Vail Daily
January 30, 2010, Will Roush

I grew up in the Roaring Fork Valley. I spent my childhood hiking, backpacking, car camping and skiing throughout the backcountry of the Elk Mountains and the White River National Forest. I stayed in 10th Mountain Division huts during my school's outdoor education program and went on my first backpacking trip alone in the Snowmass-Maroon Bells Wilderness. My family moved away as I started high school and I went to college on the East Coast. When I moved back here four years ago, it was because of the mountains and wild landscapes that surround this valley....

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