SPOT Messenger version 1.0 tested and reviewed, great gps emergency locator device for backcountry skiers
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Didn’t get a blog post done today because I was dealing with some WildSnow editorial issues — and doing a bit of shopping. Considering one of these for Christmas, more later. Everyone have a good evening! Lou DawsonWildSnow.com publisher emeritus…
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This past Friday, on the Sangree High Route. I got the feeling that Scott Messina (pictured here) likes marking trails. Yep, those are the ubiquitous blue diamonds that Colorado backcountry skiers have become fond of over the years. I used…
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News about global warming as it relates to backcountry skiing, and other things.
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Snowest, 07/08 first issue. That’s their favored mountain 800 on the cover — Polaris Dragon RMK. But I like the Ski-Do Summit Everest because it weighs less. Nope, I don’t mean I’m switching to telemark skiing. Instead, just as winter…
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But even the darkest cloud has the potential to produce beautiful powder. Thus, sooner or later I suspect we’ll see a movie about Davenport’s fourteener project. I’m sure it will be enjoyable, even award winning — and perhaps better than the original cut by focusing even more on the personal, spiritual and wilderness aspects of Colorado ski alpinism.
