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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.

  • Turiano Publishes Most Expensive Guidebook in the World–Review (November 17, 2014)

  • Fitness for Backcountry Skiing–The Basics (November 13, 2014)

  • Climbing & Skiing Colorado Mountains — Book Review (November 12, 2014)

  • Opa’s Hut Out and Back — Braun Huts Colorado (November 11, 2014)

  • Production G3 ION 2014-2015 — Weigh & Mount! (November 10, 2014)

  • Backcountry Skiing News Roundup — Avy Thoughts (November 6, 2014)

  • Fischer Transalp Hannibal & 88 — Ski Quiver Arrows of the Week (November 4, 2014)

  • DIN ISO Ski Binding Standards 13992 & 9462 Explained and Compared (October 29, 2014)

  • A Few Ski Touring Shopping Tidbits (October 27, 2014)

  • Tech Bindings for Ski Touring – 10 Things to Know (October 24, 2014)

  • Giterdun in Colorado — Guidebooks (October 22, 2014)

  • Volkl BMT 94 Backcountry Ski — Quiver Arrow of the Week (October 20, 2014)

  • OR Trailbreaker Pant 2.0 – Review (October 15, 2014)

  • WildSnow Ultimate Ski Quiver — 2014-2015 (October 10, 2014)

  • Film Review — “From the Road” (October 6, 2014)

  • Marker Kingpin Binding — 10 Things to Know (October 3, 2014)

  • When People Die (October 2, 2014)

  • Diamir Vipec 12 — Inline Changes for 2014-2015 (October 1, 2014)

  • Andreas Fransson and JP Auclair Dead in Chile Avalanche (September 30, 2014)

  • Review – Guidebook, Washington Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes ()

  • Ptor Spricenieks — “Dreamline” Retrospective Film is Worthy (September 27, 2014)

  • Shisha Pangma Avalanche Takes Dynafit Athletes Zambaldi & Haag (September 25, 2014)

  • Lou 2’s Chile Travels – Final Chapter: Lonquimay to Baños Morales ()

  • Avatech Electronic Snow Profile Sensor & Data Network (September 16, 2014)

  • Skiing’s Original Hard Man — Fridtjof Nansen (September 10, 2014)

  • DIN Wars — Dynafit Beast 16 Gets the TÜV Cert (September 9, 2014)

  • Chile Continuation — Cultural Rain and Ski ()

  • Day on Nevados Chillan — Ice, Wind, and some Corn (September 3, 2014)

  • Marker Kingpin Ski Binding Part 2 — Supplemental Infos (September 2, 2014)

  • Marker Kingpin Tech Binding – First Look & Testing en Sud America (September 1, 2014)

  • WildSnow Weekend — Tech Armor Screen Protector – Review (August 31, 2014)

  • Nevados Chillan — Journey to the King (August 29, 2014)

  • Git Sum Stoke — Pow-ho Trailer 2014-15 Released (August 21, 2014)

  • Trab TR2 Backcountry Skiing Binding — Stage 2 Evaluation (August 20, 2014)

  • Avalanche Safety Quiz (August 14, 2014)

  • Meet the New Black Diamond: Winter Product Count Reduced — CEO Metcalf to Step Down (August 12, 2014)

  • Outdoor Retailer — Short Walk to the Mylar (August 7, 2014)

  • WildSnow South America 2014 — Soon (August 6, 2014)

  • Mysteries of Pomoca and Dynafit Climbing Skins — Review (August 4, 2014)

  • Review — Off-Piste Ski Atlas: Crested Butte Colorado (August 1, 2014)

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