Tavis Campbell and Sam Cox published Stepping Up, their guidebook for The Ridge. Their first edition sold out in 2008, so they went ahead and published their second edition a few months ago. The book is 102 pages, with 90 greyscale photos that include spirited images of Scot Schmidt and Doug Coombs. The amount of detail is stunning — obviously of biblical import for anyone aspiring to be a denizen of “The Ridge.”

Book review of Colorado 14er Disasters, about ski mountaineering accidents on Colorado’s 14,000 ft. peaks.

I sat near Simon Dumont once. Honest. But I didn’t learn much about the X Games hero that way. Lou DawsonWildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering.…

List of backcountry ski touring books for the mountaineer on your Christmas list or any other special ocasion.

Edge of Never book review, asks if Trevor Peterson would approve of his son Kye extreme skiing in Chamonix.

Want to ramp up your avalanche danger evaluation skills? One thing that helps is keeping avy specific records of your trips so you can step back and review lesson learned. Sure, you can do that with memory (that’s what I do), but memory fails and your brain isn’t like a book you can just page through years after an event.