More: Powder was born with paws in the Pacific but moved to the foothills of the Rockies nearly 10 years ago. She loves backpacking in the Rawah and Holy Cross Wildernesses, must test all mountain lakes and streams personally and loves her 4 Orvis dog beds. She prefers the cold and was named after the black powder burn left on a white snowy slope after ski patrol tosses a hand charge. She is our everything.