The Sella group in the Dolomites has got to be one of the raddest spots to ski couloirs in the world. There are many lines that are accessible within and hour or two long tour from the Passo Pordoi tram and range from casual 40 degree lines to the ultimate in mandatory rappel 60 [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Piz Boe Direttissima-Val de la Fontane
by July 31st, 2007Internal Alarm Clock
by July 30th, 2007I don’t know about you, but I have a pretty reliable internal alarm clock that almost all of the time wakes me up about 10-15 minutes before my alarm goes off.
It doesn’t stop at home either. Though it’s a little harder getting out of the warm sleeping bag in the winter, I wake up [...]
Videos of the Week
by July 27th, 2007At about 7:30 last night, I got a SAR call-out involving a text message about someone being trapped in a mudslide (or flash flood) in Jensen Canyon off Fish Creek Road near the Moose Creek Ranch. The call-out turned out to be a false alarm, but the mudslide was for real.
One Mans Beater is Another Womens Cadillac
by July 26th, 2007While most of the time we get shiny new, gas guzzling, global warming contributing SUVs parked in front of the shop, occasionally a car with a story pulls up. This Nissan B2500 showed its face yesterday and its owner was more that happy to show it off. And Lou Dawson thinks he has [...]
Canal Staunies Nord: Dolomites, Italy
by July 24th, 2007Number 17 is the Staunies Nord on Mount Cristallo
While in Italy for the World Skimo Championships in 2006, I was able to spend some time in the Dolomites skiing my favorite type of terrain…splitter couloirs. There are endless options for the steep skier and I would travel all the way back to ski one [...]
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