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:
- WildSnow Goes Canadian – Valhalla Mountain Touring
- BCA Shovel Shaft End Plug – Retrofit Kit
- Crested Butte Uphill Skiing — Public Meeting
- Our Famous Yearly Pruning Saw Review
- RE Global Warming – Cognative Dissonance in the Ski Industry
- Uphilling in Colorado – Crested Butte Resort Proposes Charging Money, Dog Control
- Aka-sutra — Joe Stock Alaska Guidebook
- Deuter Speedlite 30 850 Rucksack — Review
- Retro — The State of Dynafit Boots 1994
- K2 Tech Compatible Ski Boots Announced!
- The Socks — Darn Tough from Vermont
- Leash Thong – Dynafit Speed Rad 2012/13 and Sportiva
- Latest BCA Avalanche Rescue Shovels — Best Yet
- Aftermarket G3 Brakes for Tech Bindings, including Early Dynafit TLT
- Lou’s Hot Buttered Rum — WildSnow Essential — Happy Thanksgiving!
- Garmont Cosmos — More Details
- Dynafit Radical Torx (Star Drive) Tooling
- Stick It
- La Sportiva Spitfire Backcountry Skiing Boot — First Look
- Custom Tool for Dynafit, Plum, Etc.
- Dynafit Speed Radical Backcountry Skiing Binding – 2012/13
- Colorado Avy Info Fundraisers
- Cripple Creek Backcountry — Our Local Ski Shop
- Port-a-hut is Ready — Just Add Snow
- Skizee — Solution to the Slog?
- Salomon Guardian — Only Recommended for Salomon Touring Boots?
- Unremovable Brake – Latest Dynafit Radical Binding
- Crazy Light Tech Bindings — Maruelli Enters at 50 Grams
- Retro — Miller Soft Skis
- Bones and Beds — Masterfit University
- Masterfit University!
- Original WildSnow Girls
- Retread Tires — WildSnow Silverado Gets Agro Snow Eaters
- CAMP X3 600 & X3-Light Rucksacks – Review
- Tecnica Cochise Pro Light 2012/13 Ski Boots – First Look
- Scott Acquires Garmont
- WildSnow Quiver Arrow of the Week — DPS Wailer 99 Pure 2012-13
- NWP-FRD = Natural Walking Plate, Freeride Edition
- Avalanche News — Plake Survives Manaslu Slide
- Pieps Company Bought by Black Diamond
- A Contrast of Movie Trailers — Pow-Hoe’s & Matchstick
- Ski Journal Enters Season Full On
- Scarpa Maestrale RS — Gear Tidbit
- Legend of Aahhh’s — History of Modern Ski Films Told in One Hour
- B & D Toe Shim for Tech Bindings
- Plum Tech Bindings 2012/2013 First Look — Stomp Blocks & Alu
- Hut Shu Shootout — Lizards, Sportivas — Crocs?
- Let There Be (controlled) Fire!
- Chris Davenport Teams Up With Scarpa
- Geese and Chickens – Down Lowdown Part 2
- Geese and Chickens Part One — A Visit to the International Down and Feathers Lab
- Bil Dunaway & Lionel Terray, First (North) Ski Descent of Mt. Blanc, 1953
- The Golden Spruce — Book Review
- G3 Factory Visit — Keeping Secrets
- Dynafit Contracts Free Skier Eric Hjorleifson — Is Uphill Oriented Spirit Old-School?
- Rating & Grading Ski Descents – D System in Real Life
- OR Show GPS Research – Garmin – Magellan – DeLorme
- Shell Jacket is Tear Proof, 5 Ounces
- OR Show — Summer 2012
- Dynafit Anti Twist for Radical Binding – PN 48684 – Installation








