BACKCOUNTRY SNOW

Father and son develop year-round ski setup
Rapid City Journal
Nick Fromm and his father, Stu, developed a slope in their backyard that can be used to train for snow skiing and jumping in the summer. ...

Crew lauded for gutsy glacial rescue
Victoria Times Colonist
"I was basically staring at snow," he said. The crew was dealing with two backcountry skiers on a steep slope and a third who had fallen deep into the ...

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Transworld Snowboarding.com
South America Snow Sessions
Transworld Snowboarding.com
SASS is all about building radical kickers, learning snow safety, and it all takes place in the backcountry. So if you find this post intriguing, ...

Mancuso set to compete in World Heli Challenge
SkiRacing.com
US Ski Team on-snow summer camps in New Zealand begin early next week, but three-time Olympic medalist Julia Mancuso arrived a few days ahead of schedule to ...

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Ski Utah Contest Offers 30 Days Free Skiing at Every Utah Resort
Utah Skier Online
Ski Utah will take one dollar donations in exchange for flavorful yellow snow cones provided by Snowie to benefit Wasatch Backcountry Rescue (WBR) avalanche ...

ESPN (blog)
The Bertleman is the new Triple Cork: DCP talks about homesteading in Costa ...
ESPN (blog)
In a strange twist, this land-locked 418 snow-ripper from landlocked Quebec has picked up a serious surf habit, and also a part-time life in Dominical Costa ...

Chelan's Lakeshore Trail offers scenery, sun
Seattle Times
Climbing gear — ice axes, snow shoes, carabiners — dangled from their packs. They said they were heading out of Stehekin to spend a week in the ...

Road trip across 135-mile Denali Highway doesn't disappoint
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The route snakes through bright green foothills streaked in fireweed and backdropped by Alaska Range peaks capped in fresh snow. ...

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Book tells the secrets to becoming a park ranger
Estes Park Trail-Gazette
Boyer quotes the late ranger Jeff Christensen, whose disappearance in the backcountry sparked an eight-day search that caught national attention five years ...

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Classroom without a roof
Lone Peak Lookout
During the excursion staff honed their backcountry travel skills, cooking and outdoor sleeping skills, and ability to remain warm and dry. ...

Yellow Snow Cones from Ski Utah Benefit Avalanche Dogs
First Tracks
Ski Utah will take one dollar donations in exchange for flavorful yellow snow cones provided by Snowie to benefit Wasatch Backcountry Rescue (WBR) avalanche ...

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Psychology Today (blog)
A Cognitive Avalanche
Psychology Today (blog)
"On February 12, 1995, a party of three seasoned backcountry skiers set out for a day on the pristine slopes of Utah's Wasatch Mountain Range. ...

Bellingham Herald
Seven Devils: These rugged mountains are a little slice of heaven
Bellingham Herald
But if you love Idaho's scenic backcountry, it's a place you should visit at least once. If you're the adventurous type, it's someplace you can explore for ...

Chelan's Lakeshore Trail offers scenery, sun — and cold beer at trail's end
Seattle Times
Climbing gear — ice axes, snow shoes, carabiners — dangled from their packs. They said they were heading out of Stehekin to spend a week in the ...

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Classroom without a roof
Lone Peak Lookout
During the excursion staff honed their backcountry travel skills, cooking and outdoor sleeping skills, and ability to remain warm and dry. ...

G3 becomes 1st alpine-touring binding manufacturer to offer liability ...
PRLog.Org (press release)
The program, the first of its kind in alpine-touring and backcountry skiing, is based off a system that is standard operating procedure among alpine-skiing ...

Gems will leave legacy
Aspen Times
... watch ATVs and dirt bikes roaring through the backcountry? My guess is that there would not be many. The beauty of our area, the snow-capped mountains, ...

Stuff.co.nz
Utah's park of perfection
Stuff.co.nz
This town has history in spades, Olympic champions in the dozens, more than 3000 hectares of developed ski and ride terrain and unlimited backcountry, ...

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Male skier dies near Cony Lake
Estes Park Trail-Gazette
The 40-year-old backcountry skier who was found dead Sunday afternoon near the southern boundary of Rocky ...

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Riding High in NZ's Ultimate Snow Challenge
fourcorners.co.nz
Not for the faint-hearted, the World Heli Challenge in Wanaka is considered the most exotic snow-based event on the planet and brings the world's top ...

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