“Q&A With a Cool Coloradan: Josh Jespersen” – Colorado Outdoor Adventure Blog 6/3/19
After six years in the military, Josh Jespersen packed up and moved to Colorado, where he could go after his passion for skiing. Soon he discovered splitboarding, decided to ski all the fourteeners and the rest is history. We caught up with him to discuss what makes Colorado the perfect ski state and what he’s currently working on.
Tell us how you got into skiing.
I started skiing when I was about 3 at Tussey Mountain outside of State College, Pennsylvania. My dad was stoked on skiing, and we would go as much as we could. When I was finally old enough to drive myself though, that’s when the obsession started. I had switched to snowboarding by that point and would work all summer saving up for gas money and a season pass to Jack Frost/Big Boulder. My friends and I would drive up every free day after school, and ride till they shut the lights off…