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!
- Skier Killed In Avalanche On Henderson Mountain Near Cooke City, Montana (UPDATED) – A Mountain Journey – A tragic accident in Cooke City took the life of a skier on 12/11/16.
- Skier May Have Triggered Avalanche That Buried WY Highway 22 In 20’ Of Snow – A Mountain Journey – Scary avalanche hit a car east of Teton Pass.
- Leave Your Dog At Home – Powder.com – Do dogs belong in the backcountry?
- Ski Instructor Killed In Accident At Northstar Resort – RGJ.com – An instructor died after hitting rocks and crashing into a creek in California.
- Alaskan Ski Resort Goes Into Lockdown Mode During Manhunt…But Suspects Were Locked Inside The Chalet with Staff and Skiers – UnofficialNetworks.com – Not your typical ski day at the resort.
- Skiers Caught In Cypress Mountain Avalanche Rescued After 21 Hours – TheGlobeAndMail.com – After getting caught in a slide near Cypress Mountain, these two skiers spent a cold night outside.
- Scottish Avalanche Information Season To Begin – BBC.com – The SAIS started issuing daily avalanche reports this week.
- Skier Dies After Fall Into Tree Well Near Snoqualmie Pass – SeattleTimes.com – Watch out for tree wells this winter. Sad news from Alpental…
- Top 10 Most Guided Mountains In The World And Why – MountainPlanet.com – Can you name the most guided summits on the planet?
- Revive Rogers – ReviveRogers.com – Get involved with this movement to improve Rogers Pass and find accommodation solutions in BC’s Glacier National Park.
- SNOTEL Data: The Current Western US Snowpack – December 15, 2016 – A Mountain Journey – How’s the snowpack shaping up in your neck of the woods?
- Ski Mountaineering Skills with Andrew McLean: Skinning – A Mountain Journey – Pretty excited for this series from Basecamp TV.
- Caused An Avalanche While Skiing Off-Piste: Three French Tourists Convicted – IlGazzettino.it – Interesting results for about a group of tourists who triggered an off-piste slide in 2010.
- WYDOT Employs R2-D2 Avalanche Droids – WyoFile.com – Droids doing avalanche control work? Cool.
- Study: Eating Snow Is The Equivalent Of Drinking Car Exhaust – UnofficialNetworks.com – Do you ever eat snow? Maybe you shouldn’t.
- The Disturbing Bro-ification of Outdoor Recreation – Adventure-Journal.com – This article drove quite a bit of social discussion this week, figured you might want to read it too.
- Flathead Avalanche Center Finds New Director In Crested Butte – Missoulian.com – Zach Guy got a new job in Montana.
- Mountain Skills: How To Really Read The Avalanche Forecast – BackcountryMagazine.com – Avalanche forecasts are an essential resource for backcountry travelers, but do you really know what it all means?
- Ski Shaper Loses 400-Year-Old Shop And Tools To Fire – TetonGravity.com – Peter Stelzner of Chamonix had a bad week.
Did we miss any backcountry news? Tell us in the comments below. Have an awesome week!
