author of books & stories with an adventurous spin
During the epic 2025 season, I set out in mid-January to see how many Southeast and Mid-Atlantic winter resorts I could hit during a whirlwind sixteen-day road trip. The answer was seventeen resorts spread across six states. By the end, I wasn’t exactly “running” on fumes. It was more like limping on coffee. Check out the story for Blue Ridge Outdoors!
Six months after our summer visit, I returned to the Monongahela area in mid-January. That’s how I learned that adventures abound in both the winter and warmer months in West Virginia’s vast national forest. Read the story at Blue Ridge Outdoors!
The 2024-’25 ski season will go down in history for Western North Carolina as one of the most fruitful, yet most heartbreaking. Hear from storm survivors, many of whom found solace and financial relief in an epic season that came at just the right time. Check out the story at Ski Magazine.
A visit to the resorts in the North Carolina High Country helps a former skier start carving turns again. Plus an update about how the Boone, NC area rebounded after Hurricane Helene to save their winter snowsports season. Read more at Blue Ridge Outdoors!