California giveth, and California taketh away… After a phenomenal week of some of the best skiing conditions I’d ever experienced in Northern California during powder […]
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Powder Week
The forecast had consistently been calling for an intense storm to hit us on President’s Day long weekend. Originally it was slated to start on […]
Sun Before the Storm
Great to see the girls again this weekend after three weeks apart! We had some beautiful blue skies for most of their three days at […]
MLK Weekend Visitors
The girls paid us a visit for the MLK long weekend, great to have them up for a few days of hot laps on the […]
Tahoe Junior Freeride Series I and II
Part of Maxie’s season up in the mountains involves competing at a handful of International Freeskier and Snowboarder Association (IFSA) freeride comps across Northern California. […]
Woodsplitter and Claim Jumper
Had a solid helping of rain up the mountains last week, which made for some exceptional dirt on the Woodsplitter jumps trail. It was also […]
Drone-ing
Wild Man’s uber-generous grandparents gifted him a new machine for his recent birthday. He’s been 110% focused on learning how to use it for the […]
Missoula, Lakeside and Glacier National Park
After our morning hike and soak in Goldbug Hot Springs we motored north on Highway 93, eventually climbing up Lost Trail Pass to cross the […]
President’s Day at Powder Haus
Another atmospheric river blessed us in the days before President’s Day long weekend, and unlike the warm temps that came with the atmospheric rivers a […]
Powder Haus Christmas
Two weeks in the mountains at Powder Haus for Christmas and New Year
South Burma
Chasing the boy down his favorite Sonoma County descent in Annadel…
July Powder Haus Week
Nothing on the docket this last week so the kids and I grabbed Ben Taylor from Petaluma on our way up to the mountains again […]
Miracle March Delivers Again
After skiing in sweaters and mountain biking gloves for a week over spring break the weather turned cold again this last weekend and March delivered […]
Sugar Bowl Spring Break
We ordered the weather for the kids’ spring break up in the mountains: highs in the fifties (teens in celsius) on the slopes every day […]
Sugar Bowl Powder Adventures
A double batch of storms hit Northern California over the past week, delivering a whopping 60 inches (1.5 meters) of cold smoke to the Sierras […]
South Fork American River Whitewater
Ever since we took our first whitewater rafting trip with the Munselles down the Trinity when Max and Cam were in preschool I’d been waiting […]
Tahoe School Week II
When we returned to the States last August Lance quickly had us block off a week on our calendar for the second chapter of Tahoe […]
New Year Ski Adventure
This was the ski trip that almost didn’t happen… We’d been planning to visit the Hansens in Bend since Tony dropped by on a visit […]
TreeClimb Adelaide
Such a fun gift from Pop Pop! It took us about two-and-a-half hours to complete the five courses. Definitely had us using some muscles that […]
ANZAC Long Weekend in Robe
When we arrived at the Stuart shack in central Robe one of the first things I did was start flicking through the old guest book […]