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New lift makes it easy to access once-remote terrain – and I’m a little sentimental about it
Two years ago, I strapped an avalanche beacon and a shovel to my back and headed into the backcountry at Keystone Resort in Colorado. At the time, the only way to reach Bergman Bowl – or neighboring Independence and Erickson bowls – was to hike for 45 minutes to get...

Deep Eddy Pool closing for eight weeks
Heads up, swimmers. Deep Eddy Pool will close for repairs starting Monday, Jan. 8. Crews will replace a damaged bulkhead and upgrade older deck lighting. The project is expected to last eight weeks, according to city officials. The repairs were scheduled during the...

My top 10 adventures of 2023…
This year I made 13 round-trip airplane flights and buzzed down highways during 10 road trips, all while chasing travel stories. I stepped foot in six foreign countries – Panama, Costa Rica, the Marshall Islands, Thailand, Ecuador, and Mexico. That’s one more than...

The crappy side of travel writing
Let 2023 go down as the year I shat my pants in the Four Seasons Bangkok. Sure, a lot of other stuff happened this year - some of it good, some of it not so good. I detached the ACL in my knee, for example, and did other assorted bodily damage while snow skiing in...