March 2005

Avalanche danger philosophy for alpinism and backcountry skiing is something to consider.

Seems like more avalanche accidents are happening this spring than during most years. The recent backcountry skiing tragedy,

Ski touring in the backcountry and dealing with avalanche danger is a challenge, our tips and information will help you be safe.

Fitting and Testing Garmont Mega Ride Backcountry Ski Boots, tips and tricks that apply to any backcountry skiing footwear.

We just got done with the first draft of our Fritschi template and mount instructions. Quite a few people have asked for this, so we went ahead and published a somewhat rough version.

The two men (one died in the avalanche) were crampon climbing up the Cristo Couloir, a large couloir and frequent avalanche path on 14,265 feet Quandary Peak’s south face.

News media is reporting that a skier died today in an avalanche on Quandary Peak, a fourteener near Breckenridge, Colorado. It sounds like two men headed up to climb the peak during high hazard, with no avalanche rescue gear and…

t’s been fun sharing our series of 10 tips (even if we did forget how to count for a while (grin)). I know some were kinda basic

The big daddy Powder Keg randonnee race was held this past weekend (March 19) in Utah. I hear this year’s ‘Keg was exciting as always

I was personally grieved when I heard about the awful explosion and fire at Colorado’s snowmobile oriented Electric Mountain Lodge this past Saturday. The fire leveled the 15,000 square foot building and killed three children, members of an extended family