Update, this in from 10th Mountain Huts: 10th Mountain plans to rebuild the Fowler Hilliard Hut beginning as soon as conditions allow next summer. The hut was insured to recently submitted replacement values and we hope the insurance disbursements will…
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To Serve, To Strive, and Not to Yield — Colorado Outward Bound Instructors Reunion
by Lou Dawsonby Lou DawsonColorado Outward Bound staff reunion for folks from the 1960s 1970s 1980s, mountain culture to the max.
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News about ski touring and backcountry sports, covering land use issues and bicycle access as well as skiing.
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The Boys of Winter: Life and death in the U.S. Ski Troops During the Second World War book review for backcountry skiers, lots of history.
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Obituary, Charles Craig Dawson, 85, of Virginia Beach, VA
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With all the fatal avalanches we’ve seen this season, a good chunk of them at resorts, there is renewed awareness that skiing inbounds doesn’t guarantee 100% safety. Patrollers do a great job keeping our resorts controlled, but avalanches don’t play by the rules. And while my ski crew is always safe and takes precautions, getting my AIARE Level 1 avalanche certification was in order so that I could make good decisions when skiing – either in the Bowl or in the backcountry – without relying on others to make those decisions for me.