Mountain Me

With all apologies to Geoffrey, the April showers are leaving me a bit bummed out.  Pilgrimage?  The only place I want to go to is a warm be...

Technically , the end of winter, but Spring is on it's way to the mountains.  March started out with  5 feet of snow in the first 9 days...

I haven't posted much lately.  I have no idea why.  NO motivation to do so, honestly. Stuck in a snowdrift perhaps...  We'...

You would think, living in the mountains with an average annual snowfall of over 400 inches of snow, that we would get a lot of "snow d...

Some lazy shots (From my window) of the BEAUTIFUL weather and new snow.  Finally, it's winter here!

Will ya look at this lucky dog?  Will ya look at this gorgeous weather?!  Today we are celebrating Mae's first birthday.  She's 1!  ...

Dirty snow, broken sleds, holes opening up everyhere and soft, wet snow…these are our local signs of spring.  I’m excited that it’s March 1...

It's been a busy week or two here.  We've had some beautiful weather and warming temps which have resulted in spring snow conditions...

No one would ever describe me as a morning person.  But when you wake up in the mountains and get outside to such incredible scenery, well, ...

One of the things I truly love about where I live is that I can be on snow, xc skiing, snowboarding or just running around , maybe sitting o...

Yes, perhaps I do have too much time on my hands today ?  You think?  What better way to spend it than playing in the snow with Mae!

Here's a little proof that if you are patient you can still get in some good days even in a lousy snow year.  Our neighbor took this ove...

A LITTLE LATE TO THE PARTY, DON'T YOU THINK??

   Well, the ski area has finally thrown in the towel and sent out a message that they are closed until further notice due to lack of snow...

Our snowfall amounts here are still seriously low.  It's rumored that the ski area is going to throw in the towel on the season soon!  B...

Finally today we had enough snow for the groomer to cut track out on the Iron Horse Trail!  We saw the groomer go by and got out for a quick...

So as an alternative to "wordless Wednesday", I'm offering up 4-letter word Thursday.  And here is my photo .  Caption it RAIN...

For color, part of our vintage snowboard collection And don't forget the fog.....I think that is the recipe for November.  We always...

It's a little late, but finally, we have SNOW!  Ok, ok , it's really 1/4 inch of snow with frozen crust on top and as I write it...

Well, here it is mid-November, where's the snow?  It's not here.   It's not on the ground. It's not in the forecast, not a f...