When an all women’s group of 20 somethings seeks backcountry snow in an unlikely spot—the big mountain lines of Moab’s La Sals—they discover that sometimes being awesome just takes a little bit of encouragement (and a healthy dose of playful sarcasm).
A hut trip in the States usually involves carrying in all your food, packing out your trash and going through your morning routine in a chilly wooden outhouse. The Alps are a different story.
Completely incapacitated for months, the mountains that she held so dear were ripped away from her and replaced with long days inside with nothing to pass the time.
At 18,491 feet, Pico de Orizaba is the tallest peak in Mexico and third highest in North America. Last November my friends Nora, Tom, Max, Elliot, Aidan, and I joined forces south of the border with hopes of skiing some Thanksgiving corn up high.