Do you know what happened in the mountains this week? Here’s a selection of news, articles, posts, videos, photos, and other intriguing things that we think you’d like to know about. Enjoy!
- Grizzly Bear Kills And Eats Hiker In Yellowstone National Park – A Mountain Journey – Lance Crosby, a long time seasonal employee, in YNP was killed and partially consumed by a grizzly sow and her cub near the Elephant Back Loop Trail near Lake Village. RIP.
- Iranian Wins Grass Skiing World Cup – Powder – Iranian Seyyed Morteza Ja’fari won the gold medal in the FIS sponsored Grass Skiing World Cup in Iran at Dizin Ski Resort. Congratulations!
- Couple Dies Hiking In White Sands – Outside Online – David and Ornella Steiner of France died from heat exhaustion due to lack of water in the desert sand dunes of New Mexico’s White Sands National Monument. There 9-year-old sun survived.
- Cheers! Runner Smashes Beer Mile World Record – The Telegraph – Within 24 hours, the Beer Mile World Record has been broken. A beer mile consists of chugging a can of beer and running a 400m lap – four times. Congratulations Canadian Lewis Kent for his time of 4:55.78! That’s fast!
- Swiss Identify Remains of Japanese Climbers Missing For 45 Years – NY Times – During a blizzard in 1970, Masayuki Kobayashi and Michio Oikawa were lost climbing the 14,692′ Matterhorn. Half a century later, they have been found and identified through DNA tests.
- Man Dies After Being Buried By Avalanche On Heli-Ski Trip – New Zealand Herald – Roger Greville of Sydney, Australia died in an avalanche while on a guided heli-ski trip with Southern Lake Heliski near Devil’s Staircase near Queenstown on NZ’s South Island. You can watch video of the avalanche on SnowBrains.com.
- Stowe and Taos Join Mountain Collective For 2015-2016 Season – Curbed Ski – The Mountain Collective ski pass now features Stowe, Taos, Sun Valley, Thredbo, Alta/Snowbird, Aspen-Snowamass, Ski Banff-Lake Louise-Sunshine Village, Jackson Hole, Mammoth Mountain, Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows, and Whistler Blackcomb. The pass offers two days at each resort for only $399.
- Lake Louise Expansion Approved Amid Controversy – Powder – Parks Canada approved an expansion for Lake Louise Ski Resort that could double their numbers. The plan includes a land exchange of 669 hectares of undeveloped land for the opportunity to expand into popular backcountry terrain near the resort.
- Freeride World Tour Announces 2016 Dates – FreerideWorldTour.com – Every skier enjoys watching the Freeride World Tour. It’s Europe heavy again, but Haines, Alaska still made the cut.
- Swiss Climber Tackles 82 Summits in 80 Days by Foot, Bike, Paraglider, Skis – National Geographic Adventure Blog – Ueli Steck climbed all 82 of Europe’s 4,000 meter peaks in less than 80 days with all human power. Congrats!
- Canadian Breaks Free Solo Slacklining Record – Outside Online – Spencer Seabrooke of Canada broke the slackline world record by 23 feet. He crossed a 210 foot gap, 950 feet off the ground without a harness near Squamish, British Columbia.
- Lindsey Vonn Broke Her Ankle In New Zealand Today – SnowBrains.com – Ski racer Lindsey Vonn is broken during training at Wakatipu Basin near Queenstown, NZ.
Have a fantastic week!
