Articles from the March 22, 2013 edition

Craig Eisenbeis|Updated Mar 22, 2013

After a recent higher-elevation snowfall, a friend and I decided to see how some of the forest south of town had fared during last summer's Pole Creek Fire. The first question we had to deal with was whether to travel the backcountry on skis or snowshoes. After hearing about a steep hill and reported icy, rutted conditions out of the Upper Three Creek Sno-Park, we opted for snowshoes. Although the trip went just fine on snowshoes, most of the time I regretted that choice. I sa... Full story