Got out yesterday and the snow was not as baked down as we expected, but by today it should be getting firm with a true corn snow surface developing on all but higher northerly aspects. Warm temps this weekend will…

Saturday we drove down to southern Colorado for a try at El Diente Peak, a fourteener near the town of Telluride that’s not particularly tough to ski, but has a lengthy approach with more than its fair share of avalanche…

Dispatch just in this morning from Andrew McLean: “Hi Lou, I just got back from a great trip to the Wrangle St. Elias mountains up in Alaska. While we were there, Ben Ditto plunged through a snow bridge covering a…

We had another brown snow/rain a few days ago. These seem to come with more regularity than they used to, perhaps because of land in Utah stripped to bare dirt by wildfires or something like that. When these dust layers…

Dawn patrol, this morning. Can you spot the kid trying to make school on time? Lou DawsonWildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first…

Louie skiing Kairns Chute down from Snowmass Resort. Saturday was last day open for Snowmass. This time of year the key to backcountry fun is access to the alpine. Snowmass provides good high elevation terrain, both backcountry and inbounds. We…