RSS FeedStephen Koch was fired from his 15 year guide gig at Exum this week for using a snowmobile to cut 12 miles of approach skiing from his tour for his day’s target, the Skillet Glacier on Mount Moran (article). The story is compelling for a few reasons: Snowmobiles are LEGAL in the Grand Teton NP [...]
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Eric Pehota Interview
February 27th, 2009 
Justin Stumbled across this interview with 90s ‘extreme skier’ Eric Pehota today.
A couple quick pics from avy 1 at CPC
February 25th, 2009 Justin Finally took my avy 1 class this weekend at Cascade Powder Cats. Cool crew out there, had a real ‘core’ feel to it as all the employees were definitely snow stoked individuals, and they all pitch in to keep the operation running – including doing maintenance on the vehicles. Didn’t take many action shots this [...]
Avalanche Resources
February 25th, 2009 Justin General Information and Training AIARE – American Institute for Avalance Research and Education – includes listing of courses offered The Avalanche Institute Avalanche Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of avalanche terms Regional Reports NWAC – Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center CAIC – Colorado Avalanche Information Center Mount Shasta Avalanche Center SAC – Sierra Avalanche Center Eastern Sierra Avalanche [...]
A few custom 09/10 Never Summer splitboards
February 25th, 2009 Justin A few custom split 09/10 Never Summer boards. Check out the die cut bases, they do a NICE job lining the graphics up! Linked to their website for additional info on the models, but as the boards on site are 08/09 models, and given the current rocker revolution, I’d imagine there are differences between the [...]
New Backcountry Access airbag pack – the Float 30
February 24th, 2009 Justin Saw this over at TetonAT awhile back, and as any new life saving tool is worth re-posting I’m posting here. What’s nice about this airbag pack is that it’s MSRP is ‘only’ $499, a relative bargain when you
