Do you know what happened in the mountains this week? Here’s a selection of backcountry news, articles, posts, videos, photos, and other cool things that we think you’d like to know about. Enjoy!
- Climbing Added As Official Olympic Sport Starting At 2020 Summer Olympic Games In Tokyo – A Mountain Journey – Five new sports were added to the lineup for the 2022 Tokyo Summer Olympics – Climbing, Surfing, Skateboard, Baseball/Softball, and Karate.
- 2 Boys Irreparably Vandalize The Oldest Known Image Of Skiing On Earth – SnowBrains.com – A 5,000 year old rock carving of a skier in Norway was damaged by two vandals. Bummer.
- Ski Touring News Digest — New Uphilling Possible in Colorado? – WildSnow.com – Eldora Ski Area will allow uphill skiing starting net winter.
- Mong Blanc: The Climber Died Yesterday Hit By Rocks – LeDauphine.com – A climber was killed by rock fall while climbing the Giant’s Tooth on Mont Blanc.
- Man Rescued After Sliding 300 Feet Down Mountain – KKTV.com – A man took a spill on an icy face on Idaho’s Mt. Borah.
- Colorado Asks Adventurists To Pay For Search And Rescue Card – TheDenverChannel.com – Buy this $3 card from Colorado Search and Rescue before you go play in the backcountry in Colorado.
- Skier In Chile Captures Incredible Moment Volcano Erupts Over Slopes – Telegraph.co.uk – Jess McMillan caught this footage of a volcano erupting near the ski area while skiing at Nevados de Chillan this week.
- Ski Pass Merger Creates Largest Land Mass Ever Covered Under One Pass – SnowBrains.com – Buy the Skipass Kitzbuheler Alpen if you want access to 916 ski lifts and 1,700 miles of ski trails in 25 regions in 6 provinces for 199 days per year.
- 2015 State Of The Climate: Mountain Glaciers – Climate.gov – Interesting read about shrinking glaciers.
- Search Suspended For Missing Climber In Waddington Mountain Range – CBC.ca – SAR is suspending the search for Laurel Fan of Seattle who went missing in the Waddington.
- Uli Steidl Sets New Mount Rainier Speed Climbing Record – A Mountain Journey – Uli Steidl climbed up and down Mt. Rainier in 4:24:30. A new record!
- Kickstarter: Dirtbag: The Legend Of Fred Beckey – Kickstarter.com – Help fund this cool documentary.
- Missing Almost A Week, Mountain Climber Found Safe In Yoho National Park – NationalPost.com – A mountain climber from Golden was found after going missing while climbing Mount Carnarvon in BC.
- Watch South Lines Episode Two From Adria Millan and Aymar Navarro – A Mountain Journey – This Spanish duo has dropped their second short edit of skiing in South America. This will make you jealous for sure.
- Missing Teen Girl Found Uninjured in Grand Teton National Park – Time – A 16-year-old girl who went missing on Thursday was found safe after disappearing from a trail project with Groundwork USA.
Did we miss any backcountry news? Tell us in the comments below. Have an awesome week!
