March 28: Three years ago, Linda and I skied and camped on the Curry Ridge Rider trails near Trapper Creek. Ever since then, I have wondered if it would be possible to ski a big loop up and around the Tokositna River using those trails. When I recently read that the CRR had just finished creating such a loop, I couldn't wait to ski it. Tim Kelley also has some good pictures of this trip (and many, many others).

Yes, sad to say that the most exciting ski I've done in months was only a few minutes from my house. Its always a great ski, but its only website-worthy because I haven't posted anything else in six months.

Supposedly the three peaks we bagged had never been climbed before. But even so, whoever named this bay must have known how spectacular it is up on the peaks, because the views definitely hit the Jackpot!

These days I don't have as much time for big adventures, so I have to ration them. But that doesn't mean I'm not getting outside. I've been doing more runs in the mountains right near home. Here's a great one I just did: up the Falls Creek trail to South Suicide peak, then drop down the ridge behind McHugh Lake, then run out the Rabbit Lake trail. Its amazing that all of this is less than 20 minutes from home!

Erik, my ski buddy from the Park City days, and his wife Emily were in town recently. Erik really wanted to try this packrafting thing that I'm always raving about. And you know me - I'm always up for a run-n-float!