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The first time I went backcountry skiing, I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I knew it would be more work than resort skiing because I had to ski/walk/shuffle or some combination of all three to get myself to the top of the run, but I didn’t realize that getting back down wouldn’t […]
The Source’s outdoor writer packs in—and out—of a local backcountry cabin… but he’s not gonna tell you which one. Three of us carried heavy packs for miles, trudging through knee-deep snow, towing over 100 pounds of food and gear for the many days ahead in the Oregon backcountry. Our wintry paradise was a cabin in […]
Although backcountry skiing is a common enough activity in Central Oregon, until Shane Fox and a couple of his buddies—”ski bums who build stuff,” he explains—started Three Sisters Backcountry, the idea of more formalized and semi-permanent structures in the backcountry was a novel concept here. Moreover, even though dozens of skiers have trekked out into […]
First tier gifts: Father, son, husband First step for buying a man a gift is to recognize that every male has his inner superhero—that fantasy brewing that he can save the day, that he is a burly lumberjack, a swashbuckling pirate, a rocket scientist. Find a gift to help him unleash that dream. To further […]
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