During the recent annual meeting of the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) in Smith Rock, Oregon, longtime guide and ski alpinist Bela Vadasz was presented with the AMGA Lifetime Achievement Award. Bela and Mimi Vadasz founded Alpine Skills International in…
California
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Backcountry Skiing News Roundup – Growing Glaciers, Avalanche Jams and Weasel Teeth
by Lou Dawsonby Lou DawsonBackcountry skiing and ski touring news, growing glaciers, fund raising parties and other interesting tidbits from the mountain world.
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We attended the annual Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame gala this past Saturday. This is indeed a Colorado event, but always goes out of state boundaries in many ways. John Atkins is perhaps the most far reaching inductee…
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Couloir and Backcountry Magazines Merge – Become New and Better “Backcountry”
by Lou Dawsonby Lou DawsonSince Backcountry Magazine came on the scene in 1994 it has been painful to watch both mags struggling along with a few issues a year, fighting for their small chunk of the tiny backcountry skiing advertising pie
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Ski touring news including rescue epic on Mount Hood and Greg hill attempting a backcountry skiing record amount of vertical feet.
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News about backcountry skiing and mountaineering, Daron Rahlves etc.