April 2021

Route planning and trip report from Part II of Slator’s Adventure From Home series to ski the Skillet Glacier on Mt Moran in the Tetons.

Step by step process for planning an overnight ski trip in the Tetons including learning local ski history, snowpack and avalanche forecast.

Interview with Rea Kolbl who set a women’s ski mountaineering vertical record of 55,045 feet in 24 hours on March 13, 2021.

Trip report from midwinter visit to Washington Pass in the North Cascades. Snowmobile accessed skiing in beautiful cirques, bowls and couloirs.

Explanation of the 2021 Black Diamond recall of the Pieps DSP Sport, DSP Pro and Ice beacon models.

In crucial moments, ski crampons can be your most valuable piece of ski touring or mountaineering gear. Here, the 411 on when, when not and how to use them.