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Monthly Archives

August 2005

  • Food for Backcountry Skiing and Backpacking

    by Lou Dawson August 31, 2005
    by Lou Dawson August 31, 2005

    Backpackers Pantry food for backcountry hiking, camping and backpacking, tasty and easy to prepare for skiing.

  • How Lightweight is your Backcountry Cooking Stove?

    by Lou Dawson August 30, 2005
    by Lou Dawson August 30, 2005

    Home made alcohol stove is the ticket to lightweight travel! One of the best gear items we used for our Wind Rivers, Wyoming backpacking was a homebrew alcohol stove my son made from a Guinness beer can. The stove weighs…

  • Backcountry Automotive and other Website Changes

    by Lou Dawson August 29, 2005
    by Lou Dawson August 29, 2005

    We’ll get back to blogging backcountry gear and adventure in a moment… Meanwhile, we’re sending you Wildsnowers over to Code4x4.com to lower our bandwidth use and keep things more subject specific here and over at CODE. See CODE for all…

  • Trekking Ski Pole Fishnet Mods

    by Lou Dawson August 27, 2005
    by Lou Dawson August 27, 2005

    Shop for trekking poles. We’ve been using trekking poles for years. To us they’re usually known as “ski poles” and used during approach hikes for ski mountaineering. But we’ve used ’em for pure hiking as well, and still do. The…

  • We’re Back from our Wind River Backpack Trip

    by Lou Dawson August 26, 2005
    by Lou Dawson August 26, 2005

    This sign look familiar to any blog readers out there? We’re back from a week up in the Wyoming Wind River mountains, mucho gear reports and backcountry trip report coming soon. Was our best trip ever and the Winds are…

  • First Solo Backpacking Trip (August 15, 2005)

    by Lou Dawson August 15, 2005
    by Lou Dawson August 15, 2005

    The boy at trailhead, hero pic by Dad. Black Diamond trekking pole is the ticket, If you have kids or remember your younger days, you can relate to the way growing up involves firsts. The first day you drive, first…

  • August Summer Skiing — Montezuma Basin, Colorado

    by Lou Dawson August 12, 2005
    by Lou Dawson August 12, 2005

    I liked this image from last week so much it had to be shared. The rounded glaciated rocks at upper left juxtaposed to the rubble below; the summer snow juxtaposed to water; the skier confronting the wide open. It says…

  • Sleeping Bag Mods — Adding More Down Fill

    by Lou Dawson August 10, 2005
    by Lou Dawson August 10, 2005

    Preparations continue here for our Wyoming wilderness adventure. Much of the gear we’re using translates to backcountry skiing, especially our sleeping bags. I just got another Marmot Fusion sleeping bag. As no gear in the Dawson household shall remain unmodified,…

  • Help Us With Bandwidth Issues

    by Lou Dawson August 9, 2005
    by Lou Dawson August 9, 2005

    We’ve been having problems with the amount of data being pulled off Wildsnow.com (our web host will eventually want more money, groan). Turns out quite a few people are hotlinking to images here at wildsnow.com (meaning automatic links that display…

  • Everest Heli Video — Is Heli Skiing Mount Everest Next?

    by Lou Dawson August 8, 2005
    by Lou Dawson August 8, 2005

    In a move that I’m sure had all backcountry skiing heli-haters throwing fits, last spring a helicopter landed on the summit of Mount Everest. The outfit that accomplished this presents information and video on Mount Everest Net. This amazing display…

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    November 21, 2019
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    November 11, 2019
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    October 17, 2019

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Trip Reports

  • Trip Report — Early Turns in Jumbo, BC

    November 8, 2019
  • Denali 2019 — What Worked, What Didn’t Part I

    November 4, 2019
  • Early Season Turns and Mid Season Instability

    November 1, 2019

Totally Deep Podcast

  • Blake Gordon Comes Down From the Himal — TDP 69

    November 20, 2019
  • Angus Morrison Splitboard Car Talk – TDP 68

    October 30, 2019
  • Skiing the Lhotse Couloir — TDP 51 & Short Film

    October 23, 2019

Tips & Tricks

  • Field Treatment for Climbing Skin Failure

    December 3, 2019
  • Travel Tips for Your Next Ski Trip

    December 2, 2019
  • Ski Crampons — When To, When Not To and How

    November 26, 2019

Ski Touring Stories

  • Confessions of Snowman

    November 23, 2019
  • A Grand Traverse Gone Awry

    November 15, 2019
  • Who Should Own ‘Backcountry’?

    November 2, 2019

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