How fortunate are we? we happen to live close to some of the best mountains in the world and have access to incredible backcountry that was mostly inaccessible a decade ago. Thanks to early pioneers that were bored with the resorts, and thanks to new technology in mountain sleds, they started heading over the other side of the highway into unknown territory and opened up a vast area for us.

I was so bored with snowboarding and tired of the lineups and tracked out resorts that this backcountry discovery happened just in time. Also I think I'm lucky to have met so many others who are obsessed with sledding as I am and are able to go out there with them and explore our backyard.

It's too bad the majority of people will never experience this or have any idea this is going on. Unlike snowboardin, which we knew would eventually explode and become a household word, backcountry sledding will never do the same but it's just as well. It keeps it core and a little mysterious.

That's all I wanted to say. If you see a truck hauling sleds, give a wave just like the early boarders did back in the day.

 

JK