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Lou Dawson

Lou Dawson

WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder 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 has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America's highest mountain. For more about Lou, please see his personal website at https://www.loudawson.com/ (Blogger stats: 5 foot 10 inches (178 cm) tall, 160 lbs (72574.8 grams).

  • Black Diamond Dawn Patrol Touring Pants — Review (July 15, 2020)

  • Contour Hybrid Climbing Skins 2019-2020 Review (May 13, 2020)

  • Atomic Backland (Salomon MTN) Binding Technical Review (April 17, 2020)

  • Blizzard Zero G 105 (2019-2020) — Review (April 8, 2020)

  • (UPDATED) Flex Compensation Spring Rates — Classic Tech Bindings (March 27, 2020)

  • Schoeller Shootout — Ortovox Bacun & Mammut Base Jump Touring Pants (March 25, 2020)

  • Turns in the Time of Coronavirus (March 19, 2020)

  • News Roundup February 2020 — Avalanches, Sheep, Skimo (February 15, 2020)

  • Sparkr Mini Plasma Lighter — For Ski Touring Survival? (January 16, 2020)

  • Cutting Climbing Skins — Study in Tactility and Knife Blades (January 7, 2020)

  • Skialper Magazine 2020 Buyer Guide — Reader Survey (January 6, 2020)

  • G3 Minimist Speed Ski Touring Climbing Skins — Review (January 2, 2020)

  • Lou’s Ski Touring Visions for 2020 and Beyond (January 1, 2020)

  • The Antenna that Changed Everything — BCA Tracker Overview (December 27, 2019)

  • Julbo Cyrius — The Case of the $300 Goggles (December 19, 2019)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup December 2019 (December 11, 2019)

  • G3 Zed 2nd Edition Ski Touring Binding — Tech Look (December 5, 2019)

  • Book Review — Atlas of the National Parks (November 22, 2019)

  • Fritschi (Black Diamond) Xenic 10 Binding Technical Review (November 11, 2019)

  • A Few Favorite Avy Shovels — 2019 (November 7, 2019)

  • Airbag or Beacon — Which Would You Choose? (November 4, 2019)

  • Hoji Pro and Free, Not So Identical Twins? (October 25, 2019)

  • 10 Tips to Prevent Tech Binding Pre-Release (October 15, 2019)

  • Arva Reveals Evo5 Avalanche Beacon (amended) (October 13, 2019)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — September 2019 (September 23, 2019)

  • Skiing One at a Time – What Does it Mean? (September 16, 2019)

  • 1990 First Dynafit Branded Tech Binding — The Purple People Eater (September 15, 2019)

  • BREAKING NEWS — SCARPA Recalls Maestrale RS (Fall 2017 manufacturing run) (September 13, 2019)

  • North America’s Ski Huts–Tribute to Diversity (September 9, 2019)

  • History: Who Discovered Japow? (August 31, 2019)

  • Skyward II Jacket Review–Skiing Masterpiece by OR (August 22, 2019)

  • History–Ramer Echo Avalanche Transceiver (August 18, 2019)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — August 2019 (August 11, 2019)

  • Beyond the Mountain — Sometimes the Intense Terrain is your Heart (August 9, 2019)

  • 20 Years of WildSnow — Let the Next 20 Commence! (July 23, 2019)

  • How Elastic is the Plastic? Tech Binding Research (July 5, 2019)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — Summer 2019 — Housing and the Shredder (July 1, 2019)

  • Scarpa Ski Touring Boots and Salomon-Atomic Shift Binding (June 26, 2019)

  • Outdoor Research Skyward 2 Pant — The Crossover (June 18, 2019)

  • 7 Deadly Sins of Tech Binding Mounting (June 17, 2019)

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