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:
- Livingstone, Cesen and Strazar Make First Ascent Of North Ridge Of Latok I In Karakoram Range In Pakistan – MountainJourney.com – Impressive work. Congrats!
- Melting Snow Reveals Dead Elk Herd Near No Name Lake – USNews.com – Sad ending for this elk herd in Oregon.
- Dani Arnold Sets New Solo Speed Record On Grandes Jorasses – MountainJourney.com – That’s fast.
- FKT: Nate Bender – Montana 12ers (MT) – 2018-08-14 – FastestKnownTime.com – Congrats!
- Tourist Wades Into Stream Full of Brown Bears to Take a Selfie – Backpacker.com – Wow. Really people?
- Smartwool, TNF, Partner Brands to Relocate in VF Corp Denver Move – GearJunkie.com – Everyone seems to really like Colorado.
- Quebec Paddlers Complete 1,500 km Canoe Trip – Gripped.com – Congrats!
- Alaskans complete a 2,500-foot 5.11 route on Caliban in Arrigetch Peaks – ALpinist.com – Congrats!
- Red Mountain Pass gets another backcountry accommodation – TellurideNews.com – Who’s stoked to check out the Red Mountain Alpine Lodge?
- Swift foxes return to Alberta – CanadianGeographic.com – For the first time in nearly a century…
- ‘Heartbreaking’: Glacier fire destroys homes, historic National Park Service buildings – GreatFallsTribune.com – Tragic news.
- Joedy Dalke Gets FKT on Skyline Traverse in Jasper – Gripped.com – Congrats!
- Nepal Releases Official 2018 Everest Stats with a Record 563 Summits – TheAdventureBlog.BlogSpot.com – Big year on Everest.
- Fresh Attempt To Ski the Full 2,000m Vertical ‘Dream Line’ of World’s 5th Highest Peak Planned – Snow-Forecast.com – Excited for this.
- Yosemite Valley to Reopen Tomorrow – Backpacker.com – Good news!
Have an awesome week!
