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Louie Dawson

Louie Dawson

Louie Dawson earned his Bachelor Degree in Industrial Design from Western Washington University in 2014. When he's not skiing Mount Baker or somewhere equally as snowy, he's thinking about new products to make ski mountaineering more fun and safe.

  • Tried and True – POC Iris X Goggles (& Synapsis helmet) (December 16, 2013)

  • Scarpa Freedom SL First Look (November 18, 2013)

  • Pleiades West Couloir Ski (November 13, 2013)

  • Shoulder Season Skiing in the Cascades (October 28, 2013)

  • Black Diamond Guide Glove Review (October 17, 2013)

  • Mountain Equipment Compressor Jacket Review (October 14, 2013)

  • Tyroleans, Tu-tus, and Ridge Traversing (September 10, 2013)

  • Summer Alpine Rock (August 14, 2013)

  • Smartphone Apps for the Backcountry (August 12, 2013)

  • Black Diamond Bombshelter Tent Review (July 31, 2013)

  • Mt. Stuart Complete North Ridge – TR (July 26, 2013)

  • Mt. Adams NFNWR Ski (July 19, 2013)

  • Mt. Rainier — Edmunds Headwall Ski (July 12, 2013)

  • Ski Trab Magico Review 2 (July 5, 2013)

  • Mt. Baker, North Ridge Climb (June 24, 2013)

  • Petzl Sum’Tec Axe Ice Tool Review (May 29, 2013)

  • BCA Bomber Shovel Review (May 22, 2013)

  • Dynafit Huascaran – Quiver Arrow of the Week (May 13, 2013)

  • North Twin Sister – PNW Trip Report (April 30, 2013)

  • Billygoat Technologies Ascent Plates Review (April 16, 2013)

  • Mountain Equipment Kamchatka Salopette & Kalanka Shell Jacket – Review (April 8, 2013)

  • Haines Basecamp Glacier Skiing – days 4-6 (April 5, 2013)

  • From Haines Alaska — Glacier Camp Dispatch #2 (April 2, 2013)

  • Alaska, Glacier Bay Basecamp Skiing: Days 1-2 (March 30, 2013)

  • The Road to Haines — Dispatch from AK (March 25, 2013)

  • Wildsnow Spring Break! (March 21, 2013)

  • Weekend on Mt. Shuksan – Ski Mountaineering (March 15, 2013)

  • Quiver Arrow of the Week — Black Diamond Carbon Megawatt (March 4, 2013)

  • Brian Waddington Hut, British Columbia TR (February 20, 2013)

  • Float 32 First Look – BCA on a Diet (February 15, 2013)

  • Juneuary in the PNW – Mt Rainier Fuhrer Finger Ski (January 23, 2013)

  • Late Starts and Sunset Skiing — Whistler Backcountry (January 18, 2013)

  • G3 Zenoxide C3: light, fat, and stiff (January 16, 2013)

  • Winding down winter break at Garibaldi Lake (January 10, 2013)

  • Another Day, Another Fluff Pile at Valhalla Mountain Touring and Lodge (December 21, 2012)

  • Hueristic traps in avalanche terrain (December 13, 2012)

  • Dynafit Mercury Ski Boot — First Look (December 11, 2012)

  • A Rogers Pass Thanksgiving – Backcountry Powder Skiing (December 6, 2012)

  • SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger for Backcountry Skiing – Review (November 5, 2012)

  • Pow Season Begins for PNW Backcountry Skiing (October 23, 2012)

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