Do you know what happened in the mountains this week? Here’s a selection of news, articles, posts, videos, photos, and other cool things from the mountains that we think you’d like to know about. Enjoy!
- The World’s First Crowd-Sourced, Real-Time Platform For Avalanche Safety – MountainLifeMedia.ca – Download the Avanet App. Designed by Avatech, this app will crowdsource weather, snowpack, and avalanche information in real time.
- Accident: Taboche’s North Buttress – Alpinist.com – On November 14, Justin Griffin fell 100 meters while descending from the summit of Taboche in Nepal. RIP.
- The Human Factor 2.0 – Karl Birkeland and Doug Chabot – Powder.com – Two avalanche pros give their thoughts on skier responsibility in the backcountry.
- Squaw Valley Installs Gazex Inertia Exploder For Avalanche Control – MountainJourney.com – Squaw is the first ski resort in Tahoe to install a Gazex device for avalanche control. The device will be located on the Headwall.
- Revelstoke, B.C Has Gotten 10-FEET of Snow This Season | And They’re Not Even Open Yet… – SnowBrains.com – Ten feet of snow in Revy so far and it’s not even December. Insane.
- US Ski Team To Honour Berlack & Astle – SkiIndustryNews.com – Two former members of the US Ski team, Bryce Astle and Ronnie Berlack died in an avalanche last January in Austria. They were honored by the US Alpine Ski Team at Copper Mountain on 11/21.
- Avalanche Incident In Alaska Results In 25 Minute Burial | Snowmobiler Miraculously Survives – UnofficialNetworks.com – Ben Anderson helped to save snowmobiler who was completely buried after an avalanche in the Alaska Range. The snowmobiler was buried for 25 minutes before he was dug out. This is the first recorded complete burial of the 2015/2016 season. Be safe.
- Forest Service Okays Breckenridge Expansion – Adventure-Journal.com – Vail Resorts got the go ahead to develop even more into Colorado’s TenMile Range at Breckenridge Resort. Thoughts?
- Chairlift Supervisor Found Guilty Of Manslaughter In Boys Death – UnofficialNetworks.com – Richard Cettour was found guilty after a boy died on a chairlift in La Plagne in 2011.
- High-Speed Winds Crush Ice Climbing Tower In Bozeman – BozemanDailyChronicle.com – A new 65-foot tower being built for the Bozeman Ice Climbing Festival and the UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour’s North American Championships was crushed by strong winds this week in Montana.
- Winners Of the 2015 National Outdoor Book Awards – Noba-Web.org – Here are the winners of the 2015 National Outdoor Book Awards. Add some of these to your reading list.
- $50 Million Gondola Will Connect Queenstown, New Zealand To Remarkables Ski Field – UnofficialNetworks.com – A 9.8 km gondola will connect Queenstown to Remarkables. This will be awesome.
- Submit Your Ski Tracks To MSU’s Snow And Avalanche Lab – MountainJourney.com – The snow and avalanche lab at MSU needs your help. Track your ski tours and submit them to MSU to help with their latest and greatest project.
- Massive Glacier Collapse In Mount Cook National Park Caught On Camera – MountainJourney.com – Watch this stunning footage from skier Ryan Taylor of rock and ice tumbling down Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand.
If you know of any other news, let us know in the comments below. Have an awesome week!
