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!
- Teton Gravity Research Presents Rogue Elements Official Trailer – MountainJourney.com – Who’s ready for winter?
- Helicopter Crashes During Rescue On Grossglockner In The Austrian Alps – MountainJourney.com – Wild footage from the highest point in Austria.
- Colorado Climber Breaks Woman’s California 14er Speed Record – KDVR.com – Congrats to Andrea Sansone!
- 3 Mountaineers Killed In Avalanche On Piramide In Cordillera Blanca In Peruvian Andes – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from the Cordillera Blanca…
- Solo Mountain Climber Missing After Attempting Five 14,000-Foot Peaks in One Day in California – SnowBrains.com – T. Fennessy has gone missing while attempting a traverse of 5 of California’s 14,000′ peaks.
- Yellowstone Tourist Files Complaint Over Untrained Grizzly Bears – UnofficialNetworks.com – This is funny.
- 9-Year-Old Twins And Their Mother Rescued While Attempting To Climb Mont Blanc – MountainJourney.com – Should there be an age limit on climbing big peaks?
- Japanese Mountaineer Missing On Mont Blanc Massif in France – MountainJourney.com – Let’s hope this story has a happy ending.
- 57-Year-Old Woman Suffers Fatal Fall On North Maroon Peak In Colorado – MountainJourney.com – Another 14er fatality in CO…
- Gasherbrum I SW Face, Big New Route By Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák – PlanetMountain.com – Congrats to Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák!
- John Gaston Wins Power Of Four Mountain Bike Race Despite Crash – AspenTimes.com – Congrats to John Gaston!
- Climber Killed In Fall On 14,130′ Capitol Peak In Colorado – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Colorado…
- ‘Sizable Avalanche’ In Australia Creates Excellent Ski Conditions – WashingtonPost.com – It’s snowy in Australia.
- The Latest: Stranded Glacier visitors take long path out – BozemanDailyChronicle.com – After wildfires cutoff a backcountry chalet, 42 people decided to hike out via a different route.
- Hiker ‘Knotts’ Binde Claims Self-Supported Appalachian Trail Record – GearJunkie.com – Congrats to Dan ‘Knotts’ Binde!
- World’s Longest Mountain Bike Route To Get 400 More Miles – GearJunkie.com – The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route is the longest off-pavement bike trail in the world. And it’s about to get longer.
- Cal/OSHA Fines Squaw Valley Over Ski Patroller Death – MountainJourney.com – New developments in the tragic, explosive related fatality of a ski patroller at Squaw Valley…
- Indian Couple That Faked Everest Climb Fired From Police Jobs – TheAdventureBlog.Blogspot.com – Don’t claim to stand on the top of the world unless your ready to face the consequences!
- Man Collecting Disability Payments Busted For Going Skiing & Climbing Kilimanjaro – UnofficialNetworks.com – Well that’s not cool at all.
- Teen Suffers Fatal Fall On Boulder’s First Flatiron After Posting Selfie On Social Media – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Boulder…
- North Americas Newest Ski Resort Will Offer Year Round Skiing and Largest Vertical by 2019 – SnowBrains.com – Who else is excited for Valemount Glacier?
- Lucky Find: Long Lost Snowboard Recovered In B.C.’s Alpine 6 Months After Avalanche – CBC.ca – After Brian Goodwin lost his snowboard in an avalanche in January 2017, a hiker contacted him to let him know she found it
- Mt Spokane Expansion – Two Decades In the Making – LocalFreshies.com – This ski resort is about to get even bigger!
- All-Electric Snowmobiles Are Coming – First Tests Proved Successful In Whistler – Electrek.co – Well this is an exciting development in the Snowsports industry.
- Europe’s Highest Mountain Now Boasts Europe’s Highest Aerial Lift and Plans World’s Highest – SnowBrains.com – A new Gondola on Elbrus will take passengers to 3847 meters.
- Report: Global Ocean Circulation Appears To Be Collapsing – UnofficialNetworks.com – Climate change…
- Laura Hadar Strives For Female Splitboard 14er Record – BackcountryMagazine.com – Splitboarding mountaineer is cool. And so are Colorado 14ers. What a cool project!
Did we miss any mountains news from the past week? Tell us in the comments below. Have an awesome week!
