Summer activities at Aspen Mountain ski resort (Ajax) include the scenic gondola ride and beautiful scenic hikes.
hunting
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Case in point: Alpinist Magazine, that wonderful large format pub that tastes and smells of the high alpine, was bought last winter by the same folks who publish Backcountry Magaine. More, they acquired former and famed Climbing Magazine publisher Michael Kennedy as Editor in Chief, meaning my old friend and climbing partner “MK” is charge of making sure the pages look and read as good as we’d expect from such a magazine.
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Once the wild wapiti is refracted through the glass of my binos, I’m more likely to be stunned in amazement that I’ve actually seen an elk, rather than snapping a quick shot off. Being around too many other hunters bothers…
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Aspen has played an integral roll in much of North American ski history, so it feels good that the Aspen Ski Company is hosting this “Meeting” event that’s part film festival and part confab, as the newer “action” snowsports the festival covers are the same thing as freestyle was in the 1970s, or for that matter slalom racing nearly a century ago when
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Backcountry skiing news roundup including thoughts on K2 climbers accident and Luis Stitzinger on Nanga Parbat
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Colorado mountains have problems with public access in some cases, this is information about El Diente parking for climbing and ski touring.