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Jason Albert

Jason Albert
Jason Albert

Jason Albert comes to WildSnow from Bend, Oregon. After growing up on the East Coast, he migrated from Montana to Colorado and settled in Oregon. Simple pleasures are quiet and long days touring. His gray hair might stem from his first Grand Traverse in 2000 when rented leather boots and 210cm skis were not the speed weapons he had hoped for. Jason survived the transition from free-heel kool-aid drinker to faster and lighter (think AT), and safer, are better.

  • Seeking: the liner glove of my dreams (March 14, 2022)

  • Stiff Skiing and a kind ROM: Salomon’s 22/23 S/LAB MTN Summit (March 11, 2022)

  • Not all heroes wear capes: Packing out the Poo (March 8, 2022)

  • A deep look at the OR Alti Mitt (March 5, 2022)

  • Barely Catching up with Janelle Smiley (March 3, 2022)

  • End of February News (February 28, 2022)

  • Settling in With ATK (February 24, 2022)

  • Thinking of risk and micromorts (February 18, 2022)

  • DIY Suspender Tabs for the Sewing Newbie (February 11, 2022)

  • Arc’teryx and Ortovox: An Avy Bag Collaboration to keep our eyes on (February 10, 2022)

  • Emergency Layers for Backcountry Travel (February 7, 2022)

  • Building Better with Junior Mountaineers (February 3, 2022)

  • Wilderness Medicine Reference – The Best 99 cents you might spend (January 28, 2022)

  • Thin Margins in the Sliver (January 24, 2022)

  • Black Crows Mentis Freebird: An Initial Look (January 18, 2022)

  • Oregon Ski Atlas: A Photographic Guide to Skiing The High Cascades – Review (January 17, 2022)

  • Zoa Engineering says Ski More and Work Less (January 13, 2022)

  • Should we be adding airbags to the shovel, beacon, probe safety arsenal? (January 10, 2022)

  • A Three-Peat for Human Powered skiing in the NYT (January 6, 2022)

  • December Ends with Avalanche Warning Signs in parts of the West (December 31, 2021)

  • Finding my power boot: The Fischer Transalp Pro (December 29, 2021)

  • There And Back: Photographs from the Edge – Book Review (December 27, 2021)

  • The Gift of Glades (December 24, 2021)

  • Written in the Snows: Across Time on Skis in the Pacific Northwest- Book Review (December 9, 2021)

  • Small and Mighty: Petzl’s Nano Traxion (December 6, 2021)

  • The Style Scene: Ski Mountaineering (November 22, 2021)

  • Finding A Path with Backcountry Nav (November 17, 2021)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup – Fall and into Winter (November 9, 2021)

  • Help with Crowdsourced Map of Resorts Allowing Uphill Skiing (November 8, 2021)

  • Blue Ice Kume 30 – Review (November 5, 2021)

  • Get Out and Practice…with that Beacon (October 29, 2021)

  • A First Look: Rocky Talkie Radios (October 27, 2021)

  • With Teton Bighorn Sheep in Decline Backcountry Skiers Face Closures (October 22, 2021)

  • Reporting on Style: Ski Descents in the American Alpine Journal (October 20, 2021)

  • Group to Group Radio Communication on Snoqualmie Pass (October 14, 2021)

  • Norway’s Nikolai Schirmer and his Filmmaking Odyssey (October 12, 2021)

  • A First Look: Blue Ice Harfang Crampons (October 8, 2021)

  • Making Sense with Mark Smiley (October 5, 2021)

  • The Nitty Gritty Pre-Season Checklist (October 4, 2021)

  • Backcountry Ski Gear: The Supply and Demand Tango (September 28, 2021)

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