Ed Note: published date is Dec. 15, but the actual skiing happened between the 9th and 13th. Part 1: Bloody Couloir Blueballs After finishing my masters thesis and successfully defending, I needed a little break from the city. Dan was also finishing up a few tough weeks of work, and was persuasive enough to convince me (ok it didn't take much) that a couple days of big lines and hot springs on the Eastside were what we needed. I called a few buddies, but due to the timefram

Its too early to worry about avalanches right? WRONG! #dontbedumb After my scathing comments in the last blog entry, about the guys who triggered the hourglass avalanche, you would think I'd know better. Nope. I guess that we are just as eager to ski as anyone, and can ultimately overlook the same warnings. The day started off innocuously enough. We got a nice lap on broken glass bowl, and found that the snow was remaining quite pleasant on shaded aspects. Really good a