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WildSnow.com Has Banner Month in Visitor Numbers

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Other websites brag on their numbers, so I thought I’d chest pound a bit about our own little publishing endeavor. Take it as you will… Here at WildSnow.com we’re doing pretty well for a small, family run blog and website (published without forums stuffed with off topic chatter that plumps up the numbers). This past February WildSnow.com had an average of 1,952 unique visitors a day (total of 54,647 for the month), 862,146 hits (defined as when you click on something), and served up 656,504 files to our appreciated guests!

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Above does not include the Couloir Forums, which we link to and manage. The Couloir Forums also have solid traffic, but they’re really part of the Couloir Magazine website so I don’t include them in our stats for WildSnow.com.

So far our March numbers are even higher than February — on one recent day we had about 2,500 unique visitors!

We thank everyone for visiting and supporting what we’re doing here with backcountry skiing blogging and website content. We’re still blog posting about 6 days a week, making constant updates and improvements to our over 500 pages of unique content, and working on more extensive articles and FAQs to keep all you lovers of randonnee, telemark and snowboard up to speed on the wide wonderful world of backcountry skiing — all with our unique and free thinking focus on randonnee AT, the most fun you can have with two skis on!

Posted by Lou on March 9, 2006 | Filed Under Backcountry Skiing 

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5 Responses to “WildSnow.com Has Banner Month in Visitor Numbers”

  1. Lynn March 9th, 2006 10:21 pm

    Rumor has it, your son almost strapped on a pair of tele’s yesterday!! What is next a snowboard?

    Thanks for daily providing interesting reading for all of us no matter our mode of downhill cruising.

  2. Brad Samuelson March 9th, 2006 11:44 pm

    I’m a new regular visitor and enjoy the blog very much. Your insight on matters related to the backcountry should be and is respected by all.

    BTW I just finshed Wildsnow (the book) and enjoyed it very much. The history and descriptions of the North American ski ranges was very enertaining and informative. Most of my reading and knowledge focuses on my local range, the Sierra Nevada. It was fun to learn about the great characters and peaks spotting our lands.

  3. Missy Seigle March 10th, 2006 11:02 am

    I don’t know how I found this site or why I was reading it, but I read the article and the comments about my dad. I know this doesn’t have to do with today’s topic but it’s the only way I could figure out how to post this. My dad was the most safetly conscious man I have ever met. On the day he died, they chose to ski at Montgenevre because the avalanche warnings were supposedly lower. He and his group had skied the run they were on before, skied one at a time and had all the proper equipment. Areas near the run had been safely skied that day. I don’t think my father or my family was aware of the high frequency of deaths in France prior to his departure. Deaths on the mountain are not often well publicized in Europe. For reasons unknown to us the snow slid that day. Please let our story be a lesson to everyone. I don’t think you can ever exercise too much caution…conditions can be drastically different than they appear. Think before you ski.

  4. Lou March 10th, 2006 8:11 pm

    Dear Missy,

    Thanks for your comment. I want to express my deepest sympathy for you during what must be a tough time. I met your father a few times, and could tell he was a good man. I was always impressed with how hard he worked at doing his developments down here (Carbondale), and admired the way he could get it done despite various people who were against him.

    Thanks for your comments about safety and avalanches. I take your father’s death hard, as I’m around his age and according to my son I’m the most cautious guy he skis with, and of course I end up skiing in avalanche terrain quite often since backcountry skiing is my career. The lesson for me is indeed that you can’t exercise too much caution, and yes “think before you ski.”

    One of my missions with WildSnow.com is to encourage people to be a bit more careful and to think more, and not depend on gear and skiing skill (or guides) to keep them out of trouble. To do so I have to report on accident’s such as your dad’s, and try to point out what might have led up to the tragedy.

    People sometimes don’t like that style of hindsight, but we’re doing it for good, so I think it’s fair to continue with it. Nonetheless, I’m always concerned that I don’t cause family and friends more pain when I write about such things, so apologies if my blog has done even a bit of that, or if we made any inaccurate assumptions based on the limited information we’ve seen about the accident.

    I went ahead and posted your comment. If you’re ever uncomfortable with it being there in public, I can delete it for you. I might eventually move it to the post about your father’s accident.

  5. Derek Weiss March 11th, 2006 10:29 am

    Great site, as always. Tons of useful information and better than reading a magazine. Lots of up to date issues discussed, and a good pulse on the community.

Welcome to Louis (Lou) Dawson's backcountry skiing information opinion website and e magazine. Lou's passion for the past 45 years has been alpinism, climbing, mountaineering and skiing -- along with all manner of outdoor recreation. He has authored numerous books and articles about backcountry skiing and is well known as the first person to ski down all 54 of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks, otherwise known as the Fourteeners! Books and free back country news and information here, and tons of Randonnee rando telemark info.

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