backcountry skiing

Retread” has become a pejorative. But it’s not. We install retread snow tires on our Chevy Silverado for Colorado backcountry fun.

Dear Lou: Cory was a friend and my wife’s cousin. He worked ski patrol on Ajax (Aspen Mountain) for years. He’d spent a year patrolling at Chamonix and had an impressive climbing resume. He was a pro with tons of…

After a brutal finals week spent stuck inside, I was eager to get out skiing. Especially since the forecast for Mt. Baker called for sunny skies, something that I have a feeling I am not going to be seeing often…

I sat near Simon Dumont once. Honest. But I didn’t learn much about the X Games hero that way. Lou DawsonWildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering.…

Ortovox S1 avalanche rescue beacon review for backcountry skiing

Okay Scott, you’re right, I should report from outside the office now and then. Yesterday I headed up to Aspen to work on my new Green Machine boots. For fit testing I climbed part way up Highlands ski area, which…