Category: Podcast

Another Two Plank event was “Big Air on Elk”, which for several years featured skiers towed on snowmobiles launching “big air” right on Elk Avenue in downtown Crested Butte.

But they found each other and eventually moved to California wine country to learn more about wine making.  There, they discovered “warehouse wineries”, and decided that they could do the same thing here.

Another adventure started at the farmhouse she was living at in Northern California- “Come with us to Morocco, and let us buy a VW bus in your name”, they said.  Give this one a listen to find out where that story ends up.

A heliskiing company was starting, and Craig was recommended as someone who knew the area.  Thus began Craig’s career as a heliskiing guide, skiing many of the runs that are popular with today’s backcountry skiers.  Later, the operation moved to Marble to attract the Aspen market, where his clients included Saudi Sheiks and local drug dealers. 

One of those passions is mountaineering, which included a trip to North America’s highest peak, Denali.  It didn’t get off to a particularly auspicious start, with the pilot saying “sorry” seconds before hitting the glacier.  Another mountaineering trip was cut short…