The first day of 2014 found Chloe Vance in the backcountry. Standing on the precipice of another new year, she began to dig through the diverse accumulation of her personal past year’s “snowpack.”
Wow, did Mother Nature ever check in late for Spring this year! As the skiers enjoyed Old Man Winters extended stay, the rest of us became increasingly impatient, fed up, disgusted, restless, outraged, stressed, crazed (pick one or all) as we waited for warm weather, snow-free hiking trails, and green things that grow. How Did We Know Spring Was Late? Well, for me…