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!
- Kilian Jornet Wins The 2017 Hardrock 100 With Dislocated Shoulder – MountainJourney.com – Congrats to Kilian Jornet!
- Mountaineer Will Attempt To Become The First Person To Ski K2 – UnofficialNetworks.com – Good luck Mr. Bargiel.
- Impressive Footage Of A Wolverine Hunting A Deer In Montana – MountainJourney.com – Wow! What amazing footage!
- NASA Photographed A Huge Avalanche From Space In What It Calls ‘A Stroke Of Luck’ – BusinessInsider.com – Incredibly lucky shot of an avalanche on Kanjut Sar Peak in the Karakoram taken from a satellite. This is a must see.
- 25-Year-Old Dies In Climbing Accident On Capitol Peak In Colorado – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Colorado…
- Search And Rescue Volunteers Robbed At Gunpoint on Pacific Crest Trail – MountainJourney.com – Scary situation for these SAR volunteers.
- Better Business Bureau Warning Consumers To Avoid This Scam Ski Company – UnofficialNetworks.com – That’s just not cool at all. Boo!
- Powder Alliance Adds Bogus Basin, La Parva – SAMInfo.com – The Powder Alliance pass is getting bigger!
- Vail Resorts Owned Perisher Ski Resort, Australia Loses Lease – SnowBrains.com – The New South Wales Government and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) decided not to renew this lease.
- Mountaineers And Tourists Will See Enhanced Security On Mont Blanc This Summer – MountainJourney.com – Will you feel safer when you ride the Aiguille du Midi this summer?
- Hiker Killed In Rockfall At Mount Rainier National Park – KOMONews.com – Sad news from the Tatoosh…
- SJCA Appeals Over Deeply Flawed Approval of Silverton Heli Ski Permit Expansion – SanJuanCitizens.org – Thoughts?
- Snow Prompts Avalanche And Crevasse Warning From DOC – NZHerald.co.nz – Be careful if your in New Zealand.
- ‘Mountain Of God’ Volcano Preparing To Erupt – NationalGeographic.com – An active volcano in NE Tanzania is showing signs that it might erupt.
- Mark McMorris And Anna Gasser Win Best Male And Female Action Sport ESPYs – Snowboarding.TransWorld.com – Big Congrats to Mark and Anna!
- Aspen Skiing Co.’s Ski Area Purchase Proposals Don’t Trigger Antitrust Challenge – AspenTimes.com – Likes Aspen Ski Co might pull this off!
- Climber Seriously Wounded In Fall In The Massif du Mont-Blanc, Chamonix – France3-Regions.FranceTVInfo.fr – A 34-year-old climber took a bad fall.
- K2 2017 Season Coverage: Avalanche On The Abruzzi – AlanArnette.com. – On July 14 a big avalanche hit the Abruzzi route on K2.
- See The New Trillion-Ton Antarctic Iceberg In Image From Space – LiveScience.com – Cool satellite image of the iceberg that broke off this week.
- Jimmy Kimmel Interviews Alex Honnold On Free Soloing El Capitan – MountainJourney.com – Pretty cool to watch Alex Honnold on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
- Hickenlooper Commits Colorado To The U.S. Climate Alliance – 5280.com – Strong move Mr. Hickenlooper. Strong move indeed.
- Sweeping Plan Would Limit Entry To Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters, Other Oregon Wilderness Areas – StatesmanJournal.com – The USFS is considering limiting the number of people allowed into 5 popular wilderness areas in Oregon.
Did we miss any backcountry news? Tell us in the comments below. Have an awesome week!
