Welcome to My World

I started Cool Workin' with a summer job in Yellowstone in 1972. My wife, Colette, started in 1974. We both worked for YPSS for our first jobs in the park. We hooked up out at Old Faithful in the winters of the late 70's and early 80's when I was a Winterkeeper at Old Faithful and she was a Ranger. Then I was a Winterkeeper at Lake and Colette worked construction through the winter. Along with work as a NOLS instructor and backcountry ranger work in A… Continue

Sylvan Pass and Avalanche Peak, in Yellowstone, can be a spring treat. The road over Sylvan Pass and out to Cody opened up on May 2nd and we got up early to take a look at Avalanche Peak on the 3rd. We left Gardiner at 6ish, found PLENTY of snow at the trailhead (about 6 feet), started up at about 8:30, grunted to the summit in 3 hours and enjoyed some recreational gravity on the way back.

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The interior roads of Yellowstone started to open up for the 2008 summer season on Friday -- April 18. The roads from Mammoth to Canyon to West Yellowstone and into Old Faithful are now open to the public. Stay tuned though, it’s snowing pretty hard in Gardiner right now, on April 20th. I was in West Yellowstone Friday night and drove out for a look around on Saturday and – well – Yellowstone does not disappoint. I headed to Old Faithful and parked over towards the Lodge then walked by Old Fai… Continue

There's a window of opportunity each spring when some of the roads have been mostly plowed out but they aren't open for cars yet but they ARE open for bikes. No cars, great roads, lots of snow, scenery and the occasional wildlife-obstacle. Four of us rode from Mammoth to Obsidian Cliff and back on April 12 - 20ish miles with a CRUISIN' downhill at the end. The road from Mammoth over to West, over to Canyon and down to Old Faithful opens to cars on the 18th.… Continue

Stephen Hawking - Asking Big Questions about the Universe: Continue