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Days #14-16: Off-Piste at Borovets

After a few days of rest and recuperation in the utterly charming city of Plovdiv, I'm off again, this time to Borovets, one of the three major resorts of Bulga...

Day #3: Return to Vitosha and Off to Bansko

5.00 am: I'm woken up by the gentlest of alarms -- my fall-down drunk hostel roommates returning from an all night pub crawl. I'm so excited about going riding ...

Grading the Gear: The Losers

After 100 days on the road, it's pretty clear which gear managed to make the cut...and which is garbage. I have a very simple method for buying gear. Buy it on ...

Ski Area #50! Vail, CO

Day 100 Location: Vail, CO Resorts: 50 out of 50 Well, here we are. The 100th day and the 50th resort. 100DOW kicked off with a big party and ended with a...

Pond Skimming! 4 at 4 Party! Last Day!

Day 100 Location: Vail, CO Resorts: 50 out of 50 I'm still recovering from the final week of 100DOW and too tired to write up the last six. Here are a few ...

Ski Area #49: Berthoud Pass, CO

Day 99 Location: Winter Park, CO Resorts: 49 out 50 At the beginning of this project, I said that I would ride 50 ski areas. I never said that they would all...

Ski Area #48: Echo Mountain, CO

Day 97 Location: Idaho Springs, CO Resorts: 48 out of 50 With only a solitary double chair and surrounded by some of the largest ski areas in the country, Ec...