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.…

Interview with Bill Briggs, ski mountaineering pioneer who did the first descent of Grand Teton, Wyoming.

During the recent annual meeting of the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) in Smith Rock, Oregon, longtime guide and ski alpinist Bela Vadasz was presented with the AMGA Lifetime Achievement Award. Bela and Mimi Vadasz founded Alpine Skills International in…

Bill Briggs shouldn’t need much of an introduction. As the first person to ski the Grand Teton (1971), he’s the man who marks the beginning of modern ski mountaineering in the United States.

Eric Perlman was along and at this spot in the couloir, both he and Mimi were firing away with motor drives clicking. After I completed the descent, I named it Chute Out.