News and opinion about backcountry skiing and mountaineering, Colorado and Washington state snow sports.
Maps
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Ten tips for safe and fun ski mountaineering in the backcountry, including map reading.
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Shew, was working my rosy cheeks off this morning like one of Santa’s little elves, then the “Internet” light goes out on the DSL modem. What? Turned out a big Quest fiber optic line got cut, and much of Western…
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Book review on mountaineer Neal Beidleman’s ski guide book to Aspen Snowmass ski areas.
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Someone asked if I’d publish the text for the Sheriff’s letter. No problem. It’s quite benign and reproduced below: As mentioned, I don’t have any problem with making sure my route descriptions have adequate warnings about hazards myself and my…
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Use of the word telemarking or telemark as a verb, and other such words that might confuse Google about backcountry ski touring.
