Four snowboarders were killed Monday, February 13 after being caught in an avalanche that was triggered out-of-bounds near the Tignes resort boundary in Southern France’s Rhône Alps.
Colorado and Utah Avalanche Centers to launch “Go Before You Go” campaign
Building on the success of their “Know Before You Go” avalanche safety campaign, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) and Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) announced today a new backcountry awareness initiative dubbed “Go Before You Go.”
Amid power outage, Jackson Hole, Wyo. avalanche danger spikes to extreme
As of Thursday morning, Teton Pass is closed after multiple natural avalanches covered the road in more than 12 feet of debris. The high winds are responsible for the formation of windslabs that reportedly range from six inches to four feet thick in certain areas, and the Bridger Teton Avalanche Center warns that windloading at higher elevations will continue.
Snowpack List: Avalanche assessments from around the U.S.: Week of February 5
High winds and a combination of surface and deep snowpack instabilities keep rearing their heads and elevating the avalanche danger to high. This week is a time to play it safe.
2017 Apparel Guide: Timeless and Trending Helmets
For our 2017 Apparel Guide, we focus on the timeless and the trending. These are classics that we know and love, alongside the best in new materials, styles and tech. For our next installment of the Apparel Guide online, we introduce helmets to keep your dome safe, warm and unencumbered.
More than 100 dead after tragic avalanche cycle on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border
Over the past week, tragedy has struck the mountainous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where avalanches caused by heavy snowfall have lead to the deaths of more than 100 people and have buried two entire villages.
Rubies in the Rough
In 1977, along with business partners Binx Sandahl and Carl Fischer, Joe founded what’s now one of the longest continuously running heli ops in the U.S. That first year, they had just 17 guests over a short season that started on St. Patrick’s Day. But through the subsequent decade, business swelled to 32 guests every three days, and Joe became the sole owner of Ruby in 1981 before meeting his future wife and business partner.
Special investigation finds Protect Our Winters, Punxsutawney Phil in cahoots
An investigation conducted by Backcountry Magazine and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has found that the climate-change advocacy nonprofit Protect Our Winters and the Pennsylvania-based meteorological prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil may have conspired to formally lengthen winter 2016-17. According to NPR, Punxsutawney Phil, the Marmota monax who has forecasted seasonal outlooks for 131 years, […]
Lawmakers look to sell 3.3-million acres of public land
A bill introduced last week before the U.S. House of Representatives aims to sell 3.3-million acres of public land throughout the West. While text of the bill and specific land parcels have not been released, the acreage represents Bureau of Land Management land across 10 Western states including Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon.
Snowpack List: Avalanche assessments from around the U.S.: Week of January 29
This week, avalanche danger in the west requires a heightened awareness of terrain management. With surface hoar buried under new snow in many locations, and high winds accompanying many storm systems in the last few days, storm slabs are just waiting to be triggered.
