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!
- Red Mountain Turns To Crowdfunding To Raise Funds And Fight The Man – A Mountain Journey – Do you want to own a piece of Red Mountain in Rossland, BC? This might be your opportunity.
- Three Mountaineers Killed In Avalanche On Mont Maudit In French Alps – A Mountain Journey – A avalanche caused by serac fall killed two clients and a guide on Mont Maudit on the Mont Blanc Massif in the French Alps
- Spanish Mountaineer Killed In 200 Meter Fall While Descending Torre de Cerredo In the Picos de Europa in Northern Spain – A Mountain Journey – A Spanish mountaineer suffered a fatal fall while descending Torre de Cerredo in the Picos de Europa.
- Red Bull Releases Trailer For Travis Rice’s New Movie: The Fourth Phase – A Mountain Journey – After four years in the making, Red Bull Media released the trailer for Travis Rice’s new film The Fourth Phase.
- Avalanche Kills Ukranian Climber On Mount Shkhara In The Caucasus Mountains Of Georgia – A Mountain Journey – An avalanche claimed the life of Ukranian Alexander Naumenko on Georgia’s Mount Shkhara.
- Mountain Guide Suffers Fatal Fall While Guiding Client On Mont Blanc Massif – A Mountain Journey – A mountain guide fell 200-meters to his death on Mont Blanc’s Triangle du Tacul.
- Sign Up For The Grayl Giveaway And Win A Grayl Ultralight Purifier [+Filter] Bottle – A Mountain Journey – Remember to sign up to win a Grayl Ultralight water purifier/water bottle.
- TSV Considers New Avalanche Control For Kachina Peak – TaosNews.com – Taos Ski Valley may install Gazex exploders for avalanche control on Kachina.
- NASA: July 2016 Was The Hottest Month On Record On Earth – Snowbrains.com – Scary stuff.
- Montana Officials Close Yellowstone River To Fight Fish-Killing Parasite – NPR.org – The Yellowstone River is closed to all recreation for 183 miles after a microscopic parasite has killed thousands of mountain whitefish.
- BC Government Gives Initial Approval For 4 Season Ski Resort – UnofficialNetworks.com – A new 4-season ski resort is planned for near Jasper National Park in British Columbia.
- Teenage Eagle Hunter Is Mongolia’s New Movie Star – NationalGeographic.com – A new film is coming out about this 13-year-old Eagle hunter. Cool!
- Remains Found Could Be Those Of Missing Backcountry Skier – CBS Denver – Jeremy Rich disappeared while backcountry skiing in Colorado in January. Authorities may have found his body at the base of an avalanche path.
- Avalanche On Famed K2 Forces Alberta Adventurer To Abandon Ascent – CBC.ca – Stuart Erskine turned around on K2 aka the Savage Mountain after avalanches swept away his equipment.
- French Alps Claim Five Lives In Series Of Extreme Sports Accidents – Teton Gravity Research – It was a deadly week in the French Alps as a hang gliding instructor, a paraglider, two climbers, and a wingsuit jumper died.
- Kickstarter: Dirbag: The Legend Of Fred Beckey – A Feature Documentary – Kickstarter.com – This movie will be awesome. Support it.
Did we miss any backcountry news? Tell us in the comments below. Have an awesome week!
