About: Lou Dawson
Website: http://www.wildsnow.com
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Profile: Owner and publisher of WildSnow.com, Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 40+ years career in backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and recently skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska. Please see Lou's complete bio here.
Posts by Lou Dawson:
- Backcountry Skiing News Roundup – Spring 2013
- Plum Recommending Replacement of Binding Top Plate Screws
- Congratulations Carl Dowdy and Matt Kamper, Skiing 54 Fourteeners!
- What is retarding ‘AT’ Randonee Touring Ski Binding Development?
- Plum Ski Bindings — They Even Kiss Great
- SPOT or InReach? Ruminations from a Satphone Owner.
- Black Diamond Revert Ski 2013-14 Review
- PSA – Slow Groovin’ Barbecue is open – Marble, Colorado
- Alpha Angle — How Far Can that Avalanche Go?
- Site Visit — Sheep Creek Avalanche near Loveland Pass
- Colorado Avalanche Center Publishes Sheep Creek Loveland Report — Annotated Excerpt
- Sheep Creek Avalanche near Loveland Pass, Five Dead in Colorado
- Black Diamond Current – Quiver Arrow of the Week
- Classic Su-Matic Tour, Plate Binding — 1970s
- La Sportiva Spitfire Ski Boot – Not a George Foreman Grill
- Through-Bolting Ski Boot Heel Tech Fitting
- Spring Pow — Test OR Valhalla Hoody
- Boot Maintenance of the Tech (Dynafit) Kind — Heel Fittings
- Senator Udall’s Alpine Recreation Enhancement Act (We Wish)
- 10 Essential Tools for the Home Ski Shop
- Pieps Freeride Avalanche Beacon – Review
- Tire Chains — Thule Easy-fit CU-9 — Review
- Encore: Wisdom for the Hills — John Evans and Peter Lev
- Dynafit Gear Progression – One (big) Man’s View
- Quotables for the Backcountry
- Satphone Blogging — Resurrection
- WildSnow Ski Weights Comparison Charts
- Review – Westcomb Focus LT Hoody & eVent DVL
- Encore – 10 Cool Backcountry Things You Have Done
- The Education of Littleski — Becoming a Mountaineer is a Lifelong Pursuit
- Alpin Magazine Ski Reviews 2013 — under 93 mm
- Salomon Quest BC 120 2013/14 — Review
- Soul Bamboo Ski Poles – Review
- Uphill Skiing Crested Butte
- The Memory — Avalanche
- Dynafit Speed Radical & Plum Guide – COMPARO
- Neckties and Gabardine — 1940s Ski Clothing
- Freeride Tour Boots — Cuff Security is Key
- WildSnow Man Cave Latest — Boot Punch Ring Press
- Tech Ski Boot Fittings — Clicking, Play, Weird Release and other Nefarious Occurrences
- Backcountry Access Link 2-Way Radio a Winner
- Dynafit Addresses Boot Pivot Wear — Almost Enough
- Scott — and RIP Garmont Ski Boots, More Info
- Zehner from Refugio Fanes — Better Skiing and still Classico
- K2 Wants to give you The Shaft, er, we mean Shaxe
- Fritschi Diamir To Release Tech Binding — First Look at Zenith 12
- Telluride Colorado — GHD Opens Private Land to Skiing — Proposes Resort
- Dynafit Beast Binding — Lou’s Video Take +
- New Dynafit Gear 2012-13 — Beast Binder and the TLT Six Shooter Boot
- Dynafit at Fanes Hutte — Too Nice
- Blogging from 30,000 Feet
- Best Hut Shoes — Nike Mayfly?
- Vaporbag or Electric Avy Airbag? The Arcteryx Patent
- New Colorado Guidebook: ‘Making Turns – Tenmile – Mosquito Range’
- Stevens Pass Bluebird – Backcountry Skiing
- Ymir Peak, Whitewater Wild, Nelson BC
- Poutine For Christmas – WildSnow @ Best Ski Town In North America
- Valhalla Visions — Backcountry Powder Skiing Wrap
- Dawn of the Day – Valhalla Mountain Touring
- Julie’s Gift — Birthday Powder at Valhalla
