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The multiple burial avalanche safety controversy is really what I’d call a reality strike for ski touring. Fact one: most buried avalanche victims must be dug out within 15 minutes or they perish. Fact two: digging a person out can easily reach the point of physical impossibility if only one person is on the shovel.

If you’re skiing in a Swiss whiteout you might as well enjoy a magnum of Toblerone. Amazing how fast you can inhale several pounds of chocolate. Seems we’re in a fairly major storm cycle here in Switzerland. Thus, anything above…

Here is a wild one: One of Colorado’s most prolific rock climbing pioneers is a guy named Harvey Carter. Back in my early 20s, Harvey mentored me for a while and

An avalanche safety wakeup once or twice a winter is a good thing — and best the no-doze comes from blogs and video rather than the real thing!

Today, on WildSnow Myth Busters: Avy Myth #2, If I’m buried in an avalanche, I’ll just snuggle in my nice little snow hole till my friends dig me out. In my experience, quite a few backcountry skiers don’t understand the…

A few highlights from the Outdoor Retailer show floor, winter 2018.

Trade shows are like birthdays, in that they’re a yearly marker of how far an industry has come, and even a celebration of sorts if things are going well. I’m looking at this year’s Outdoor Retailer Winter Market that way.…

by Stano Faben First of all, I want to thank Lou for letting me to spread the word about our event through a blog post on his highly visited website – Thanks tons, Lou! Also, let me clarify what we’re…

It all gets me thinking… North American resorts should indeed receive praise for how much steep natural terrain they’re now doing avalanche control on and opening.

I’m headed out for some gear testing this morning, but a few quick things: If you’re trying to ski all the 14ers in the United States, now is your chance for some that come into condition only once in a…

SPOT Messenger version 1.0 tested and reviewed, great gps emergency locator device for backcountry skiers

Blogsters: Aspen area guide Ron Rash (part owner of Aspen Alpine Guides) is helping get me off the keyboard (and out in the backcountry) every so often by contributing a newpaper column style guest blog. Here is his first. Boot…

(Preamble: I’m skipping around the “10 Things” list as resources become available, so today is #3.) “If your friend’s out of shape you’re dead.” That’s the take at Backcountry Access (BCA) about avalanche rescue shoveling (makers of Tracker avy beacons…

(News Flash – Friday PM: Lincoln Creek Road off Independence Pass Road in Colorado is now open, providing access to the Grizzly Peak area of the Sawatch Mountains. Bob Perlmutter just got back from an awsome day on Grizzly, and…

Report from skimo ski mountaineering race in Utah, Powderkeg was super fun.

Recent avalanches, we ponder them regarding safety and risk philosophy.

Utah has been hammered by recent avalanche tragedies — five people dead in an incredibly short period of about two weeks.