We’re getting quit a few WildSnow visitors on Saturdays. Heading out skiing this morning, but here are some news items for you weekend browsers: More new designs at our shirt shop. Give the gift of a WildSnow T or hoodie…
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Still on the road from Washington, so a quick news roundup today as I’m blogging from the front passenger seat of the Versa. (Oh, that glare!) Last summer in Colorado, an Aspen Skiing Co. executive and two partners in Futuristic…
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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.
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The alpine of the Aspen and Crested Butte area has been in prime backcountry skiing condition for days now, and it’s getting hit big. Pyramid Peak has been skied by two groups (one from the summit), Capitol Peak was skied…
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Ethics of filming dangerous skiing for profit, in the backcountry and avalanche terrain.
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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…
