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Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Jumbo Resort Update

Peak ^ Expansion Moves Ahead

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Vintage Everest News

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Avalanche Forecaster Dies in Idaho

Monday, May 06, 2013

Aerial Snow Surveys in the Sierra

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Mt. Bachelor Approved for Expansion and Improvemen

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Judge Sides with BC Skiers

Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Is the Thrill Worth the Risk?

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Backcountry rescue fine dropped

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

In-bounds Slide at A-Basin

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Backcountry Access at Resorts Makes the WSJ

Backcountry skiing too popular?

Monday, February 11, 2013

June Mountain CA BC Access Approved

New El Nino Forecasting Research

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

The Rise of Rando Racing

Brief History of Ski Mountaineer Racing

Monday, January 07, 2013

Ski Area Liability Suit May Influence Gate Access

Patroller Dies in Aspen/Snowmass Avalanche

Sunday, December 09, 2012

Smartphone Snow Observation Apps

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Freshy Map

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

USFS Ok's Mt. Bike Park at Mt. Hood's Timberline

Friday, November 23, 2012

Online Avalanche Education

Thursday, November 22, 2012

BC Parks Endorses Spearhead Huts Idea

Thursday, November 15, 2012

CO Resorts Recognize Uphill Travel

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Greg Hill Interview about Manaslu Avalanche

Friday, September 28, 2012

Cocaine for Snow Blindness

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Red Mountain, BC Goes Big

Glenn Plake on CNN

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Greg Hill's 1st hand report of Manaslu Avalanche

Monday, September 24, 2012

Manaslu Avalanche News

BD purchases Pieps

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Vitamin I and AMS

Tuesday, September 04, 2012

USFS Approves Taos Expansion

Breckenridge Peak 6 Expansion Update

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

USFS Approves Breckenridge Peak 6 Expansion

Friday, August 03, 2012

Chamonix Bans Wing Suits

Thursday, August 02, 2012

Hut Custodians Apply Here

Monday, July 23, 2012

climate change and mountain adventure

Friday, July 13, 2012

Deadliy Avalanche on Mont Blanc

Landslide on Glacier in AK

Monday, July 09, 2012

Climbers Discovered in Ice

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Mt. Everest Circus

NP Ranger Dies on Mt. Rainier

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Stephane Brosse - World Ski Mountaineering Champ D

Monday, May 21, 2012

Big Mountain, Big Line Skied in Canadian Rockies

Ueli Steck Summits Everest without O2

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Stop the Sale of Fed Land to Ski Area Developers

Thursday, March 08, 2012

Sad News - Teton AT Blogger Dies in Avalanche

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Pay for rescue debate

Monday, January 30, 2012

More Skier / Snowmachine debate in WA

Sunday, January 29, 2012

More Debate on the Skier Triggered Avy

Skier Triggered Avy Triggers Debate

Growing Snow for Avy Science

Interesting Controversy on Cerro Torre

Two-stroke tension in Central Washington

Friday, January 27, 2012

Glacial Retreat Impacts Mountain Access

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Telemark World Record

Ski The Glade Trail at Mt. Hood

Skier Denied Pass

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Inbounds Avalanche Deaths

Monday, January 23, 2012

K2 Clothing line

Friday, January 06, 2012

Dynafit Radical Binding Tech Update

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Solo on Denali in January - blog

Friday, December 30, 2011

Study Mountain Culture and Adventure

Monday, December 19, 2011

Solo Antarctic Ski Crossing

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Alpine Club of Canada Ski Mountaineering Race Cale

Friday, December 02, 2011

BD's Dawn Patrol Contest

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Stevens Pass gets new owners

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Parks Canada intros new graphical avy forecast

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

More on Jamie Pierre's Death

Monday, November 14, 2011

Jamie Pierre Dies in Avalanche

Thursday, September 15, 2011

La Nina Returns!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Walter Bonatti Dies at 81

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Breckenridge Peak 6 Controversy

Thursday, August 11, 2011

More La Nina Chatter

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Utah Avalanche Center and SKi Utah Fundraiser

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Arctic Sea Ice at Low

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Healthy Snowpack Means Summer Avy Hazard

2yr Prison Term for Environmental Activist

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Telemark Roots - Steve Barnett Profile

Monday, July 18, 2011

Pavement and Climate data

Friday, July 15, 2011

Rockfall Events on Mount Rainier

Saturday, May 28, 2011

NW Ski Areas extend season

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Mt. Ashland Ski Area Expansion Approved

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Chinook Pass Avy Control

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Colorado Snowpack

Monday, May 16, 2011

Mt Spokane Ski Area Expansion Debate

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Antarctic Peninsula Ski Descents

Monday, May 09, 2011

Ride Sun Valley

Mt. Ashland Ski Area Expansion

Mt Spokane Ski Area Expansion

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Bear Creek Access - Armed Guards?

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Crazy Cliff Jump and Avalanche video

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Three Cups of Tea Controversy

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Skier rides out avy with airbag pack in AK - video

Friday, April 15, 2011

OSHA fines Wolf Creek over patroller death

WA legislature to criminalize closed area skiing

Canadian Avalanche Conditions Update

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Utah Avy Center open through April

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Sidecountry Access Debate

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Canadian Avalanche Association March Snowpack Summ

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Who should pay for mountain rescue?

Monday, February 14, 2011

NWAC Fundraiser - $10 tickets at Mt. Hood Meadows

Friday, February 11, 2011

Get married and ski for free!

Lookout Pass Dreams Big

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

78 year old up hill skier arrested in JH

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Skiers, Avalanches and Highways

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

what's with the weather?

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Big Slide damns Illicillewat river near Revy

Monday, January 03, 2011

Red Mountain Upgrades

Friday, December 31, 2010

Avalanche Awareness Days in Canada

Canadian Avalanche Statistics

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Bear Creek Saga

Silverton CO vs Sledworks

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

survive an avalanche

Monday, December 13, 2010

Skier Shot by Elk Hunter

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Disentis - Skiing's Next Secret

Friday, December 10, 2010

Tamarack might open

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

2nd Avalanche Fatality in CO

Monday, December 06, 2010

Wolf Creek Avy Detail

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Telluride Scraps Guide Program

Banff Photo Comp

Monday, November 22, 2010

Wolf Creek Avalanche

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Off-Piste, Off limits?

Friday, November 05, 2010

Snomo Regulation - Hot Debate

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

MT's Lookout Pass Plans for Expansion

CAA updates Avulator

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

pending volcano

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

beware of goat!

Thursday, October 07, 2010

JetBoil Fuel Canister Recycling

Rottefella NTN Rebate

Friday, October 01, 2010

Forest Fees Illegal?

Monday, September 27, 2010

Ski Russia

Monday, September 20, 2010

Arctic Sea Ice at Low

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

4th warmest summer on record

Kilimanjaro Glaciers soon gone

Heli Ski Tahoe?

Friday, September 10, 2010

Messing with Mother Nature

Thursday, September 09, 2010

Village at Wolf Creek Update

Friday, August 13, 2010

Fredrik Ericsson dies on K2

Thursday, August 05, 2010

Trail wars in SLC

Friday, July 30, 2010

San Juan Interconnect

Friday, July 02, 2010

Timberline to add Mt Bike Access on Hood

Sunday, June 06, 2010

Arne Backstrom Dies is Peru

Saturday, June 05, 2010

Snowbird Proposes Expansion to Mary Ellen Gulch

June Avalanche on Mt Rainier

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

New Route on Mt Logan

Monday, May 17, 2010

Black Diamond and Gregory aquired by Clarus Group

USFS says no to CB's Snodgrass Mountain developmen

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Swarm of Seismic Activity at Hood

Friday, May 14, 2010

Telluride Ski Buys Bear Creek Mining Claim

Thursday, May 13, 2010

backcountry snowmobile laws for BC?

Friday, April 30, 2010

SNOTEL Ski West 2010 Snowpack Survey

Ski Afghanistan

Friday, April 16, 2010

Banff Mountain Photo Comp Deadline 4/30

More on Solitude Expansion Plans

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Got a spare 35 million?

Solitude scales back expansion plan

Monday, April 05, 2010

ACC Hut Lottery for Fairy Meadows and Kokanee

Saturday, April 03, 2010

Buy a ski area for $1

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Canada's PWL problem

Remembering Stuart Udall

Monday, March 15, 2010

How many calories in that Beer?

Reefer Reform

Thursday, March 04, 2010

100 year old Whisky recovered from Shackleton's ar

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

avalanche forecasting in the news

Monday, March 01, 2010

Indian resort plans setback

Mt Hood snow water equivilant data

Crystal Mountain adds backcountry guide services

Friday, February 26, 2010

Cascade Snow Survey day

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Avy death in Colorado

Monday, February 22, 2010

Jail time for Off-Piste skiing

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Messner on reckless climbing penalties

Gulmarg, Kashmir Avalanche

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

High avy hazard in Alps

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Emergency beacon debate raised again

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Excellent BC snowpack discussion

Sunday, December 06, 2009

ski pass fraud

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Indian Government opens new area in Ladakh to clim

Friday, November 20, 2009

new permit system at rogers pass

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Backcountry Access and the Olympics

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

weed testers needed

Monday, November 09, 2009

Oregon Nordic Gear Sale Dec 1

Sunday, November 08, 2009

more on colorao pot

coloado goes to pot

washington state closes passes

Thursday, November 05, 2009

dirty snow

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Colorado's avalanche season kicks off early

avalanche season begins in colorado

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Telluride's Bear Creek Study Continues

Saturday, October 03, 2009

More on Fowler-Hilliard hut fire

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Tahoe's Boreal fires up snow guns

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Tamarack to reopen?

Issue 6 NWMJ

Monday, September 28, 2009

10th Mountain Hut Burns

Friday, August 21, 2009

Sugar Bowl gets new chair

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

jackson hole house raffle

cloud seeding in Tahoe

Friday, July 31, 2009

NZ avy rescue story

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

ACC Hut Lottery

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Skier falls to death on K2

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

the future of winter

new film from sweetgrass in the works

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

more on the BC SAR issue

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

SAR lawsuit in BC

Thursday, June 11, 2009

mount st. helens supervolcano?

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

griz bites runner

Monday, June 08, 2009

Colorado based climbers die in China

Snowmaking with wastewater

Sunday, June 07, 2009

new hut in summit county,co

Friday, June 05, 2009

Glacier protection

where is the snow

Mt Bike Access in N Cal.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Viesturs summits everest 7th time

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

minturn ski area

Avy deaths in CO down

telluride to go green

going to sun road to open injune

makalu skier dies



missing on denali

prepared

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Brit makes everest summit

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

rescue costs

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Swiss Avy totals

skiers save climber

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Americans ski to pole

Friday, May 08, 2009

Jay Peak Trail Cutters Sentenced

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Avalanche deaths in Austria

More on call for snowmobile guidelines in BC

Skier License Plate for CO?

Monday, April 27, 2009

Snowmobile Regulation?

Monday, April 20, 2009

Austrian Avalanche

Sunday, April 19, 2009

bad timing

Thursday, April 16, 2009

crested butte

Monday, April 13, 2009

Sierra Avy Center

Friday, April 03, 2009

sierra t 81% snowpack

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

avalanche law in italy

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Shane McConkey Dies in Base Jump

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Alta to phase out Big Guns

public lands bill back up for vote

Sunday, March 15, 2009

paying for rescue i n AK

Thursday, March 12, 2009

CAA avalanche safety survey

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Wilderness Bill Shut Down in House

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Avalanche in Wallowas

Saturday, March 07, 2009

Tamarack, ID closes lifts

Colorado Backcountry Skiing in the NYT

Attack Owls

Mancini works with Adaptive Sports Program

Friday, March 06, 2009

lapse in judgement

Sunday, March 01, 2009

rogers pass access issues

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Snowfall in UK down 1/3

Monday, February 02, 2009

Average snowpack on Hood

Bear Creek Avalanche Story

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Avalanche poodle

Bear Creek Study Authorized

Friday, January 30, 2009

Putting a price on the Backcountry

Bear Creek Avalanche

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Caribou Roots

biggest resort in the world

avalanche in pyrenese

snowmobilers arrested

Rescue costs

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Alpine Club Online Journal issue 2

Friday, January 09, 2009

Avalanche hazard makes the NYT

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Snowbasin pulls bc request

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Summit Cnty Ullr Fest

Saturday, January 03, 2009

Teton Warning

Friday, January 02, 2009

telluride bear creek extension

Monday, December 22, 2008

Fred Beckey in the News

more details on utah slide

Friday, December 19, 2008

New USFS Avalanche Web Site

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

one more reason to backcountry ski

Monday, December 08, 2008

Backcountry Skiing 101

Thursday, December 04, 2008

wolf creek development over?

Thursday, November 20, 2008

powder to the people

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Wilderness Bill Status

Saturday, November 15, 2008

BC Access Fee in Whistler

Thursday, November 13, 2008

yellowstone club saga

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Comment on the Yellowstone Winter Use

Flying on Biofuel

Monday, November 10, 2008

New terrain in Telluride?

Sunday, November 09, 2008

CAIC Funding

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Jumbo Glacier resort unpopular

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

New BC Lodge in Montana

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Yeti Tracks Discovered

Polartec Grants

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Big snow in the East?

Peak 6 Breckenridge

Explicit Boards Banned

Monday, October 27, 2008

Skier Specific Yoga in PDX

Friday, October 24, 2008

Alpinist Closes Shop

Thursday, October 23, 2008

verve

Billy Poole

Colorado Ski Hall of Famers

Rainier speed records

rescued climber recounts tale



Nude Olympians

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Wolves Back on Endangered List

Ski Bum Housing Scarce

Saturday, October 04, 2008

Fairy Meadows Custodian Application

skier dies in Rocky Mtn National Park

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Heli Ski Montana

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Wall Arch Collapses

Monday, September 15, 2008

White Pass, WA to Expand lift access

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Mont Blanc Ice Fall

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

whitewater ski area sale pending

Monday, August 18, 2008

Skiers caught in NZ avalanche

Avalanche deaths in Australia

Jumbo Resort Blockade

Thursday, June 05, 2008

new colorado ski hill?

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Tamarack bankrupt

Yellowstone Club Soap Opera

Thursday, May 15, 2008

torch on everest

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Banff Grants

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Telluride area heli skiing

Monday, April 21, 2008

ACC Fairy Meadows Lottery

take action

wyoming drilling

Thursday, March 27, 2008

winter temps

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Jumbo Resort

Jay Peak

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

BC to charge for park access

Thursday, February 21, 2008

tamarack resort files for chapt 11

Friday, February 08, 2008

Bad News at the Gas Pumps

getting crazy on the Pass

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Global Weather Forecasting

Monday, February 04, 2008

Alien Visit?

missing in CA

Monday, January 21, 2008

BC Awareness week in Utah

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary Dies

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Avalanche deaths setting record pace

Sunday, January 06, 2008

off-piste ban in France

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Possible Charges in Whistler Avalanche

Monday, December 31, 2007

Shoveling Technique

Van Island get avy forecast

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Rescue Fee

Antarctic Christmas

Missing Skier

Friday, December 14, 2007

Taos to open to snowboards

more avalanche accidents

Lost, Rescued, Billed

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Alpinist warehouse burns to ground

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Climate change and Western Snow packs

Big Jay Access Restricted

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Snowfall record in Colorado

Sunday, December 09, 2007

MEC Pulls Plastic Bottles

Missing Snowboarders

tibet Avalanche

Saturday, December 08, 2007

Track Lynx

Missing Snowboarders

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

A future without skis

Sunday, December 02, 2007

Cheap Skiing

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Telepalooza - Alyeska Tele Fest

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

long live wood skis

Monday, November 19, 2007

Pakistan 2008 Climbing Concessions

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Selling Public Lands

indoor skiing video

interview with Bruce Tremper

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Voice your support for preserving ANWR

Monday, November 12, 2007

Yeah we need another . . .

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Catamount trail complete

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Free STEEP screening in LA

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Telluride Heli Ski seeks extended permit

indoor skiing

Saturday, November 03, 2007

Black Diamond Boot Launch

Monday, October 29, 2007

Golden area huts create new website

Friday, October 26, 2007

Roaring Fork Merges with CAIC

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Rowell Award - nominate by Nov 15th

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

New lift accesses Crystal Mtn backcountry

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

White Pass Expansion Update

colorado cat skiing

Monday, October 22, 2007

Mapping Arctic Ice

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

ZOZOBRA Burning

Monday, October 15, 2007

3rd Annual Winter Wildlands Backcountry Ski Film F

Latest Yellowstone Winter Use Plan

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

A Basin Wins Bragging Rights

Monday, October 08, 2007

Swiss Guides Investigated in Avalanche Deaths

Predicting Arctic Ice Thaw

Warmer winter temps forecast for much of US

Latest Yellowstone Snowmobile Rules

Saturday, October 06, 2007

Wild & Scenic Film Fest to Benefit Snowlands.org

Friday, October 05, 2007

Resort Towns Donate Big to Pres. Campaigns

Latest Wolf Creek Development News

Azerbaijan Ski Resort . . .

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Mugs Stump Award

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Wolf Creek News

French Climber Rene Desmaison Dies at age 77

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Tele film fest entries

More melting news

Monday, October 01, 2007

nude on everest?

skis for taxes

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Banff Photo Winners

La Nina Banter

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Record Melt in Greenland

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Ruapehu Erupts Closing Ski Resort

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Petzl Crampon Recall

Sunday, September 23, 2007

More Wolf Creek Details

Wolf Creek Saga Continues

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Crystal Takes Over Summit @ Snoqualmie

Snow Beer

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Arctic Melt Opens Northwest Passage

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Backcountry Cutting in Vermont - plead not guilty

Alyeska Makeover

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Snow Anchor Study

Plastic Water Bottle Beta

Friday, September 07, 2007

K2 Climbed via new route

White Pass Expansion

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Socially Responsible Tourism?

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Canadian Avalanche Center funding

Monday, August 27, 2007

Hans Saari Memorial Fund

Friday, August 24, 2007

Win a Pair of Voile Skis


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