News about backcountry skiing and touring, including info about cell phone issues and skier safety.
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Dawn patrol with your kid, backcountry skiing before school might require a tardy slip but we won’t tell what really happened.
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While quick stabs at 14,000 foot peaks don’t usually result in altitude caused health problems, if you spend a long day up high or have to emergency bivouac you can be in for some hurt.
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Telemark skiing pioneer Art Burrows is a good friend, as well as being quite the designer, artist and of course skier. Art was virtually the world champion telemark racer for a time in the 1970’s, and went on to help…
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Ski touring news including rescue epic on Mount Hood and Greg hill attempting a backcountry skiing record amount of vertical feet.
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Tips and information for starting backcountry skiing and mountaineering, covering safety, fitness and gear as well as overall planning and judgement.
All backcountry skiing blog posts with content that doesn’t fit in other categories.
