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The Trail Foundation’s fund-raiser, Twilight on the Trail, set for Nov. 3
I plod down its gravel expanse every weekend, and wheel a bike along its curves and bridges at least a couple of times a week. Like many folks who live in Austin, I think of the Butler Hike and Bike Trail as an extension of my backyard. I stop on the Pfluger...

I wrenched my back and I’m bad at recovery
Things I don’t do well: Sit. Stay. Heal. This morning’s water ski run didn’t go as planned. The water looked smooth and almost glassy up by the Pennybacker Bridge when I zipped up my life vest, yanked on my neoprene calf sleeve (to stop bruising from water spray,...

It’s 101 degrees, but I’m planning my backcountry cocktails
Yes, the thermostat at my house is currently registering 101 degrees, but it’s never too hot to think about what cocktails might warm you up on your next backcountry ski trip. Just today, a care package arrived from my friends at Breckenridge Distillery in...

Bear Creek hike shows power of an avalanche
I got an up close look at the power of an avalanche while hiking the Bear Creek Trail at Telluride in August. Officials say sometime in March or April a massive slide shot through Bear Creek, about three-quarters of the way up the Bear Creek Trail, which ends at a...