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:
- Utah Installing New Wyssen Avalanche Control Systems – SnowBrains.com – new avalanche control measures for the Cottonwood Canyons.
- Colin Haley Sets New Speed Record On Denali’s Cassin Ridge – MountainJourney.com – Congrats!
- The Tour Ronde Claims Two More Lives – PlanetChamonix.com – Sad news form Cham.
- GoPro Footage Taken By Teenager During Fatal Vail Avalanche Shown To Jury – UnofficialNetworks.com – Update on the Vail trial.
- Avalanche Kills Skier On Lenzspitze In Valais, Switzerland – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Switzerland.
- Astorga and Gilbert Chase Make History on Slovak Direct – Gripped.com – Cool news from Denali. Congrats!
- Trump Administration Announces $256 Million in Construction Projects Approved for National Parks – SnowBrains.com – Great news for the NPS.
- Wolf in California: OR-54, ‘a traveling maniac,’ shows up near Truckee – MercuryNews.com – Wolves in Truckee. Cool!
- Gobright and Reynolds Link Three El Cap Walls in a Day – Gripped.com – Sweet!
- China plans to build $3 billion-worth of solar farms shaped like giant pandas – ThisIsInsider.com – If you’re planning to build solar farms, why not make them look like giant pandas?
- Switzerland Voters Reject Bid to Host the 2026 Winter Olympics – SnowBrains.com – Anyone surprised?
- Meteorite Impact On Mars Causes An Avalanche – SpaceRef.com – Does this mean you can ski on Mars?
- Canadian Nick Elson Gets Speed Run Record up Half Dome – Gripped.com – 2:03:52 is the new record. Who can beat that?
- Monique Richard Rescued After Record-Breaking Mount Logan Solo – RockAndIce.com – Glad she’s ok.
- Prom Invite Spray Painted on National Monument – GearJunkie.com – Really?
- VIDEO: The Closure of the San Juan National Forest, Explained – PagosaDailyPost.com – As of now, the San Juan National Forest is closed.
- 2018 Piolet d’Or Lifetime Achievement to Andrej Štremfelj – Gripped.com – Congrats!
- Bill Briggs Celebrates 47th Anniversary of Grand Teton First Descent – Powder.com – Briggs is the man.
- Wolves to be Reintroduced to Isle Royale National Park – SnowBrains.com – It will be interesting to watch how this impacts Isle Royale.
Did we miss any backcountry news? Tell us in the comments below. Have an awesome week!
