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!
Let’s take a look at this week’s mountain news:
- Ortovox Issues Precautionary Recall Of 3+ Avalanche Transceivers – MountainJourney.com – Tell your friends.
- SAR teams rescue tourists caught in avalanche on Vatnajökull glacier – IcelandMonitor.mbl.is – Close call in Iceland.
- K-9’s Find Body Of Skier Who Went Missing In Marc – UnofficialNetworks.com – Two months later, David Mullarkey was found.
- SNOTEL Data: The Current Western US Snowpack – SWE % Of Normal – May 15, 2018 – MountainJourney.com – There’s still lots of snow in the mountains!
- Beartooth Highway plowing on pace to end before Memorial Day – BozemanDailyChronicle.com – Woohoo! It’s Beartooth Pass season!
- Aussie Steve Plain Climbs the Seven Summits in only 117 days. A New Record. – SnowBrains.com – Congrats to Steve Plain!
- Mammoth Mountain, CA Announces they’ll be Staying Open Until June 17th. At Least! – SnowBrains.com – Don’t put your gear away yet!
- Changes coming to Cottonwood canyons as they win biggest share of $100 million jackpot to reduce traffic congestion – SLTrib.com – Big changes fro the Cottonwoods.
- Instructor Sentenced in Death of 12-Year-Old Climbing Prodigy – GearJunkie.com – Thoughts?
- Brazilian Adventurer Plans to Cross Antarctica on a Bike – TheAdventureBlog.Blogspot.co.uk – Good luck to Leandro Martins.
- Sequoia National Park announces two hiking fatalities in 10 days – ABC30.com – Stay safe out there.
- A 69-Year-Old Double Amputee Has Just Climbed Mount Everest – Time.com – Xia Boyu is a badass!
- Blacktail Mountain, MT is on the Market – SnowBrains.com – Who’s going to buy this?
- Skier Triggers 1 Thousand Foot Avalanche Inside Closed Alta Ski Area – UnofficialNetworks.com – Yikes!
- Video: Setting an FKT on Kilimanjaro – TheAdventureBlogspot.co.uk – Congrats to Fernanda Maciel!
- $10 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Oregon County In Case Of Climber Who Died On Mt Hood – UnofficialNetworks.com – Thoughts?
Did we miss any backcountry news? Tell us in the comments below. Have an awesome week!
