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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.

  • Your First Ski Touring Bindings — 10 (extended) Tips (August 14, 2017)

  • Patent Published for Capacitor Powered Fan Airbag Backpack (August 9, 2017)

  • G3 Ion Goes Topless (July 26, 2017)

  • Randonnee AT Ski Touring Boot ISO Standards (July 21, 2017)

  • Tech Binding Toolset — Part 3 — Determine Left-Right Center of Ski (July 20, 2017)

  • WildSnow News Roundup — July 2017 — Tiny Houses, Drones vs Eagles (July 19, 2017)

  • The Tech Binding Toolset — Part 2 — Mounting Specific (July 17, 2017)

  • Footbeat — Recovery and Health Device that Works (July 14, 2017)

  • Leveling Tiny House Ski Touring Hut — Summer DIYF (July 12, 2017)

  • The Tech Binding Toolset — Part 1 — Screwdrive’n (July 10, 2017)

  • Water Supply — WildSnow Field HQ — Updated (July 7, 2017)

  • July 4th Holiday Ski Touring News Roundup 2017 (July 3, 2017)

  • Ski World Panics On Word that Marker Kingpin Discontinued (June 29, 2017)

  • FAT Torque Screwdriver Wrench Review — Ski Binding Screws ()

  • Insta-Hut Porta-Hut Tiny-House Backcountry Installation (June 27, 2017)

  • G3 ION Warranty Return Part 2 — Experiments and Evaluations (June 26, 2017)

  • Summer Skiing, St. Mary’s Glacier, Colorado (June 21, 2017)

  • G3 Calls for Return of Some ION Bindings — Assembly Defect (June 19, 2017)

  • NIMBY Ski Touring and the Local Stash (June 14, 2017)

  • News Mid June — Chainsaws, Honnold and Robson (June 12, 2017)

  • The Snowy Torrents of 1996-2004 — Avalanche Book Review (June 8, 2017)

  • Independence Pass Ski Touring Party Picnic 2017 (June 5, 2017)

  • Our Favorite Place — Spring at Independence Pass — Colorado (May 30, 2017)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — End of May 2017 (May 26, 2017)

  • Spring — Below Timberline Skiing — Colorado ()

  • Voile Factory Tour — American Made Ski Touring (May 23, 2017)

  • WildSnow ModShop — Adding LVM to Airbag Battery Hack (May 16, 2017)

  • Arcteryx Voltair 20 — Nearly Perfect Size for Ski Touring (May 12, 2017)

  • Dynafit TLT Speed (and Speedfit) — Ski Touring Binding Unboxed, Tested (May 9, 2017)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup April 2017 (May 2, 2017)

  • ISPO 2017 and Beyond — Contour Climbing Skins (May 1, 2017)

  • WildSnow Weekend — Sad news re Ueli Steck, and Shop Season Closing Party (April 30, 2017)

  • Voile Ultra Vector Ski — Alpine that Tours (April 26, 2017)

  • Fritschi Tecton Brake Seance (April 25, 2017)

  • Ski Touring News — RIP Hervé Maneint of Scott (April 24, 2017)

  • Fritschi Tecton Ski Touring Binding — Mounted and Tested (April 20, 2017)

  • ATK Raider 12 2.0 Ski Touring Binding — Review (April 18, 2017)

  • WildSnow Weekend — Ute 40th — Trak Bushwacker? (April 16, 2017)

  • Mountain Equipment Puff Jackets – Dewline & Skyline (April 12, 2017)

  • News Roundup — Up Festival, Mulled Wine, New CAST (April 10, 2017)

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