Do you know what happened in the mountains this week? Here’s a selection of mountain news, articles, posts, videos, photos, and other cool things that we think you’d like to know about. Enjoy!
Let’s take a look at this week’s mountain news:
- Beartooth Highway near Yellowstone closed for winter season – BozemanDailyChronicle.com – It seems like winter is here.
- How Young Is Too Young to Begin Avalanche Ed? – OutsideOnline.com – What are your thoughts?
- 91-Year Old Man Sets New Record Summiting Devils Tower – TheAdventureBlog.BlogSpot.com -Congrats to Bill Weber!
- Interior Secretary Zinke approves ban on new mining claims near Yellowstone – BillingsGazette.com – Woohoo! That’s great news.
- Canada’s 24,000 km Path Across The Country Is Now 100% Fully Connected – MTLBlog.com – Who’s going to set the speed record on this trail?
- Heliskiing lobby group warns of caribou impacts – RevelstokeMountaineer.com – Should the government protect mountain caribou or protect heliskiing/catskiing?
- New Route – Southwest Face of Mt Percy Smith – AlpineTeam.co.nz – Congrats to Ben Dare on the 1st solo ascent!
- Girdwood’s Alyeska Resort is being sold to a Canadian hospitality company – ADN.com – A bit of a change up in Girdwood.
- The Glory of Otis, Fattest of the Fat Bears – OutsideOnline.com – Who’s the fattest bear of them all?
- Colorado’s Wolf Creek Ski Resort to Open This Weekend as the Race to Be First Is On – TheInertia.com – And the first resort to open for 18/19 is Wolf Creek!
Have an awesome week!
