by Julie | Jul 28, 2020 | Blog
Beth Howard is an icon — and an anomaly. Starting as a college intern at Colorado’s Beaver Creek Resort, she has spent 35 years winding her way through food and beverage and operational management roles at Vail Resorts nationwide, earning a SAMMY Industry Leadership...
by Julie | Mar 15, 2020 | Blog
Like all new sports, learning to splitboard requires practice — even if you already know how to snowboard. The technical gear, transitions, and body dynamics demand some long, slow days in the mountains just to figure it all out. I was lucky enough to get a beautiful...
by Julie | Mar 6, 2020 | Blog
Last year, Maddie Hart won the Tahoe Rim Trail 100 Mile Run, making her the youngest person — male or female — to ever sweep the ultrarunning event. Ultrarunning, 50 km or longer, is starting to skew younger and faster. But traditionally the sport has been dominated...
by Julie | Mar 5, 2020 | Blog
Tylandra Callands runs with a gun. That’s legal in Washington state and certainly a normal sight around the military base where she lives with her husband, an active-duty Navy submariner, and three young children. Packing heat isn’t really what raises eyebrows. It’s...
by Julie | Mar 4, 2020 | Blog
There’s nothing like a ski weekend in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. With consistently killer snow, great accessibility, epic terrain, and a storybook downtown, it’s high on all kinds of adventure. My family visits at least once a season, happily leveraging the five...
by Julie | Mar 3, 2020 | Blog
Ultrarunner Sean ‘Sherpa’ Wetstine has been through some shit. But he’s not alone on the trail. The ultra community is filled with people running from — and increasingly alongside — their past. A six-time Leadville finisher and Leadman titleholder from 2018, Sean...
