Today my son and I took a winter driving course at Aspen Winter Driving Experience (AWDE) here in the Roaring Fork Valley of Central Colorado. I’d heard taking an AWDE course was valuable,
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News about poaching ski lines and snow avalanches that people had trouble avoiding.
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This movie is so bad I was amazed it made it to release. Plot is basic (at least it exists): Ski resort somewhere in the world, avalanche and a bunch of other amusing junk.
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Through the lens of history “Death Zone” was not at all depressing, but rather a supremely interesting view into the past. More, it was exciting to see that the climbing done by this team was an advanced form of Himalayan alpinism that involved tackling a monster wall, without a larger expedition
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Dawn patrol this morning. Up at 4:00 AM then a few laps in Little Cottonwood Canyon with Louie and friends Poly, Andrew and Penn before heading to the trade show.
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Louie and I headed up to Days Fork from Alta today. This popular area tends to be a circus on weekends, but I find weekdays up there to be totally reasonable. (Being from where a “crowd” is 3 other cars…
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Water bottles for ski touring, tip, just use a disposable bottled water container to save weight during backcountry trips.
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Gear for Spring Backcountry Skiing Traverse and tour, it’s worth working on your exact choices in mountaineering kit.
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2006 Mammut Barryvox avalanche beacon review for backcountry skiing and mountaineering.
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Aspen’s community avalanche safety class is this weekend. Our family attended the class session last evening, and we’ll be out in the field today. The evening seminar was taught by Hallsted Morris from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC). This…
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New Telemark Norm binding introduction, Black Diamond to start making their own Tele and AT boot line
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Press release from Black Diamond entry into the ski boot business, historic for a number of reasons, especially their introduction of the Factor beef boot that combined alpine performance with walking comfort.
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Review of how-to DVD teaching basics of avalanche rescue using a beacon transceiver beeper, specifically Backcountry Access.
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Zeal goggles reviewed for backcountry skiing and touring, good eye protection that does not fog easily.
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Black Diamond Havoc backcountry skis get the treatment at WildSnow workshop.
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Avalanche death and survival involves many factors, read about a few ideas here for skiing safety, including technique and gear.
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What is sacred about the backcountry?
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Sanctified, backcountry ski movie reviewed
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Skiing news, Colorado 14ers, Sanctified movie review thoughts and a few comments about Chris Davenport.
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2007 Backcountry Access Alp40 backpack review for backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering