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When John Spriggs gathered a collection of professional and backcountry ski friends for his latest ski film effort, the 33-year-old Frisco local and the others found brotherly humor in a shared characteristic. “We were joking...

Growing up in Vail, one of my earlier childhood memories is coming home to the news that a friend of the family had perished in an avalanche in East Vail. My caution to venture there has grown as, year after year, the East Vail chutes have claimed many lives. I have too much respect for Mother Nature and the hard-working professionals who not only keep boundaries within the resorts safe, but have additional efforts for rescue and recovery for peril in the backcountry. The article that John LaConte wrote about Johnny Kuo was one of the most beautiful dedications to someone’s life that I have...

Provided by Vail Ski Patrol Vail local Johnny Kuo, an experienced backcountry skier who was a regular in the East Vail Chutes, felt he was in a safe zone when he was engulfed by snow in the Feb. 4 avalanche that took his life. released Friday, on the fatal slide. Kuo, 41, was with another skier when she triggered the avalanche in an area known as Marvin’s West or Big Marvin, according to the report. The pair had entered the popular sidecountry area from Vail Mountain through a backcountry access gate around 10:15 a.m. They then hiked for about 30 minutes to an area locally known as Benchmar...

We come to the Rocky Mountains to seek a different path, a life of new challenges and adventure. Living so close to nature tempts us with its beauty, yet there is always that sense of danger in the background. We become enticed to push beyond the limits of our comfort zone, and for many, it’s like a dare on the playground, we simply must go all out and test the boundaries of what most would consider insane. It is why we produce so many Olympians. Breaking bones is simply a right of passage. Knee surgeries, commonplace. Frostbite is just another day outdoors. We live in layers that are the e...