Tweet This article first appeared in The Washington Post. It was a dream destined to die on its improbable, quixotic vine. And at many turns…
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Tweet This article appeared originally in The Washington Post Chip Chase is wrong on this one. “There’s no snow culture in West Virginia,” he tells…
Leave a CommentTweet Okay, I get it: I’m not going anywhere anytime soon. So as an inveterate adventure traveler facing a months-long adventure deficit, I decided in mid-March that…
Leave a CommentTweet The road to untracked powder is paved with cold, sweaty discomfort. Or so I have convinced myself as I labor up a wintry mountainside,…
Leave a CommentTweet In the Japan Alps, daunting terrain culminates in a smoldering volcano. (John Briley) This article originally appeared in the Washington Post. By John…
One CommentTweet This article originally appeared in The Washington Post Watching a pounding snowstorm from a chairlift at Steamboat ski resort, in northern Colorado, I feel…
Leave a CommentTweet Special to the Washington Post Feb. 12, 2015 View original publication The ski resort of Alta, Utah, basks in well-deserved accolades for burly terrain,…
Leave a CommentTweet The hum at the Cornerstone Bar and Grill is reaching a fevered pitch. Bernie the bartender is sliding iridescent cocktails across the bar —…
One CommentTweet My autumn daydreams, like those of any committed skier, settle on some variation of: abundant snow, radical terrain and enough onlookers to cheer my…
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