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:
- SNOTEL Data: The Current Western US Snowpack – SWE % Of Normal – January 2, 2019 – MountainJourney.com – How’s the snow in your favorite stomping grounds?
- Billionaire Pledges to Protect 30% of the Planet by 2030 – ReturnToNow.com – We think we’ve shared this before, but it’s still awesome.
- Avalanche Kills Snowmobiler West Of Choteau, Montana – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Montana.
- Avalanche Kills Skier Northwest Of Red Mountain Pass In Colorado – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Colorado
- Alex Txikon Will Attempt K2 Traverse This Summer – AdventureBlog.net – Best of luck!
- Jeremey Jones Launches Device That Turns Your iPhone Into A Sat Phone – TetonGravity.com – Thoughts?
- Simone Moro Announces Winter Attempt on Manaslu – AdventureBlog.net – Best of luck!
- Avalanche Kills German Skier In Vorarlberg, Austria – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Austria.
- Why Mountains Make You Dumber – OutsideOnlien.com – Guess that we’re pretty dumb then…
- Avalanche Kills Two Skiers In Krasnaya Polyana Near Sochi, Russia – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Russia.
- Avalanche Kills Skier North Of Pemberton, British Columbia – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from BC.
- In shutdown, national parks transform into Wild West — heavily populated and barely supervised – WashingtonPost.com – Interesting article on the shut down.
- Avalanche Kills 4 Skiers Near Troms, Norway – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Norway.
- Antarctica 2018: O’Brady and Rudd’s “Unassisted” Status Called into Question – AdventureBlog.net – What does unassisted really mean?
- Avalanche Kills Skier Near Teisenberg In Bavaria, Germany – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Germany.
- Avalanche Kills Ski Tourer In Uri, Switzerland – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Switzerland.
- Avalanche Kills Snowboarder In Davos, Switzerland – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Switzerland.
- Avalanche Kills Skier Near Spitzmeilenhutte In Flumserberg In Switzerland – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Switzerland.
- Avalanche Kills Snowboarder Near Kukisvumchorr Ski Area In Murmansk, Russia – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Russia.
- Avalanche Kills Soldier In Jammu & Kashmir In India – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Kashmir.
Have an awesome week!
