Episode 356, backcountry skiing and the state of the ski industry with Mike Washi.

As I look across all the good experience, like skiing with my grandparents, skiing with my dad and my mom,

and, you know, just learning about the mountains and

being connected to the mountains. It's definitely generated a lifestyle. And that's, like,

ultimately probably what I'm most proud of, what I'm most excited about. And to be able to identify,

you know, with the mountains in that way, it's so special.

Thank you. identify, you know, with the mountains in that way. It's so special. You're listening to the Adventure Sports podcast brought to you by 180 Tech.

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This is with the founder of Rocky Mountain Underground, RMU Skies, Mike Washi.

Mike is here to talk about how Rocky Mountain Underground got started, and I think it's a really

cool story. You know, we often talk about how when we want to live a more adventure-focused

lifestyle, sometimes we have to figure out what our niche is and find a way to make that happen.

And I love sharing stories like this with you guys because it's the opportunity to get ideas and say, wow, so that's a way that I could have a more adventurous focus lifestyle.

And so we're going to talk about skiing. We're going to talk about backcountry skiing.

We're going to talk about the history behind Rocky Mountain Underground and several things in the skiing world.

We're even going to talk about how the industry

is changing and even a bit about climate change and how that might be impacting the ski industry.

So it ought to be a really interesting show. Mike Wachie, welcome to the program.

Yeah, thanks for helping me care. Appreciate it. Yeah, it's our pleasure. This is going to be a lot of fun. So first of all, Mike, you said you grew up in Colorado, and you now reside in Breckenridge, right? Yeah, yeah. One of the few, my wife and I actually both Colorado natives. So they say if there's more than three of you in a room, you know, to be careful. I might get taken out. It's crazy.

Well, Colorado is turned into such a hot spot. Everyone and their dog wants to move here, and we have a lot of dogs. So it's a busy place these days for people coming to Colorado. What do you think is going to happen as a population in Colorado keeps growing this fast? You know, it's interesting.

There's definitely like pros and cons that come with it.

Like I appreciate how much easier transportation it's gotten.

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