Do you know what happened in the mountains this week? Here’s a selection of mountain 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:
- Jeff Lowe, Best Alpinist of a Generation, Dies at 67 – RockAndIce.com – RIP.
- Global Rescue Refuses to Pay Insurance Claims For Rescues on Everest – TheAdventureBlog.BlogSpot.com – Does your rescue insurance really cover you?
- Safety Concerns Spur On The Construction Of Winter Weather Stations In Grand Teton National Park – Backcountry.com – More about the weather stations in GTNP.
- Snowfall Expected For The Northern Rockies Late Sunday/Monday – PowderChasers.com – Are you ready for #winter?
- Oregon man gets jail time for harassing Yellowstone bison – LocalNews8.com – Thoughts?
- First Afghan woman stands atop the country’s highest peak – Alpinist.com – Congrats!
- Grizzly identified as bear that injured 10-year-old in Yellowstone – BozemanDailyChronicle.com – Bear attack in YNP.
- Man injured in avalanche in Queenstown on Ben Lomond – NZHerald.co.nz – Close call in New Zealand.
- Climber Tom Frost Dies – OutsideOnline.com – RIP.
- Supreme Court rules in favour of previously scrapped Jumbo Glacier Resort – TheStar.com – Here’s the latest on Jumbo.
- Perfect storm, new route on Mont Blanc for Simon Richardson and Michael Rinn – PlanetMountain.com – Congrats to Simon Richardson and Michael Rinn!
- Kyajo Ri in Nepal, new route for Márek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák – PlanetMountain.com – Congrats!
- Hokkaido, Japan Just Reported its Earliest Snow Since Records Began – SnowBrains.com – Is it time to book a trip to Japan?
- Two new routes on unpolished mountains in the Karakorum – PlanetMountain.com – Congrats to US mountaineers Jess Roskelley and Kurt Ross and Belgian Nelson Neirinck!
- Sun Valley Will Have A New Chairlift, 380 More Acres By 2019 – UnofficialNetworks.com – Sun Valley is about to get bigger.
Have an awesome week!
