The following is a guest post by Aaron Broberg, winner of the Mountain High season’s pass. A great place to ski is more than just the size of the facilities or the number of runs. For me, a great place has to be one that is close enough to go when I have the time, […]

We love the San Gabriel Mountains that are in our back yard in Pasadena. We spend an enormous amount of time hiking, camping, climbing and skiing in what we consider Southern California’s greatest range. From the Los Angeles side of the San Gabriels, it would be easy to think that the mountains are only dry […]

We’re wrapping up two great weeks in Peru with a flight out tonight at 1:00 am from Lima. During that timespan, we’ve dined above the Pacific Ocean and enjoyed ancient ruins at Pisac, Machu Picchu, and Huaraz. We’ve seen majestic Andes peaks, pastoral landscapes, jungle habitat bursting with vegetation and very, very friendly Peruvians. For […]

We’ve been a few places with breathtaking natural beauty, but few compare to Laguna 69 above Yungay in Ancash Province, Peru. Our trip started in Huaraz at the Casa de Zarela, our excellent hotel/bed and breakfast. One hour later we were un Yungay and started the bumpy climb up into the mountains. Despite the roughness […]

After a day of acclimatization in Huaraz, we arranged for a taxista (taxi driver) to pick us up at 6:30 am for our first real hike since Machu Picchu. We met an Australian couple at Casa de Zarela and invited them to join us for the hike. We were a bit skeptical the first time […]

After a day of rest in Lima, we checked out late from our hotel (the Sheraton Lima gave us 8pm, which is unheard of and great service) and headed for the station for an overnight bus to Huaraz, northeast of Lima and a climbing Mecca. Taking a ‘red-eye’ Cruz Del Sur bus was a very […]

We love to travel the world and decided when Jeanne became pregnant that we wouldn’t let having a baby keep us from adventure. What’s more, we wanted our child to participate in our lifestyle and have an appreciation for seeing the world. We knew we’d need a child carrier backpack that would fit those needs. […]