News media is reporting that a skier died today in an avalanche on Quandary Peak, a fourteener near Breckenridge, Colorado. It sounds like two men headed up to climb the peak during high hazard, with no avalanche rescue gear and…
Fourteeners
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No matter what the snowpack, starting your backcountry skiing trip early in the morning is one way to insure a wonderful day.
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Hhigh altitude sun can damage your eyes as well as your skin. Short term, you can sunburn your eyes and become snow blind, learn how to protect yourself.
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According to the well known one-handed alpinist and backcountry skier, he completed the peaks over March 3-9 and had ‘excellent weather… stable snow…spring-like conditions on many aspects.’
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At any rate, lots of fun goals for snow sports on the fourteeners, ski, climb, snowboard — anything reasonable.
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Every region of North America has its pros and cons for backcountry skiing and ski touring. Pacific Northwest and Canadian coastal regions yield late season snow and big mountains — but sometimes wet weather gets in the way.
