The Hotel Madeline in Telluride

Once again, Wade had to brave a long drive through a blinding snowstorm to take us to the Hotel Madeline, a luxury mountain hotel located in the Mountain Village of Telluride. Photo Courtesy of Hotel Madeline Visiting Telluride: We were visiting Telluride for a slopestyle event that the boys were in the...

Powder Magazine, Getting Close and Personal

(Associate Editor of Powder Magazine, Mike Rogge, with his nephew. Photo Credit: Matt Stauble) My title is “blogger” but I consider myself a writer and feeling the need to connect with other writers, I contacted Mike Rogge, Associate Editor of Powder Magazine, for an interview. Mike gives a...

Some Days Are Better Than Others

Pack of Terrain boys on Buttermilk Well, I made it through the first day of spring break with Bono’s lyrics stuck in my head, like a skipping record, “Some days are better than others.” The day began when I awoke from a dream where a reporter from the New York Times was interviewing me and asking me...

Spring Break in Aspen

View from the top of Aspen Mountain I opened the tailgate and, once again, unloaded the car to prepare for the slopes as Tucker chatted away and people on their way to work smiled and commented. That is the beauty of the town of Aspen, store owners, employees, families, shoppers and tourists alike all...

The Holiday Twitch

My father got his three daughters on skis at the early age of three and dragged us out to the icy Vermont slopes rain or shine. I thank him for giving me a sport that gives me an absolute feeling of freedom without the fear. But in this moment in time, as I watched my friend ski down the foreboding ski...