Winter 2004
Winter 2004
The Joy of Winter
How do we love our coolest season? Let us recount the ways (or at least, a few of them)
Back to the backcountry: There’s no better place for serious winter fun. BY IAN BROWN
Release the hermit: Escape that cabin-fever funk on snowshoes. BY DAVID ZIMMER
The true Nordic: Have skinny skis, will travel. With a smile. BY MARNI JACKSON
A taste for downhill: There’s more to skiing than cruisers and bumps. BY MARK SCHATZKER
On the road, again: It’s never too late (or too early) to gas up for a road trip. BY JILL FRAYNE
Cold enough for ya: When the going gets frosty, it’s time to chill out. BY JAKE MACDONALD
Postcards from the Frozen Edge
Greetings from climbing’s wild frontier, where our intrepid correspondent discovers that things just keep getting wilder. And wilder.
- by Mike Randolph
On the Trail of Gulo gulo
Legend says they’re rough, tough sons of bitches. Scientists say they’re just misunderstood. The only way to find out for sure? Head north and meet a wolverine up close and personal.
- by Mark Anderson
Columns
At Large — Muy, Muy, Muy Frio
Taking his Spanish cousin winter camping seemed like a good idea at the time. Sort of.
- by Mike Randolph
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