades ago. As Britain's first female mountain guide, she was breaking all kinds of barriers, but ultimately it was a good read because it offered another lens to view the history of our sport. Not sure where this film can be viewed, but I will keep my eyes open and let you know.


Operation Moffat – trailer

A nice little essay on the off season ...

http://adventure-journal.com/2016/04/setting-into-the-rhythm-of-a-ski-towns-off-season/

Spring in the Adirondacks

They rolled the Olympic nordic trails but unfortunately I was stuck in the office and could not get out to ski.

Spring is here!

The valley trails are firm, and will sprout spring beauties soon. Of course, Lucy said up high on Algonquin its icy and micro-spikes are definitely called for. I had a great 85 minute run, after three very long and stressful days in Manhattan.

One of those nordic days

A short, entertaining video ...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5HiyXSJww&ebc=ANyPxKobyZavFX8K-OIR3HwcGIk6i9TiNpv8Sti9v8TS_HCK_a-DmhM_bsRb-jUBTDd81SEAnVcU9Yhdl5ochlA225rRK_w3Aw

Mountain Running ... Boulder is where it's at!

https://rootsrated.com/stories/for-week-of-4-11-mountain-running-legends-of-boulder

Last Dawn Patrol Of The Season

http://youtu.be/Yd-gbDcD-bU

Skiing the north face of Les Courtes

https://vimeo.com/162381031

The knee is feeling better ...

I did four short and easy trail runs this week between 25-45 minutes long, supplemented by yoga, and the rowing machine.

Handmade, Custom Igneous Skis

https://vimeo.com/159821179

Looks like Spring has finally come to the Adirondacks

Yesterday was spectacular; today, and the rest of the weekend will be equally as brilliant. Whiteface closes Sunday. The last boil in the NCS sugarbush will happen today, and I will spend most of the weekend getting ready for the April 23rd board meeting.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK ... a few toes aren't much to give

The Sierra Nevada Snowpack

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/12/science/california-snow-drought-sierra-nevada-water.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Last day of the alumni reunion

Heading home on the red-eye.

Another great day at Alta ...

The knee felt a bit better, and I had a good skin up the summer road.

The start of a great day at Alta

The wasatch range coming into view

Another book off Hock's shelves

A very comprehensive tome, and I am just re-reading the section on Nansen and the Fram.

Good nordic coverage in the local paper

Pretty chilly for April

Not a great winter but I still managed 83 days on snow ...

I will end my season in Utah. I am heading out to Alta for four days in 48 hours - it's work, an alumni ski reunion - somebody has to do it!

This crummy nordic season ends where it started ...

Doing laps at Whiteface. Thankfully, this is not too painful on the knee! I might go back this afternoon.

Knee surgery?

Two weeks after I tweaked my knee I can barely get up Owls Head! I feel like a very old man, and while it was great to get out and see the view, I am worried.

On a different note, you see the clouds rolling in, the temperature will drop all day, and tomorrow it looks like snow.

Mira Rai

A great story of a Nepalese child soldier in the Maoist army who morphs into a big-time international trail runner

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/miraraifilm/142647558

Another book off the shelves ... THE ASCENT OF RUM DOODLE

I am re-reading this classic for the third or fourth time. The definitive spoof of British expedition narratives from the golden age of Himalayan climbing. So well written, and such a wonderful sense of humor.

Skiing the Hardrock 100 route in the San Juans

Maybe we can tackle sections of this when Brian retires to Durango. Read the Adventure Journal article below ...

http://adventure-journal.com/2016/03/group-completes-epic-first-ski-of-the-hardrock-100/

Lucy's last day on skis ... on to track season

Happy Easter. Click on the link to watch a video update about her important March races.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TyGeQHhpbM

A fossil gathering in Tahoe

Checking out your tech binding release

A short but important video from WILD SNOW ...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1AcqkCPm4lY

Great day skinning and skiing Haystack

Laps on Haystack Mountain

Wednesday night we got a short skin in before sunset, and tomorrow Guillaume and I will do 3-4 laps before we head south and north.

Violet klister

A love letter to the National Parks

Fantastic evening short video ...

http://www.outsideonline.com/2061176/why-we-love-national-parks?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tweet

2016 Eastern High School Championships

Lucy had three top 10 performances, including a fourth place in the 5K ski race.

Skiing with an NCS alumnus from the class of 1948

Beautiful day at Snowmass ... it was hard to keep up as he pointed them straight down hill.

Heading back East ...

Hope there is still snow at the jumps when I get back.

Great laps on Buttermilk

Oops ... Obviously grabbed the wrong clip-on sunglasses!

Good first day in Colorado

A nice short morning run on the Flatiron Vista Trail. In the afternoon I skinned for a couple of hours on the Jenny Creek Trail adjacent to the Eldora Ski Area.

Ferry to Burlington ... off to Colorado to see NCS alumni

Lucy named a U20 All American for her sprint race at the junior nationals

March is traditionally the snowiest month ...

Not this year!

Still some good skiing although it feels like spring ...

Thankfully the man-made snow at the ski jumps is holding up.

Quote of the Week ... Bradford Washburn

In 1957 the Swiss publication MOUNTAIN WORLD featured a famous 24 page article with many of his stunning high resolution photographs of Denali. Speaking of the South Face, and the then unclimbed central rib, he had this to say only, "the most uniformly experienced and powerful team of climbers should even think of attempting it ... But I mentioned it here because to omit it would be to sidestep the greatest remaining pioneering ascent in North America."

The Cassin Ridge ... the big fish that got away! The climb that I still dream about.