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Lou Dawson

Lou Dawson

WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America's highest mountain.

  • Colorado Throwback Thursday — Pyramid Peak North Face Winter 1976 (September 15, 2016)

  • La Sportiva Spectre 1.0 2.0 Comparo Review (September 13, 2016)

  • Testing La Sportiva Hybrid Trab Tech Fittings (September 12, 2016)

  • Displaying your Classic Ski Touring Binding Collection (September 8, 2016)

  • News Roundup — Global Warming Ski Touring, Guide Insurance, (September 7, 2016)

  • Emery A-LX 1990s Classic Ski Touring Binding Added to Collection (September 6, 2016)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup September 2016 — Dynafit, Pakistan Search, Parks (September 1, 2016)

  • Accident and Rescue Insurance Tips — Part One (August 30, 2016)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — Closing out August 2016 (August 25, 2016)

  • WildSnow Technical — Dynafit and Tech Binding Heel Gap Spacing and Safety Release (August 23, 2016)

  • Emery Energy Classic Ski Touring Binding 1990s (August 18, 2016)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup Mid August 2016 (August 17, 2016)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup August 2016 – GPS + Vogue (August 10, 2016)

  • Classic Ski Touring Binding — Emery Altitude Generation 1 — 1970s (August 8, 2016)

  • Ski Touring News Digest — New Uphilling Possible in Colorado, at Eldora? (August 4, 2016)

  • Voile Straps — Now Have Their Own Website (July 29, 2016)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — Snow in a Few Weeks? (July 27, 2016)

  • KneeBinding — Part 1 — Unboxed (July 25, 2016)

  • Throwback Thursday: 1971 Marble Ski Area Chairlifts, Colorado (July 21, 2016)

  • Jonathan Waterman – Denali Return and Summit Birthday (July 18, 2016)

  • News Roundup — July — Ski Town Zoning, Dynafit Khion Recall (July 15, 2016)

  • WildSnow Summer Website Remodels (July 11, 2016)

  • Rating Ski Descents – D System (July 7, 2016)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — June to July “Summer” (June 30, 2016)

  • Five Things Dynafit did for Ski Touring (June 27, 2016)

  • Double Pole Plant — Throwback or Modern? (June 23, 2016)

  • Hut Squatters and Eiger Flyers – Ski Touring News Roundup June 2016 (June 21, 2016)

  • EXCEPTIONAL — POSSIBLY NO SKIER AVALANCHE DEATHS COLORADO 2015-2016 (June 16, 2016)

  • Colorado — Bodacious Snowpack 200% (June 14, 2016)

  • Day of Remembrance, Orlando (June 13, 2016)

  • WildSnow Technical — Binding Mount Screw Length (June 6, 2016)

  • E-Bikes — Key to Ski Touring Kingdom or Electrons from H? (May 27, 2016)

  • Trooper Traverse Colorado — 1st One Day Crossing! (May 23, 2016)

  • Backcountry Skiing News Roundup May 2016 — Sea, Ski, and Mr. Bear (May 20, 2016)

  • Climbing Skin Science – 2016 (May 18, 2016)

  • Backcountry News Roundup — Gunfights, Stein and Peeling Paint (May 11, 2016)

  • Innovation and Refinement — Fritschi Diamir Vipec 12 TUV “Black” — Review (May 9, 2016)

  • A Short Ski Through Snowy Woods — McNamara Hut — Colorado (May 5, 2016)

  • 10 Tips for Spring Backcountry Skiing — number 1 and 2 (May 4, 2016)

  • Blizzard Zero G 85 Ski — Skinny Arrow for the Quiver (May 2, 2016)

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