When my kids were born, I mostly gave up mountain biking. Mountain biking, on a good day, is fantastic fun. Exhilarating, adrenaline building, heart thumping fun. For me, it is also risky. The days when I come home without scrapes, scratches are bruises are unique. As one of my girlfriends puts it, “With mountain biking, […]
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Summer in Snowmass
It’s probably obvious by now that we, here at the home base of the Brave Ski Mom, spend a lot of time in the mountains. Winter, spring, summer and fall, you can find us at altitude. One of our perennial four-season favorites is….no surprise…Snowmass. Ten years ago this summer, my husband’s brothers and sisters joined […]
Six Spectacular Ways to Get Outdoors in Mesa County, Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado is one of those places that many people have heard of, thousands have passed by on I-70 and few have ever visited. I am a ski writer and recently I met one of my peers: a talented, very funny man from San Francisco. When he asked me where I live, I proudly […]
Guest Post: Junior Development for Young Cyclists
Today’s post is a guest post from Jen Charrette, one of my fellow Adventure Moms! Jen is an accomplished road and mountain bike competitor. She and her husband are raising two young cyclists. You can read more about all things bicycle and family at her blog, Velomom.com. Junior Development for Young Cyclists Has your son […]
Sedona Singletrack Just Might Be Heaven
As much as it pains me to admit it, singletrack heaven is not in Fruita, Colorado or Moab, Utah. It is in Sedona, Arizona. For years, I’d simply assumed that we lived quite near the center of the mountain biking universe. And then, in November worlds collided on a family trip to Sedona. The moment […]