Tips and information for starting backcountry skiing and mountaineering, covering safety, fitness and gear as well as overall planning and judgement.
safety
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The amount of knowledge we have about snow avalanches has increased immensely over the past several decades. Using this information, experts are constantly reformulating survival techniques and devising improved safety gear. The Avalung came out of knowledge that avalanche victims…
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We just couldn’t stand all that snow. Had to get a last desert fix with some warm rock thrown in for good measure. Just kidding… in truth,we are incredibly excited about skiing this year, but don’t mind an excuse (family…
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Decision making process the Canadian Avalanche Center is calling their “Avalanche Decision Framework for Amateur Recreationalists” or ADFAR for short. Latest development in this is their “Avaluator” decision support card.
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Press release out today, our beloved Independence Pass is closed for the season. The goods are up there. Terrific backcountry skiing when it snows, incredible rock climbing and hiking if we get more Indian summer. But is Indy really closed?…
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Kit DesLauriers Skis from Mount Everest Summit – But Doesn’t Get a Complete Descent
by Lou Dawsonby Lou DawsonKit DesLauriers has become the first woman to ski off the summit of Mount Everest, but was not able to make an all-snow all-ski complete descent to match that of Davo Karnikar in 2000. According to the expedition report, “the…
