Recent avalanche danger trends continue into this week with new snowfall across the west putting added stress on snowpack stability.
Mapping Greenland: IFMGA guide Ben Tibbetts explores a new platform for navigation in a remote land
In a recent trip with a group of close friends to Greenland, Ben Tibbetts looked to the new navigational tools created by the company FATMAP to help him locate appropriate objectives and ski first descents.
Dirty Laundry: How to rid dirt, grime and other funk from your layers
Cleaning tech wear is more intricate than washing dirty ski socks, however, since generic detergents can harm certain synthetics and leave outerwear less waterproof.
2017 Apparel Guide: Timeless and Trending Baselayers
For our next installment of the Apparel Guide online, we introduce baselayers to help you build warmth and comfort from the foundation up.
Snowpack List: Avalanche assessments from around the U.S.: Week of January 15
The avalanche forecast for this week presents a small reprieve from last week’s alarming ratings. But even though conditions might not be extreme, dangers still lurk in the snowpack across the Western U.S.
Silverton Slide: Jeremy Bird recounts being swept onto Colorado route 550 in a January 9 avalanche
On January 9th, residents of the greater Durango, Colo. area, Jeremy Bird and Mark Helmich, set out to tour in Coal Bank Pass in the San Juan Mountains—a day that ended with Bird, 52, getting swept over a cliff and onto route 550 by an avalanche.
2017 Apparel Guide: Timeless and Trending Midlayers
It can be hard to keep up with the latest outerwear trends. From fit to functionality, puffies, baselayers and hardshells undergo small design tweaks every year and we are here to help you parse out the gear that best fits your backcountry needs.
Snowpack List: Avalanche assessments from around the U.S.: Week of January 8
As the Western U.S. is doused in feet of new snow, avy danger is heightening, resulting in ratings ranging from considerable to extreme avy danger. While fresh powder is always alluring on some level, this is one of those times where playing it safe and staying away from slopes steeper than 30 degrees is the best option. Instead of taking on high risk, go drink a coffee and read a good book. Live to play another day.
Revive Rogers: A Clean Slate for Rogers Pass, B.C.
Between Revelstoke and Golden, British Columbia, Rogers Pass climbs over the Selkirk Mountains and through Glacier National Park, beckoning skiers and riders with its easy access and big-mountain terrain. It’s the place that made Greg Hill’s 2010, two-million-foot season possible; it’s been written about in every major ski publication and appeared in countless ski movies. And now, it has an uncertain future.
Mountain Skills: Phone Frenzy
Given the range of possibilities cells phones offer, what are the best and safest ways to use them when headed out of bounds?
