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Content Creator + Podcaster 🎙 www.allaboutapres.com
Helping skiers + riders train smarter & recover faster ⛰
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07/03/2026

The mountain doesn't care what season it is. ↓
It doesn't care about your fitness base or your training history or how many vertical feet you logged last winter.

It asks one question every single time.
Are you ready for this specific terrain right now?

Slate Creek Loop in the Uintas gave me the honest answer this week.

Nine miles. 1,200 feet of climbing. Mountain bike. The engine was there — months of work, real conditioning, the kind of fitness that holds up.

The technical skill on the bike was not.
Every rocky section cost twice the energy it should have. Every descent demanded more focus than a skilled rider needs. Working hard where efficiency should have taken over.

Humbling in the best possible way.

This is what the mountain does better than anything else. It shows you exactly where you are — not where you think you are, not where you were last season, not where your fitness says you should be.

Right here. Right now. This trail. What do you actually have?

The answer this week was: strong engine, underdeveloped technical skill. Something to fix before the next ride.

That's the gift. The mountain doesn't flatter you. It just shows you what's next.

We keep coming back because the feedback is always honest.

When's the last time a trail or a mountain showed you something about yourself you didn't expect?

07/02/2026

Most people think Park City is all about winter.

They're missing one of the best mountain-town experiences in America.

My perfect summer day started waist-deep in the Provo River, where I somehow landed three trout on my first fly-fishing trip. From there, it was straight into everything that makes Visit Park City summer so special—an unforgettable lunch, craft whiskey at the High West Distillery Spirit Garden, and an incredible Savor the Summit dinner at Riverhorse on Main featuring wines from Piattelli Vineyards under the stars.

This is what summer après is all about: earning that first drink after an unforgettable day outside.

In my latest guide, you'll discover:
🎣 The best Provo River fly fishing experience
🥃 Why High West Distillery is a must-visit
🍷 What makes Savor the Summit is one of the country's most unique outdoor dining events

🏔️ How to build the ultimate Park City summer itinerary, from adventure to après

If you're planning a Utah getaway—or just looking for your next mountain-town escape—this itinerary belongs on your list.

👉 Read the full story here: https://tinyurl.com/45ybdzct

Have you experienced Park City in the summer, or is it still on your bucket list? Let me know in the comments!

07/01/2026

The Uintas don't announce themselves.
No iconic silhouette on a license plate. No algorithm pushing them into your feed. Just a high basin wilderness in northeastern Utah sitting there quietly being one of the most underrated mountain experiences in the American West.

Slate Creek Loop is where you start. Nine miles. 1,200 feet of climbing. Technically demanding enough to keep you honest, remote enough that you're genuinely out there once you get moving.

After — drive into Kamas and find Dendric Estate.

A dry cider operation sitting at 6,440 feet, making something that has no business existing this far off the radar. Their flagship Dry Cut is bone dry, bright acidity, zero residual sugar. Drinks more like a dry sparkling wine than anything you'd expect from a cidery in the Utah mountains. It's exactly what your legs are asking for after nine miles of climbing.

This is the kind of spot that makes a trail day into a full experience.

The insider tip: go early on the trail. The Uintas heat up fast in July and the light on the high basin before noon is worth stopping your bike for.

Dendric Estate
Visit Park City — more people need to know about both of these.

What's the most underrated post-trail stop you've ever stumbled into?

06/27/2026

This is what Après All Day is building toward.
A community of people who understand that the best moments in life happen outside — and that those moments are earned, not stumbled into.

People who plan trips around the mountain town as much as the mountain itself. Who know the difference between a summit and an excuse to find the best patio in a three-mile radius. Who treat the trailhead with the same reverence as the tap room at the end of it.

We cover ski culture and summer trails. Mountain towns in every season. Craft breweries worth driving out of your way for. The gear that actually holds up when the conditions stop cooperating. The destinations that reward the people who show up prepared and stay present when they get there.

But Après All Day was never really about any of those things specifically.

It's about a way of moving through the world.
Full commitment to the effort. Full presence in the reward. The earned cold drink at the end of a hard day outside. The table of people who all just did something worth talking about. The mountain town bar at last light when nobody wants to be the first one to leave.

That's the culture we cover. That's the community we're building.

Adventure-first. Unhurried at the finish. Always looking for the next thing worth earning.
If you've been reading along — you already know if this is your world.

If you just found us — welcome. You're in the right place.

Follow if this is your world. Share if you know someone it belongs to.

06/24/2026

There are breweries you visit once and forget. And then there are the ones that become part of the reason you go back to a place.

Roadhouse Brewery in Jackson is the second kind.

Jackson is already doing everything right as a mountain town — Teton Range out one window, Grand Teton National Park out the other, and a downtown that earns its reputation every single time. Roadhouse fits exactly into that. No pretension. No performance. Just a serious brewery that understands its crowd completely.

The Loose Boots Après IPA is what you order first, especially during ski season. Approachable without being boring. The kind of beer that makes complete sense after a full day on the mountain or a long morning hiking above the valley floor. It tastes like it was made for exactly the moment you're in when you're drinking it.

The vibe is what keeps you there longer than you planned. This is where Jackson locals actually land after a hard day outside. Not the tourist bar. The real one.

If someone who knows Jackson points you here — listen to them.

Roadhouse Brewing Co. -still the standard in a town full of options.

Visit Jackson Hole
— this is part of what makes your town impossible to leave.

What's the brewery that made a mountain town a must-return destination for you?

06/17/2026

Stowe in summer is what happens when a ski town stops performing and just exists.

The crowds thin. The locals resurface. And the mountain that spent all winter being chased finally just sits there looking unreasonably good while you figure out what to do with it.

The trail you want is Sunset Ridge on Mount Mansfield. Long enough to earn it, technical enough to keep you honest, and the view at the top is the kind that makes you stand there longer than you planned. Go early. The light is better and the trail is yours.

After that — Idletyme Brewing Company in the village. Patio faces the mountain. The beer is dialed. The vibe is exactly what you want after a hard morning outside — unhurried, unpretentious, full of people who just did something similar. Idletyme

The thing only locals tell you: the back roads between Stowe village and Morrisville are some of the best cycling in Vermont and almost nobody visiting figures that out. Rent a bike. Get lost on purpose.

Stowe in winter gets all the attention. Stowe in summer is better kept and better lived.
Stowe Mountain Resort
— this is your best kept secret and you know it.

What's your favorite mountain town in summer mode right now?

06/12/2026

The best athletes I know share this. ↓

They compete in one world and coach themselves in another — and they've learned to use both.

The ones who ski hard and train hard carry something with them that most people can't see from the outside. They know what it feels like to be pushed past a limit. They know what the gap between what you think you can do and what you actually can do feels like from the inside.

That's not just athletic experience. That's a lens.

A field hockey player told me this week she has an elite skill she never gets to use in her current position. Instead of accepting that — she said "if I could create that opportunity, I could be a completely different player."

The outdoor athlete hears that and already knows the answer.

You don't wait for the terrain to give you what you want. You build the ability to handle whatever the terrain gives you — and then you go find the terrain that demands everything you've built.

The trail doesn't care about your position. The mountain doesn't care about your role.
It only asks what you're actually capable of — and then it shows you.

That's why we come back.

What does the mountain ask of you that nothing else does?

06/10/2026

There's gear you buy because it looks good in the parking lot. And then there's gear that earns your trust on mile eight when everything hurts and the weather turned.

My Stio Environ Shorts are firmly in the second category.

Lightweight without feeling flimsy. Built for movement on trail but comfortable enough to walk straight into a brewery after without looking like you just ran up a mountain. The fit is dialed — nothing riding up, nothing fighting you on technical terrain.

Stio is a Jackson Hole brand and it shows. This is gear designed by people who actually use it in real mountains, not a committee trying to guess what outdoor people want.

I've worn mine through summer trail approaches, long days in elevation, and plenty of post-adventure patios. They perform where it counts and they look good when the day shifts to après.

That combination is harder to find than it should be.

If you haven't looked at Stio for your summer kit — you're missing a brand that understands exactly what this lifestyle actually demands.

Stio — built where the mountains are serious.

What's the one piece of summer gear you reach for every single time without thinking about it?

06/05/2026

The mountain changes shape in summer. The lesson doesn't. ↓

Winter drops you into commitment. You pick your line, you point it, and the mountain holds you accountable for every decision you made at the top.

Summer asks something different.
It asks you to do the work when nobody's watching. When there's no powder day energy pulling you out of bed. No conditions to chase. Just the trail, the heat, and the decision to show up anyway.

That's the season that builds the skier. The athlete. The person.

The ones who treat summer like it matters — the early trail runs, the long climbs, the earned patio beers at the end of a hard day outside — they're the ones who come back to the mountain in December with something different in them.

Not just fitness. Foundation.

Après All Day isn't a winter-only philosophy. It's what happens when you commit fully to the effort and then sit down completely in the reward.

All year. Every season. Whatever shape the mountain takes.

What does your summer version of all-in look like right now?

06/03/2026

The lifts stop spinning. The culture doesn't.
Après doesn't hibernate when the snow melts. It just trades boot liners for trail runners and moves the patio table into the sun.

Summer in a mountain town is its own thing entirely. The crowds thin out. The locals resurface. The trails that were buried under four feet of powder are suddenly wide open and the same peaks that made you feel small in January make you feel alive in July.

The patio at the base lodge hits different when you've just climbed something instead of descended it. Cold beer after a long trail run in elevation is its own category of earned. The mountain town bar in summer is quieter, slower, and somehow better than peak season ever gets.

This is the version of après that the regulars know about and nobody really talks about enough.

Lace up. Get after it. Find the patio at the end of it.

Summer is not the off-season. It's the other season.

Huk Gear lululemon — built for exactly this.
What's your mountain town looking like right now?

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