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!
- Canada To Open Longest Connected Trail System In The World In 2016 – A Mountain Journey – Canada’s Great Trail will cover nearly 15,000 miles as it traverses across 13 provinces.
- 33 Tourists Stuck Overnight On Mont Blanc Cable Car In French Alps – A Mountain Journey – After the cables got tangled on the Vallee Blanche Cable Car, 110 tourists got stuck. 77 were rescued, but 33 had to spend the night in the cable car high above the Alps.
- Tibetan Avalanche Is So Big You Can See It From Outer Space – A Mountain Journey – An avalanche on July 17 was one of the largest ever recorded. It was so big that scientists are baffled. Satellites caught before and after photos.
- Watch The Crown Traverse – A 600-Mile Mountain Adventure From Missoula To Banff – A Mountain Journey – In fall of 2015, Mike Foote and Mike Wolfe ran across the Crown of the Continent from Missoula to Banff. Here’s a short video of their Crown Traverse.
- Division of Air Quality: “Toxic Air” Detected in Salt Lake City, UT & Wasatch Front – SnowBrains.com – Yuck.
- Drone Footage Shows Lone Peak Draped In White – UnofficialNetworks – After an early season snow storm, Lone Peak got it’s first coating of snow.
- ManCan Personal Keg – OutsideOnline.com – Want to carry a keg on your next camping trip? This is the ticket.
- Jackson Man Completes 100 Mile 50 Peak Teton Traverse In 7 Days – TetonGravity.com – Ryan Burke is the first person to traverse all of the 50 prominent peaks in the Teton Range and he did it in 7 days. What?!
- How To Ski Powder – Ski.com – In case you forgot, this is something you’ll need to know how to do hopefully very soon.
- Nevados de Chillan, Chile CLOSED for Season Today Due to Lack of Snow – SnowBrains.com – It’s been warm in Chile this spring and resorts are starting to shut down.
- Vandals Caught On Video Toppling Ancient Oregon Rock Formation – HuffingtonPost.com – A video caught a group of vandals knocking down a million year old rock formation called the DuckBill in Oregon’s Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area.
- Whistler’s The Big Picture – WhistlerBlackcomb.com – Whistler is taking on the big issues that directly affect our mountain communities and the mountain sports that we love. Stay tuned for this.
- It’s Tarantula Mating Season In Joshua Tree National Park – CBS Los Angeles – If you’re in J. Tree, watch out.
- How To Survive A Wolf Attack – LifeHacker.com – Might as well read this one, just in case.
- Keep Bikes Off Our Wilderness Trails – The New York Times – A new proposal would allow mountain biking in the wilderness. Here’s the NYTimes view against this. Thoughts?
- Why Are So Many BASE Jumpers Dying? – NationalGeographic.com – An interesting look at BASE jumping fatalities.
- National Geographic’s 2016 Adventurers Of The Year – National Geographic – Who are the top adventurers of the year? Wish we could be more like these folks!
- Backcountry Magazine’ 2017 Editors’ Choice Awards – BackcountryMagazine.com – Need some new gear this winter? Backcountry gives their recommendations of the best of the best – splitboards, bindings, boots, and more.
- Jottnar Launches 2017 Winter Line Up – Jottnar.com – While they may be a new company to the scene, Jottnar makes some of the best outdoor gear on the market. Check out their latest gear.
- NOAA: Meteorologists No Longer Expecting La Nina This Winter – UnofficialNetworks.com – After all the hype, there’s no more La Nina. Does anyone know what’s going to happen? Nope.
- Gear Review: DeLorme inReach Explorer – A Mountain Journey – This little piece of gear could save your life (or at least not let your mom worry about you).
Did we miss any backcountry news? Tell us in the comments below. Have an awesome week!
