1st backcountry excursion with the tele skis and skins went down Sat night under the full moon. Brainard Lake was the goal but equipment snafus slowed us down. Beautiful night though followed by proper eats and Deer Hunter 2006 at the 1st St. with Steph and Dave...

Banana bread keeps the spirits high after the skins keep bogging down the Alford contingent. Thanks Steph!

Well we might as well start drinking...

January sunshine, one gear, Green Mtn. Let's get it on!

Chainsaw rocks the swingle first time ever. NOW can a singlespeedin' brutha get a little respect around hee-ar?

Feel the burn on the first ride o' the year Jan 7th. Power socks got me thru it...barely.

Sweet Jimmy Christ, finally!

And the hump continues. Chainsaw beating her feets with Denver in the background.

Chainsaw on the sweet finale ridge ride before dropping back down to Thunder Valley.

Uber-Ancestor was that you? While I dallied in Park City, UT yesterday in probably the nicest house I will ever set foot in (10 bathrooms!) the forces of evil creamed thru CCC and took out our mailbox (firmly mounted to a steel pole), as well as the mailboxes of about 8 of our neighbors. Mind they weren't knocked over merely, no, it looks more like they were crushed by a tank. My mailbox in particular looks like someone set a bomb off in it. I blame the plow which would be semi-logical except we've had no snow on the roads the last few days. Instead I blame the Uber-Ancestors or perhaps the BLTFFL, whichever is closer. If you see my mail in a field somewhere down near the Rocky Flats Lounge please grab it.

Don't forget your essential Snow Cat supplies brutha! Hook up with your hook ups or it will be Zima and huffing Nikwax yet again...