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Colin Clancy

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Still a Michigander at heart, Colin Clancy lives in the mountains of Utah with his wife, two sons, and dogs. Colin spends his free time outside—skiing, fly fishing, and hunting—and drawing and painting in India ink. He has degrees from Western Michigan University and Northern Michigan University, is the author of The Real Jackalope (2025), Ski Bum (2022), and has published work in The Ski Journal, The Flyfish Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, Powder Magazine, Strung Magazine, and elsewhere. He works as a writer—and sometimes photographer—in the outdoor industry.

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Ski Bum

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The Real Jackalope

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In Search of Small Gods by Jim Harrison
“I hope to define my life, whatever is left, by migrations, south and north with the birds and far from the metallic fever of clocks, the self staring at the clock saying, “I must do this.” I can’t tell the time on the tongue of the river in the cool morning air, the smell of the ferment of greenery, the dust off the canyon’s rock walls, the swallows swooping above the scent of raw water.”
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“At its best, skiing distills life to one run at a time, a two-thousand foot burn from top-to-bottom--the world becomes a single mountainside-- your tracks behind you, your past, and the untracked snow ahead your future with the endless possibilities of trees, bumps, cliffs, and groomers. Each chairlift ride is resurrection.”
Colin Clancy, Ski Bum

“…fresh, bottomless powder is the Holy Grail, but pow is elusive. True enlightenment can be found in things like soft corduroy on a 27-degree bluebird day. It's times like these when the perfect wax, sharp edges, and strong legs can make you feel part of the mountain, allow you to create carves as organic as the snowmelt streams that'll rush downhill in April.”
Colin Clancy, Ski Bum

“Naked in the moonlight, we peered over the edge. I grabbed her hand and we swung our arms back and forth. With the third swing, we jumped together—a frozen ephemeral moment, suspended in air, the world felt perfect. I’d have paused gravity and time right there to take it all in if I could’ve.”
Colin Clancy, Ski Bum

“At its best, skiing distills life to one run at a time, a two-thousand foot burn from top-to-bottom--the world becomes a single mountainside-- your tracks behind you, your past, and the untracked snow ahead your future with the endless possibilities of trees, bumps, cliffs, and groomers. Each chairlift ride is resurrection.”
Colin Clancy, Ski Bum

“I hope to define my life, whatever is left, by migrations, south and north with the birds and far from the metallic fever of clocks, the self staring at the clock saying, “I must do this.” I can’t tell the time on the tongue of the river in the cool morning air, the smell of the ferment of greenery, the dust off the canyon’s rock walls, the swallows swooping above the scent of raw water.”
Jim Harrison, In Search of Small Gods

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