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I just learned that the father of modern heli skiing, Hans Gmoser (and Canadian guiding), died in a bicycling fall yesterday.

As our first order of business consider the common view of those seeking to close off more backcountry to everyone but muscle powered folks.

Skiing Conundrum Couloir out of Montezuma Basin near Aspen, Colorado – perfect conditions.

Backcountry skiing news from the year 2006, enjoy the history of touring.

You’ve got to hand it to Dynafit, not only do their bindings work incredibly well, but they’re the most standardized on the market. All Dynafit bindings use the same screw hole patterns in the ski, and many parts are interchangeable…

Mount Everest North Side Ski Descent, includes tragedy that is all too often part of Himalayan high peak skiing.

Trooper Traverse backcountry skiing trip from Leadville Colorado to Aspen includes plenty of mountaineering and history.

Some backcountry ski trips go so smooth you hardly know they passed — others have at least one defining moment. Our recent Trooper Traverse had several such. The make-or-break point occurred when Mike was walking around a new campsite on…

Visit with the Davenport Crew – Sangre De Cristo 14ers, Sierra Blanca, ski descent of Ellingwood Peak.

Fatter shorter skis have revolutionized ski mountaineering — especially in Colorado. One of our biggest problems in this state is snow that may remain relatively unconsolidated through April, fully consolidates in May, but tends to melt off the big east…

Review of Naxo NX21 ski touring binding, now discontinued and in our museum collection of backcountry skiing and touring.

Had a nice weekend of skiing. Saturday we accessed the backcountry skiing goods at a private cabin near here (Carbondale), then Easter Sunday went for a bluebird day on Aspen Mountain ski area — the last day of lifts up…

The news of Doug Coombs’ death hit the ski world hard this past few days — as it should. Doug wasn’t known for taking unnecessary risks, indeed, it sounds like he was in guide mode and being careful when tragedy struck

Ski trip to Jackson Wyoming, beginning coverage of Dynafit brand as it was first being developed.

wool vs. synthetic backcountry clothing for backcountry skiing

We just got back from Zermatt, Switzerland and wanted to send you some photos you might post. I was amazed at the amount of snow — the second day of our trip a two day storm began and dumped 1 meter of snow.

Using Friends Hut for a day tour is a nice way to enjoy ski mountaineering in Elk Mountains of Colorado near Aspen and Crested Butte, stop at Pine Creek Cookhouse.

We got about 5
minutes notice and all the food I ate gave me stomach cramps…so I was
feeling slow. Maybe I went too hard in the teams race as well.

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