The Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival showcases inspirational and thought-provoking films from grassroots filmmakers that will inform you about backcountry and environmental issues as well as entertain you with exceptional skiing. The films chosen communicate issues that impact quiet winter recreation and the environment or tell an interesting story about fun in the snow [...]
Archive for August, 2008
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by August 29th, 2008SuperFly Energy Drink, RedBull in a Tablet?
by August 28th, 2008Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve been loving my Nuun for the last month or so and it does a great job of keeping me hydrated. But, sometimes I’m looking for a little kick in the pants to keep me going on those long days. A lot of the time I will pack a RedBull [...]
Climbing Wolf’s Heads East Ridge in the Cirque of the Towers
by August 27th, 2008 The East Ridge of Wolf’s Head rises above the Cirque of the Towers.
After seeing the East Ridge of Wolf’s Head route from the summit of Pingora, Randokitty and I decided to haul some bigger backpacks loaded for a couple nights in the Cirque of the Towers and give it a try. It is [...]
When to Call for Help
by August 26th, 2008Ever have someone you know (or maybe even a total stranger) be overdue coming back from the mountains? Scary thought huh? You’re mind instantly thinks the worst has happened and you start thinking of what you could do to help them. You could call Search and Rescue and get the pros involved, [...]
More from Climbing Pingora in The Cirque of the Towers in a Day
by August 25th, 2008I was pretty psyched about bagging Pingora last week in just under 13 hours CTC (car-to-car) and it was my first time on that particular summit. Here is a run down and some photos from the trip.
Though the Cirque of the Towers looks rather benign from the view from Pinedale, it ’s got to [...]
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