I saw the avalanche start when a pillow-cornice fell from a rock face beside our safe crossing. We were just minutes from zero hazard — but on the wrong side of safety.
Cascades
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Mom Dawson’s 78th year and she’s still strutting around Crested Butte like she owns the place. Must be that mountain air. Everyone say Happy B-Day! Heading out for a hike today. Probably should have brought the skis but haven’t quite…
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Guest TR – Colchuck Glacier, Wenatchee Mountains, North Central Cascades, WA
by Rob Mullinsby Rob MullinsColchuck glacier backcountry skiing trip report
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News roundup covers Hillary Clinton going skiing, more from the backcountry and mountaineering world with lots of information about ski touring.
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We made a quick overnight turnaround back from Lander, Wyoming to Colorado. Still, it was important to get a breath of the Wind River Mountains before returning home, so yesterday morning we hiked up to Popo Agie falls up at…
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I’ve always have a place in my snow lovin’ heart for Mount Hood, Oregon, having first skied it for the first time while in the Northwest working for Outward Bound, and another time during my honeymoon in 1985 (and today…