Cheers for Rising Tides: January SWE

I’m of the school that, as a backcountry tourist, we must embrace what some might call the dark side—mid-winter high pressure. In this high-pressure, sunshiny darkness, there is light. First, since, at least out West, not much recent powder has fallen (I hear you in the Tetons saying, “That’s not true. Winter is here”), a…