Not sure of the locale of his one.. so perhaps a friendly reminder: helpful avalanche observation reports include details like slope angle, aspect, elevation, location (imprecise is fine, too) and...

snow up high is holding up well, even it seems without a lot of hard freezes happening overnight. more weather forecast so things could set up quite nicely for you -- rain is starting in town right...

“A bird named Vlad the Impaler, who spent the bulk of his life hissing and looking at himself in a little mirror hanging[...] in the iron cage, a mirror so dull and cloudy with Vlad the Impaler’s...

i can only imagine these "land of the lost" cases near killington are happening in the same places. maybe some of them funds generated by these stiff, fearsome $500 fines everybody seems happy about...

Nobody who gets rescued in Colorado pays for it directly. That's a myth. The state has always been vague about it, and reporters routinely mischaracterize it, but rescue services are covered by local...

Rough deal. Sort of hit the shit trifecta - slope, medical and evac. I'd be curious to know what rescue provider he was(n't) using? Seems totally appropriate to throw them under the bus too.

Good idea and good luck with the project. I bet a lot of manufacturers and shops would be interested in helping out.

Sidenote: I blew out a BD ski a few years ago and called up to see if they...

the public owes tom chapman no apology for taking back what is rightfully theirs. this is the crux dynamic, adironrider -- chapman asserted a stranglehold on bear creek and the forest service...

precisely. chapman controls a belt of land that san miguel county has said the public has a right to cross. source:...

please consider, adironrider, the irony in playing devil's advocate for a guy who has actively cultivated a decidedly devilish persona for himself. this is the "most hated man on the western slope,"...

Waiver is a wash to the average skier, no big deal on the surface, except that it's a trick to perpetuate the perception that you are in fact trespassing up there. If the Forest Service would sack...

What a charade. My personal feelings for Tom Fucking Chapman aside, this new posturing -- "hey, we'll let you trespass now" -- should not be considered a concession of any kind. Rather, the work of a...

CAIC updated its incident report tonight with two images of the slide that appear to be taken from a heli. Worth your while evaluating these - links to the high-rez versions:

Macro view:...

Sad news out of Marble yesterday - condolences to the victim's family and friends. According to the Aspen Times, victim was a 37 year old male from Summit County. From the CAIC:

"Colorado's second...

didn't watch the whole thing live, but still, far and away the best feed of an event i can think of. plus, all the comp runs are now archived on the site page (seriously, when has that happened ever,...

shitty thing. wondering whether ABS bags (or any brands) have serial numbers on canisters or otherwise? given the somewhat limited options for refills, that might be something to think about in terms...

i agree, well composed, christopher. in terms of statistics, i think it's awesome people are thinking about them, b/c surely they say something. unfortunately, i have found -- and i've poked around...

there's definitely a bit of lost in translation going on in the interview, and a bit going on here too it seems. it's kinda like talking about huck finn (maggots: it's a book, perhaps you watched the...

I think tabke is advocating safe skiing, and reacting perhaps to the focus of recent discussion on decision making in terms of risk assessment. B/c That's missing a central point - you can do it in...

worth checking out, curious interplay... i suspect reactions will vary.

http://freeskier.com/stories/why-decision-making-is-greater-than-a-beacon-with-drew-tabke

Condolences to all touched by this accident, sad deal.

The above photo was taken by Larry Beidleman. According to powdermag.com, where it was posted, Larry's son Neal said of it: "This was taken...

Recco can be used to find all sorts of shit. Apparently anything electronic, with transistors in it, sorta reflects the signal in much the same way as recco tabs. Patrollers looking for dropped...

i understand the scope of this story was tightly zoomed in on this group and the accident, but it seems to me, for context, it might've been worthwhile to mention that three other skier-triggered...

am i the only one creeped out by these guys, the so-called "summit series" team? go ahead and peruse their website, if, you know, you want to be creeped out...

are we talking about a cult here? an...

that video is crazy... got a good whoompf yesterday while chasing elk. north facing, about 10,000 feet and probably 25 degrees, so no cracking or movement. snow was deeper then expected, 14-16...

east coast doesn't have a ski problem, it has an inferiority problem, a tired, tired angle and approach to build any "content" project around... at the same time, i think it's fair criticism to hound...

re: aspen ski areas -- couldn't find any published policy for the aspen resorts online (aspensnowmass.com), but a "policy" does exist, and of course it is subject to change on control days, etc. it...

"minus 148," by art davidson, about the first winter ascent of denali/mckinley in 1967. http://www.amazon.com/Minus-148-Degrees-Winter-McKinley/dp/0898866871 crazy adventure and interesting insights...

yes, good point. other "historic" locales of himalayan high camps have shifted in recent years due to known serac hazard, including the commercial route on ama dablam, which used to have a "camp 3"...

haven't seen this detail addressed yet, but perhaps it's out there... that said, i'd be curious to know whether or not greg hill and the dynafit crew were mindfully avoiding/skipping camp 3. if they...

Here we have the Maggot Collective defending Vail Resorts and an arm of the federal government and sticking it to a deceased 13-year-old local boy -- that's fucking pathetic.

This isn't about the...

That story is impressive on a lot of levels. Condolences. I'm sadly reminded of the accident of a few years ago when two brothers shared a similar tragedy in the aspen highlands backcountry.

From the Aspen Times this week:

Harvey T. Carter's nickname gives a pretty good indication of the kind of guy he was, according to former colleagues on the Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol. Carter was...

in defense of the dirtbag label:

-Fransson has been wearing the same pair of pants for the 8 or 10 weeks of the trip.
-they're been riding buses the whole time, including one 56-hour pull....

definitely a fan of these dudes - crushing it dirtbag style, with a sense of humor and humility.

http://www.powdermag.com/stories/blown-around-on-aconcagua/

dude makes a strong case for being the best skier today.

http://www.powdermag.com/videos/those-arent-pillows/


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The proportion of hardasses on this thread probably approximates that of many actual locker rooms. Avoid those people. (Fortunately this is easy because those people can only ski the way of a letter...

First, props to the SnapShooter dude who captured the trouser-hung touron. Hilarious, even still. Seems to me this new project -- codename: "Epic Mix" -- is a new-wave social media marketing tool....

interesting story, humorous take, per usual, from The Jaded Local:

Things have reached the point where someone could stick a 375-foot jump on a pair of 20-plus year old skis and not one...

In browsing the new SKI magazine I came across a $500 gift card to this site, which apparently sells sunglasses and watches. The ad itself was sort of creepy -- no reference to what they actually...

Very saddened to learn of this news. Kip, you impressed and inspired a lot of us and not just because you could ski.

also, a powdermag.com story:...

Friends, wikileakers, mags, backcountrymen/gals: a development in the Telluride Bear Creek story -...

Sad deal. Condolences to all involved.

Some more details here...

http://www.powdermag.com/features/onlineexclusive/investigating-a-deadly-slide/

Good writing for sure, but mang sort of a grim perspective. Apart from being verbose, pessimistic and omniscient, well, I say bravo!

Cool thread. Anybody been to the Brandon (VT) Twin Quarries lately? Awesome spot with, at one point in time, an epic rope swing that was attached to a guy-wire of a huge ol' crane tower.

Congrats on sending. Line looks similar to N. DeVore's route of '06...

http://www.skithe14ers.com/p-el-diente.php

Count me in the Skoog brothers' camp on this. Link to whole interview (http://www.powdermag.com/carl-skoog/) and the salient passages:

REMEMBERING CARL SKOOG: A 90-minute interview with brothers...

Jon Olsson wears a speed suit...

http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/4710867

Thanks mangs. Trigger pulled on the 28 power wraps.

Any beta/thoughts on dropping an Intuition liner (like the Power Wrap or Alpine model) into a BD Method? Or Factor?