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  • Oregon Ski Atlas: A Photographic Guide to Skiing The High Cascades – Review

    by Jason Albert January 17, 2022
    by Jason Albert January 17, 2022

    The Oregon Ski Atlas brings the skiable terrain of Oregon’s bigger peaks to print. It also leaves plenty of adventure for those willing to find it.

  • There And Back: Photographs from the Edge – Book Review

    by Jason Albert December 27, 2021
    by Jason Albert December 27, 2021

    Jimmy Chin’s There And Back: Photographs from the Edge, offers up a mega-glimpse into the adventurer’s catalogue of work behind the camera lens.

  • Written in the Snows: Across Time on Skis in the Pacific Northwest- Book Review

    by Jason Albert December 9, 2021
    by Jason Albert December 9, 2021

    Book review of Lowell Skoog’s “Written in the Snows: Across Time on Skis in the Pacific Northwest,” in which the author covers the fabric of the region’s backcountry skiing history.

  • Wager With The Wind — Book Review

    by Lou Dawson July 12, 2021
    by Lou Dawson July 12, 2021

    Book review of Wager with the Wind by James Greiner covering Don Sheldon and Alaska bush flying aviation on Denali and beyond.

  • Everest — The Third Pole — Book Review

    by Lou Dawson June 2, 2021
    by Lou Dawson June 2, 2021

    Review of Mount Everest book, Third Pole, by Mark Synnott.

  • A Glimpse into ‘Dead Reckoning — Learning from Accidents in the Outdoors’

    by Manasseh Franklin May 14, 2021
    by Manasseh Franklin May 14, 2021

    Excerpt from Dead Reckoning: Learning from Accidents in the Outdoors by Emma Walker on what to do in life and death situations.

  • Another SkiAlper Magazine Teaser — Bindings!

    by Lou Dawson February 5, 2021
    by Lou Dawson February 5, 2021

    Skialper magazine 2021 binding testing intro, interesting treatment of Fritschi, ATK, Dynafit, others.

  • 2020/21 Skialper Buyer’s Guide Review

    by Guest Blogger December 19, 2020
    by Guest Blogger December 19, 2020

    Overview of the the 2021 Skialper Buyer’s Guide, 368 pages of gear and fantastic photographs. Available only in Italian–the language of skiing is universal.

  • A Lifetime of Skiing the Heights — Natural Progression Book Review

    by Lou Dawson December 11, 2020
    by Lou Dawson December 11, 2020

    Review of 8000 meter peak skier Mike Marolt’s book “Natural Progression” including commentary on the definition of skiing from the summit.

  • Beyond Tuckerman — ‘Presidential Skiing’ Q&A

    by Manasseh Franklin October 19, 2020
    by Manasseh Franklin October 19, 2020

    A conversation with Kurt Niiler, author of the new Presidential Skiing guidebook, on routes beyong Tuckerman Ravine and Mount Washington.

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