October 2006

Halloween at WildSnow.com world headquarters. Reinhold Messner in his media tent after first oxygenless ascent of Mount Everest. Lou DawsonWildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He…

Skiing the last few days out of Crested Butte, we skied the tighter chute mostly shaded just to the right of the big sunny face,run is about 2,500 vert and 40+ degrees.

A person emailed me this morning because they were having trouble getting their WildSnow binding template to line up with the screw holes in their Freeride Plus bindings. I checked the template, and when printed on my laser printer at…

Pearl Basin, Colorado. We went gonzo with the pickup truck again and reached the same parking for ski touring access, near Aspen.

Accuse me of braggadocio, but when you’ve got it flaunt it — at least when we’re talking about snow in Colorado. Wintry storm number six (WS6) hit like a full pressure fire hose evening before last, and snowed in the…

Klean Kanteens water bottle review for summer hiking, backpacking, backcountry skiing