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:
- Sherpa Missing After Avalanche On 8,167-Meter Dhaulagiri In Nepal – MountainJourney.com – Sad news from Dhaulagiri.
- Americans to Attempt a Ski Descent of Lhotse Couloir – Gripped.com – Good luck to Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison!
- Aoraki Tai Poutini: A Guide For Mountaineers by Rob Frost – Facebook.com – New guidebook for Aoraki.
- Reflections On The Fatal Grizzly Bear Mauling In Wyoming – MountainJournal.org – Sad news from Wyoming.
- World Champ Lorraine Huber retires from FWT – FreerideWorldTour.com – After 8 years on the FWT, Lorraine Huber calls it quits.
- American Woman Becomes Fastest Human On A Bicycle (183.9 mph) – UnofficialNetworks.com – That’s fast.
- Liv Sansoz completes 82 x 4000m peaks in the Alps – PlanetMountain.com – Congrats to Liv Sansoz!
- Climbers Buried in Mount Athabasca Avalanche – Gripped.com – Close call on Mount Athabasca.
- Accident Report OF Vermont Army national Guard Triggered Avalanche In Smugglers’ Notch Points To A Lack Of Risk Assessment Strategies – BackcountryMagazine.com – A look at this avalanche from last March.
- Russians to Head Up Annapurna to Attempt to Ski Down – Gripped.com – Good luck to Anton Pugovkin and Vitalij Lazo!
- Avalanche Involvement – MountainConditions.com – Sounds like the first avalanche incident/involvement of the season.
Have an awesome week!
