Most of the details are in on this one. Check here. I found this accident to be particularly tragic and appalling. It is another example of how tough it can be to spread a group out enough, and thus expose…
avalanche safety
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2006 Mammut Barryvox avalanche beacon review for backcountry skiing and mountaineering.
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Just a quick note to all you WildSnow.com readers out there. About 2,000 of you a day have been visiting us. Thanks! Looks like the blog experiment we started a year ago is now a bonafide web entity that entertains…
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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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Book signing yesterday at the Colorado Ski Museum in Vail. As always, incredibly fun to chat with all you backcountry folk who showed up. The variety of people interested in ski touring always amazes me.
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It’s a pet peeve of mine regarding avalanche safety: Over and over again I observe both snowmobilers and skiers grouping up in the backcountry when they should spread out because of avalanche hazard.
