Fossil Alpinism

Even with my work travel, special events, and the holiday season, I hiked, ran, and skied a lot of vertical.

It was a chilly 6 degrees when I started this ski at 9:30 am. I had planned to do the Olympic men's 15k course, however tracks had not ...

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I have not seen the movie yet, and my son says it is disappointing. However the book is a quick read, and our merry band of dwarves, plus Bi...

A great start to the Tour De Ski for the US women, three gals in the top 21. Unfortunately Jesse Diggins took a big spill and so finished at...

I have logged many kilometers and lots of vertical since the big storm. So too have I blasted through many a delightful page. As always book...

As you can see, I still have not gotten the hang of how to wear the buff as a balaclava!

Selden took this picture of the Fossil Cabin early yesterday morning, and it snowed hard all day long. It seems that we have gotten almost 2...

"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wildernes...

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MERRY CHRISTMAS. I am ready for the Alps: a buff, a guidebook, lobster claw mittens, duct tape, and two pounds of special fruit cake. (Notic...

You no doubt remember MOUNTAIN GAZETTE, the artsy, left of center, bohemian, alternative to the prosaic OFF BELAY and the all things British...

No doubt many other Fossils out there got their first introduction to the mountains by reading reading the classic ANNAPURNA, still the most...

The first day of winter, was quite wintery. It also brought out a host of dawn patrol types skinning up Whiteface. We almost made it to the ...

I made a dawn patrol excursion with Guillaume ... 60+ minutes and 1200'. Then in the afternoon I took a pair of waxless skis out on the ...

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Take your time with this piece, read it and watch all the multimedia segments. We will have fully trained and certified guides but bad stu...

I am only on page 50, but this novel is riveting, and incredibly well written. This novel set in the Canadian Rockies and was short-listed f...

Two in the top-ten, on a very challenging World Cup 30k in Canmore. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE.

Gary brought up a young gun - Joe from Scotland - to sample ice climbing Adirondack style. I did four laps and called it a day as I am getti...

Given that the movie comes out on Saturday, and that the kindle version only costs $3, I am re-reading this classic.

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Not very often I am out hiking in shorts during December. The crag was a bit wet from a dusting of snow that melted, but definitely climbabl...

Randall and Diggins win the sprint relay, Brooks and Sargent make it to the final, four women in the top 30 of the individual sprint, and Ki...

If you want to log some vertical on skis, the dawn patrol on Whiteface is all there is. I managed a total of 90 minutes, with 75 minutes and...

Two laps of this course, and as always in these city sprints, I think there will be some big pile-ups. The jump down the backstretch is bo...

While nobody talked about it during the presidential or congressional campaigns, cross country ski areas are dealing with climate change a...

Earlier this week the National Resource Defense Council released this study that quantified in financial terms the impact of climate change ...

The big fund-raising gala of the year, geared towards arts programming and held at the Mirror Lake Inn. Selden, new staff Melanie and David ...

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Shorts in the Adirondacks in December! Lucy had a good track workout with NYSEF. (They did a couple of miles of easy jogging to warm up, an...

Five athletes in the top 25, probably the best team outside of Norway. We had great results in Sweden and Finland ... on to Canada, and toda...

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Ultra-marathoner and alpine super stud, Kilian Jornet goes for a run in the Colorado backcountry with a cross country runner from the days o...