Yesterday I dusted off the cobwebs from my splitboard and went on my first ski tour of the year! Given the record-low snowfall in Colorado this season, I just haven't been motivated to go out into the backcountry before now; but with the early onset of spring and the quickly dwindling snowpack I figured I might as well go check it out before it's all gone. Jason and I were delighted to find excellent snow conditions up high above about 11,000 feet elevation; the challenge was getting up to it through several miles of mostly dirt trail down low.