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!
Let’s take a look at this week’s mountain news:
- Avalanche Season Came Early, Continues Late in Montana – USNews.com – It’s still winter in Montana.
- Avalanche Kills Skier On Saddle Peak In The Bridger Range Of Montana – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Montana.
- Ultrarunner Dylan Bowman Sets New Speed Record on Lost Coast Trail – TheAdventureBlog.Blogspot.com – Congrats!
- Tamara Lunger withdraws from Der Lange Weg ski mountaineering traverse of the Alps – PlanetMountain.com – The latest from teh Der Lange Weg traverse.
- Powder Alliance Adds Sugar Bowl Resort, CA, Loveland Ski Area, CO, Castle Mountain and Ski Marmot Basin, AB, to 2018/19 Deal – SnowBrains.com – Here’s another pass worth considering…
- Californian Men Arrested for Skiing in Closed Area at Aspen, CO Just 90-Mins Before Avalanche Killed Man in Same Area – SnowBrains.com – Interesting.
- REI’s Sustainability Policy to Affect Every Brand It Sells – GearJunkie.com – REI setting a new environmental and social standard.
- Feds approve master plan for Utah’s Alta Ski Resort calling for controversial upgrades – SLTrib.com – Is Alta about to change?
- Tuckerman Ravine Avalanche Caught & Carried 5 Skiers | 1 Injures – UnofficialNetworks.com – Be careful if you’r skiing Tucks!
- Vail resident Stan Friedberg, 91, has set a new heli-skiing world record – AspenTimes.com – The world’s oldest held-skier. Cool!
- Teton Pass is back open after avalanche – JHNewsAndGuide.com – Snowboarder triggered slide closed down Teton Pass for a few hours this week..
- Avalanche Kills Snowmobiler Near Passo Croce Domini In Brescia, Italy – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Italy…
- An Avalanche Completely Covers A Refuge In Andorra – LugaresDeNieve.com – The refuge of Pla de l’Estany got buried last Monday.
- Avalanche Kills Backcountry Skier In Maroon Bowl Near Aspen Highlands In Colorado – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Colorado…
- Avalanche Kills Snowmobiler Near Georgia Pass in Summit County, Colorado
– MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Colorado. - Welsh Explorer Plans to Walk the Length of the Yangtze River in China – TheAdventureBlog.BlogSpot.com –
- Avalanche Kills Three Tourists In The Hunza Valley Near Karimabad, Pakistan – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Pakistan…
- Workers Run for Their Lives as They Narrowly Miss Avalanche in France – Time.com – Close call in Tignes.
- Woman Leaves $1 Million to WA Nat’l Parks – GearJunkie.com – Thanks to Bette Wallace!
- German Billionaire Missing In Swiss Alps – TetonGravity.com – 58-year-old Karl-Erivan Haub went missing during a backcountry ski trip in the Swiss Alps.
- Sherpas Seek Two Everest Records: Most Summits by Man, Woman – GearJunkie.com – Good luck to these two!
Did we miss any backcountry news? Tell us in the comments below. Have an awesome week!
