Author: Matt Kinney

My wife and I sat down on the couch last night and watched this movie. By the time it was over my eyes were swollen nearly busting with tears. We each sat silently holding hands as the titles filtered away.Over the years, many of the skiers I have guided in the Chugach have skied with Ruedi. I could hardly compare […]

Skiing is a fun and exhilarating sport. I like skiing with my dad and not my mom cause she gets hysterical and not my little brother because he whines. All skiing trips start like this. We are all really bored and are sitting at home after a storm my dad is telling us to do stuff from the couch while […]

Things were getting ridiculously heavy. Like many telemark skiers enjoying unlimited terrain options made possible by burly boots, fat skis and clunker bindings, I kept laying on more “wall to wall” skins. Before long I was hauling nearly twenty pounds on my feet into the wilds. Since 1990, we had nearly doubled the amount of weight on our feet to […]