Backcountry skiing and ski touring news, growing glaciers, fund raising parties and other interesting tidbits from the mountain world.
Mount Shasta
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What influence will global warming have on summer skiing in North America? I’d think marginal snow patches will become much smaller and the snow line will be slightly higher on peaks such as Shasta.
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Had a nice weekend of skiing. Saturday we accessed the backcountry skiing goods at a private cabin near here (Carbondale), then Easter Sunday went for a bluebird day on Aspen Mountain ski area — the last day of lifts up…
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Web cams are an amazing resource for backcountry skiing and ski mountaineers.
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Nope, it’s not April fools — a flood took out a bridge on the east side of Indy, and it’s closed till further notice. Talk about having your spring backcountry skiing plans dashed! Not all is lost, however. Now the…