A 2020 Q&A with Hilaree Neslon, North Face team leader and 8000 meter peak skier on lessons learned over decades of ski mountaineering, favorite expedition gear and tips for aspiring ski mountaineers.

Aaron Rose, a Colorado splitboarder, brings a grounded perspective to interpreting the dynamic backcountry realm. “The observed and felt clues yield the most evidence to consider terrain management and avalanche avoidance. Snow sense is fundamentally built on a visual-tactile experience. Auditory stimulus is secondary, at least for me.”

Prakash Sherpa and Benedikt Böhm sped up and down Himlung Himal, a 7,126m (23,380 ft.) mountain in sub-10-hours. This is the final expedition dispatch.

Prakash Sherpa and Benedikt Böhm took advantage of a weather window over the weekend, sped up Himlung Himal, and skied down for a sub-ten-hour round trip.

Dispatch #4 from the Himalayan Speed Project: A push from Camp 2 to the summit as the acclimitaztion phase of the trip concludes.

This third dispatch from the 7000m Himalayan Speed Project finds Prakash Sherpa and Bene moving up the mountain from basecamp and towards Camp 2 for an acclimatization push.