In this blog I talk about how I feel summer backcountry skiing is much more of a mood enhancer and uplifting experience than skiing at resorts during the winter months. With resorts becoming more expensive and more crowded, I feel that hiking and earning my ski turns is much more fulfilling than riding up some lift only to ski the same run that many others have skied. Resort skiing is nothing like it used to be 20 or so years ago.

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