Aspen has played an integral roll in much of North American ski history, so it feels good that the Aspen Ski Company is hosting this “Meeting” event that’s part film festival and part confab, as the newer “action” snowsports the festival covers are the same thing as freestyle was in the 1970s, or for that matter slalom racing nearly a century ago when
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Ski touring news covering avalanche center fund raising and developments at WildSnow dot com including a mobile version of backcountry skiing website.
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The WildSnow access watch can’t help but notice controversy up in the PNW about a washed out road that used to provide excellent access to some of Olympic National Park’s backcountry. A section of the Dosewallips River Road was washed…
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Ski mountaineering news, Aspen mountains as well as Colorado Michelle Vanek on Mount of the Holy Cross.
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We attended the annual Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame gala this past Saturday. This is indeed a Colorado event, but always goes out of state boundaries in many ways. John Atkins is perhaps the most far reaching inductee…
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Cutting ski runs is important, should it only be done by ski resorts or should the public be able to maintain or build ski touring trails in the backcountry?