Colorado Sun
Sam Wheelock, of Golden, from left, Kelly Dohn, and Jazz Allen-Perkal skin uphill in the backcountry on Friday March, 20, 2020, near Georgetown, CO. Many more skiers and snowboarders are opting for uphilling equipment to keep skiing in the backcountry and on ski resorts without chairlifts running.
Hugh Carey, Special to The Colorado Sun
Sarah Hay arrived in Aspen in March, only to find resorts dormant. She tried hiking up Aspen Mountain with her snowboard, but didn’t make it far.
This season, she’s ready.
She was at the Cripple Creek Backcountry gear shop in Aspen Highlands recently when she heard the manager say they were down to just one splitboard, a snowboard that splits into two wide skis for skinning uphill.