Journal

Dispatches from the slopes, stories from the lodge, and chronicles of a life lived at altitude.

Skiing with a Proper Timepiece

An utterly unnecessary but entirely fabulous guide to what belongs on your wrist at altitude — and why your Apple Watch should stay home.

Spring 202612 min read

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SOCIETY DISPATCHIssue 01

The Art of the Sbagliato: A Summit Tradition

The Negroni Sbagliato arrived at the Society by accident — as the best traditions do. A brief and entirely biased history of the drink that has ended more powder days than any weather system on record.

Winter 20268 min read

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FIELD NOTESIssue 01

The Hemingway Glade: A Run for People Who Have Opinions About Sentences

Hemingway skied badly, drank well, and wrote about both at considerable length. We named a glade after him anyway. A field report from the trees, where the powder is thigh-deep and the literary justifications are deeper still.

Winter 20266 min read

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SOCIETY DISPATCHIssue 03

First Chair: A Field Guide to the Deranged

The first chair lifts at 8:47am. By 7:15am, a certain type of person is already in the queue. They are wearing race-fit suits. They have not eaten breakfast. A sympathetic but unsentimental portrait of the mountain’s most committed participants.

Spring 20267 min read

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INTERIORSIssue 01

The Main Lodge & Hearth: Designed for People Who Have Stopped Being Impressed

We gave the architects three instructions: no exposed concrete, no visible router cables, and the fireplace must be large enough to stand in comfortably. They achieved two and a half out of three.

Winter 202610 min read

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THE CELLARIssue 01

Veuve Clicquot & the Après-Mezzanine

At 2,800 metres, champagne behaves differently. Bubbles rise faster. Inhibitions follow suit. A cold-eyed examination of what a good bottle does to a good member once the lifts have stopped.

Winter 20265 min read

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RITUALSIssue 02

The Noir Gondola: Midnight Rides Above the Valley

Once a month, when conditions allow and the valley is asleep, a single gondola departs without announcement. Attendance is by invitation only. The list is not published.

Spring 20267 min read

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