Do you know what happened in the mountains this week? Here’s a selection of news, articles, posts, videos, photos, and other intriguing things that we think you’d like to know about. Enjoy!
- One Million Gallons Of Toxic Waste Close The Animas River In Durango – Teton Gravity Research – Heavy metal rich wastewater from the King Gold Mine near Silverton, Colorado has leaked into the Animas River turning it orange. This is bad.
- Skier Dies In Avalanche In Chile Today After Heavy Snowfall – SnowBrains.com – Luciano Cueno Olhaberry died while skiing out of bounds near Nevados de Chillan ski resort. Read the full story (in Spanish) on CronicaChillan
- Mountain Biker Dies In Crested Butte Enduro Race In Rare Accident – Teton Gravity Research – Wil Olson of Edwards, Colorado died after a crash in the Big Mountain Enduro Race in Crested Butte. RIP.
- Bear Resistant Containers Required For Backpackers In Aspen Area – The Aspen Times – If you’re heading into the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, you’re going to need store your foot properly. It’s not smart to mess with bears.
- Jakomait Sets New Colorado Trail Race Record – Mountain Flyer Magazine – Jesse Jakomait finished the 562 mile Colorado Trail Race in 3 days 20 hours 46 minutes. The CTR is a self support mountain bike race from Durango to Denver. Congrats.
- Opinon: The Hypocrisy of Helicopter Skiing – Adventure Journal – KT Miller takes a unique, eco-friendly perspective on the world of heli skiing.
- Twenty Two Designs Outlaw – 22Designs – Not exactly an article, but certainly newsworthy. Twenty Two Designs is officially releasing the OutLaw NTN Binding in October. Will this be the next tele revolution?
- Officials: Child Camping In Yosemite National Park Contracts Plague – USA Today – When you go to national parks like Yosemite, you expect to come home with plague. Is this something you need to worry about?
- Keeping Up With The 14er Skiers – Powder – Frank and Brittany Konsella have a sweet Colorado skiing blog that even Powder thinks you should check out. We agree. Follow along at 14erSkiers.com. These two get after it!
- Obama Unveils Major Climate Change Proposal – CNN – Let’s hope America’s Clean Power Plan is the first step towards a climate change revolution.
- Glaciers Are Shrinking Faster Than Ever – Outside Online – The Journal of Glaciology released a new study that shows that glaciers are shrinking at an alarming rate that has never been seen before.
- Body Of Portuguese Mountaineer Found 10 Months After Vanishing – The Portugal News – João Marinho disappeared in November 2014 in the Peaks of Europe mountain range in Spain. His body was found this week.
- Massive Snow Storm Forecast For The Andes – A Mountain Journey – Earlier this week, two to four meters of snow was forecast for the Andes. This could be a season saving storm for many ski resorts. The multi-day, multi-meter storm should end this weekend. Mid-storm reports are vague. We’re excited to see how much snow actually fell. If you’re there, be safe!
Have an awesome week! Do something outside that you enjoy!
