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Life Happens: Becoming a Ski Dad

Life Happens: Becoming a Ski Dad

Written by | Sep 19, 2023

I skied every week of the winter, and yeah, I slid down plenty of vert on skis, and of course, I set my share of skin tracks, enjoyed plenty of ridge top time, and sucked cold air through a buff with snow flying in my face…Fine, maybe I have to concede I skied a lot this year, but it was different. I didn’t get any big days in the backcountry. I didn’t venture off into the big mountains. My summits were all familiar. I never slept in a tent in the snow. I skied no dawn-to-dusk ‘full days.’

My daughter was born last fall. Along with a myriad of major and wonderful life changes, I am becoming a ski dad. 

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A Welcome Letter from The High Route

A Welcome Letter from The High Route

Written by | Sep 4, 2023

Welcome to The High Route.

We’re guessing you found us because you thrive on moving through the mountains, especially under your own power, on skis or boards.

We wanted something different at The High Route—a place where we get granular about celebrating skinning, the climbing, and the turn making without a whole lot of extraneous noise. Or extraneous influence.

Our focus is narrow and we are sticking to it. As a site funded by the backcountry community, we understand who we are writing for. The folks behind The High Route are part of this community. 

Risk is an interesting calculus. It carries a particular allure, but it’s also unnerving. We’re taking a risk and we’re hoping you help us nail the landing.

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Revisiting Snow Fall

Revisiting Snow Fall

Written by | Aug 31, 2023

Every few years, I revisit a journalistic and interactive multimedia masterpiece, Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek, by John Branch. Branch, a sports writer for the NYT, has come to trade access to relatively high-profile outdoor athletes for what is a boon for readers; great prose and great insight. Published in 2012, more than a decade on, the piece resonates on many levels.

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