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I played journalist this morning and did a quick phone interview with Chris Davenport: Davenport makes a hop turn off the summit of 14,042 foot Ellingwood Peak, looking at Blanca Peak. Lou: “Okay Chris, how is the fourteener book coming?”…

Thanks all for your excellent comments about the Jay Peak trail cutting. To sum it up, this interesting email came in today — we thought it would make a good guest blog as it seems to focus in on a…

News about ski touring and backcountry, including trail cutting and movie making.

Fritz Barthel sent these photos over the pond via bytemail. Cruel. I guess they’re making up for last year. Knowing those guys, this is somewhere in the Tyrol. Last week, Austria. A few turns were had. In Europe there is…

I’m glad the two rescued climbers are okay, but have to ask the question: Someone can get scared on a wilderness mountainside and call a helicopter via 911, but we can’t watch Davenport’s fourteener movie because it violates some wilderness regulations?

Cutting ski runs is important, should it only be done by ski resorts or should the public be able to maintain or build ski touring trails in the backcountry?