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:
- Avalanche Kills Two Guides In Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park In New Zealand (UPDATED) – MountainJourney.com – Tragic news from New Zealand.
- Runaway llama rescued from Yellowstone National Park backcountry – BozemanDailyChronicle.com – This llama survived 3 months wandering around Yellowstone. Bet it’s glad to be back home.
- Three Jasper backcountry zones closing to protect caribou population – Edmonton.CTVNews.com – Save the caribou!
- Five countries hold 70% of world’s last wildernesses, map reveals – TheGuardian.com – Brazil, Australia, USA, Russia, and Canada must continue to protect these wild ecosystems.
- ‘We’ve never seen this’: massive Canadian glaciers shrinking rapidly – TheGuardian.com – Scary data from the Yukon Territory.
- Three skiers caught in avalanche – RMOutlook.com – Close call in Banff National Park.
- Skier causes avalanche in Summit County, able to self-rescue – AspenTimes.com – Close call in Summit County, CO.
- First Ascent of Mt Nupla Khang – MountainPlanet.com – Congrats!
- Volvo Pledges All Its Cars Will Be Electrified by 2019 – GearJunkie.com – Volvo is going green.
- How Gear Brands Pick Colors – OutsideOnline.com – Interesting.
- Yes, Everyone on Instagram Is Having More Fun Than You – OutsideOnline.com – It’s true. Everyone is having more fun than you. Or at least that’s how it feels.
Have an awesome week! And don’t forget to vote!
