Archive for January, 2009
Cutting Climbing Skins Video Tutorial
by January 30th, 2009
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Cold Weather Hydration Bladder Tips
by January 29th, 2009Yes…I am a confessed CamelBak addict. (Actually, I prefer the MSR Hydromedary bladders, modified with CamelBak accessories.) Whether its summer or winter, I find myself always sucking out of a hose for hydration when I’m in the mountains. In the summer, its’ easy. Just fill up your bladder, plop it in your pack…and you’re good. [...]
Gravelly Range Snowmobile Avalanche
by January 28th, 2009I heard about this video from some friends, but just watched it a couple days ago. It is from Jan 19th in the Gravelly Range in southwestern Montana, The avalanche had a crown of 4-6′ and a deposition pile 10-15′ deep. Pretty wild POV footage if you haven’t seen it yet.
National Ski Patrol Warns of Beacon And Radio Use
by January 27th, 2009I sure thought this email I got CC’d on yesterday from the National Ski Patrol was very interesting, and I wonder how many ski patrols, guide services and SAR units are scrambling, trying to get their radio and transceiver combos up to par. Basically their saying that the magnets in certain Motorola radios can switch [...]
More From 2009 Winter Outdoor Retailer
by January 26th, 2009New and improved Black Diamond ski poles and straps. My one full day at OR was action packed, running from booth to booth, trying to see all the new gear. Besides all the ski improvements from Black Diamond, they also have totally reworked their ski pole line, separating 7 models into the Power and Efficiency [...]
BCA Float 30 Avalanche Airbag ABS Backpack
by January 23rd, 2009Backcountry Access Sales Representative Steve Christi demonstrates (in real time) the Float 30 Avalanche Airbag at the 2009 Winter Outdoor Retailer. Though not the first ones to introduce an ABS (airbag system) in a backpack to the backcountry skiing community, Backcountry Access hopes to make them easily available and user friendly in fall 2009 with [...]
SouthForkIce.com: 11th Annual Waterfall Ice Festival
by January 23rd, 2009More from the Outdoor Retailer soon! While I was thinking about attending the festival, it looks like now I will be heading up to the Great White North the same weekend instead. This season marks the 11th Annual “Waterfall Ice” Festival, a four day event held over President’s Day weekend February 13-16, 2009 in CODY, [...]
2009 Winter Outdoor Retailer Backcountry Basecamp
by January 22nd, 2009Rolled into the Winter Outdoor Retailer Backcountry Basecamp around noon yesterday and only had a few hours to check out the new ski gear, so I headed straight to the Black Diamond tent. BD was running a demonstration of the effectiveness of the AvaLung by burying OR show director Kenji Haroutunian and it was pretty [...]
New Scarpa F1 Carbon
by January 21st, 2009I’m headed down to Salt Lake City today for a couple days at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, where vendors from all around the world show off what’s new for Fall 2009. I’ll do my best to inform you of what’s hot…and what’s NOT! After debuting the hot new Dynafit DyNA rando race boot a [...]
Beat This Jump Jamie Pierre
by January 20th, 2009
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Ortovox S1 Avalanche Transciever Calibration
by January 19th, 2009Ortovox S1…Ready to Calibrate! As many of you who own altimeter watches know, digital compasses often need calibrating, and the same goes for the new-school, signal separating digital avalanche transceivers on the market today. The internal compasses in these units help navigate you smoothly to transmitting beacons and should be calibrated every time you change [...]
Avalanches, Avalanches…Everywhere!
by January 18th, 2009Avalanche on Static Peak. I got out to ski some very variable snow on Friday and saw the evidence of a few more avalanches. I think most happened on Wednesday…naturally. The slide on Static Peak had a maximum crown height of 6-8′ and looked to have triggered another avalanche lower down on the skiers right, [...]
New Dynafit DyNA Rando Race Boot
by January 16th, 2009Check out this hot new Dynafit DyNA rando race boot coming out for next season and scheduled to debut at Outdoor Retailer next week in Salt Lake City. Click photo for larger image. Weighing in at under 2lbs (920gr) for size 27, The DyNA is sure to be one of the lightest and best skiing, [...]
Hossack-MacGowan Couloir Ski Attempt
by January 15th, 2009My infatuation with the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir on the Grand Teton continues with accounts from Andrew McLean, Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson, on an attempt to ski the line with the belated ski mountaineer, Hans Saari. With our first study, we showed how Mark Newcomb and Hans Johnstone skied it in excellent conditions with an [...]
Teton Skiers: Beware of Continued Lurking Avalanche Danger
by January 14th, 2009Like many of you, I have been starting to feel a lot better about the Teton snowpack. But after today, I am again…sick to my stomach. Fearing wind more than avalanches today, I got out with a friend to attempt a line I have been looking at and wanting to ski for a long time. [...]
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