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When you get an invitation like this you have to accept: “Join us for a night climb and ski of Buttermilk ski area, with dinner at the warming hut catered by renowned chef/owner Mark Fischer of restaurant Six89 and Phat…

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

Bio of publisher and innovator Craig Dostie, who founded Couloir Magazine and promoted backcountry skiing for years.

Using headlamps for backcountry skiing at night is more than fun, it can increase personal safety in a big way.

BCA Squall backpack review for backcountry skiing

When you think about it, how could anyone who expresses honest opinion ever think exactly like everyone else? We would cease to be human if that was the case.

24 Hours of Sunlight is happening this weekend. In case you live under a rock, this is the ski race where you spend 24 hours climbing up and descending, and see who can do the most vertical in that time. It’s brutal and fun — at least fun for the first half hour.

I finally got out ski touring. Did a medium length walk in the Wasatch near I-80 yesterday, a bit north of where most of the popular touring is.

For your style victims out there, this shows you Dynafit’s color pallet for 06/07. If the boot shade looks a bit out of place to you, I agree. But then, one person I recently spoke with said they liked the…

Dynafit binding inventor Fritz Barthel, his workshop and some info about the evolution of the tech ski touring binding.

Fritz, watching out for blueberry bushes and looking quite stylish. He paid me not to publish this, but I had to do it. The Dynafit jacket is too nice not to share. Contrary to rumor, it actually has been snowing…

If you don’t believe the Internet has shrunk the civilized world, believe. Twenty four hours ago I was blogging from Carbondale Colorado, now I’m sitting in the guest room of the Barthel family’s 200+ year old restored farm house in…

Ski Trab 2007 US Rando Race Team Announced, fun sport to watch with ski touring and the backcountry.

Happy New Year everyone! In celebration, yesterday we did a mega-slog on Mount Sopris here in western Colorado. We normally use snowmobiles to shave about 9 miles off this trip, but figured doing it unmechanized would be a good fitness…

Had a chance to try out our local Beacon Basin yesterday. This one is on top of Aspen Mountain above the eponymous town in Colorado.

At the invitation of Salewa (parent company of Dynafit), I’m headed over to Europe in about a week to attend the Dynafit hosted annual product launch of ski touring gear.

I started blogging two years ago this past Thursday, as the first backcountry skiing blog in North America. About 700 blog posts and 2,000 comments later we’re still going strong thanks to all you readers and sponsors. Hats off to…

News about backcountry skiing and touring, including info about cell phone issues and skier safety.

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.