TOP NEWS

CMH Launches Ski Touring; Takes 'Heli' out of Heli-Skiing

CMH Heli-Skiing is going back to its roots with a new Ski Touring program, which takes the Heli out of the ascent and leaves skiers to climb the peaks with nothing but their skin-clad skis...

Bitter Cold Cancels Ski Race

Anchorage, Alaska (Mountain Press)- The nation's most preeminent cross country athletes will have to wait to prove themselves as both able-bodied and adaptive races at the 2009 ConocoPhillips U.S. Cross Country Championships were canceled Saturday

Conservation Alliance Launches Backyard Initiative

San Leandro, Calif. (Mountain Press)-As a first step in 2009, the Conservation Alliance is teaming up with various member companies to launch a new stewardship initiative for ConservationNEXT, which is an online, social community that allows individu...

A-Basin’s Montezuma Bowl Opens for 2nd Seasons

Arapahoe Basin, Colo. (Mtn Press)-Arapahoe Basin’s Montezuma Bowl opened to the public at 11am, Tuesday, December 30. Great early season snowfall allowed A-Basin to groom and open the terrain two weeks earlier than expected.

Retail Group Advocates Avalanche Awareness

Asheville, NC (Mtn Press)-Already this winter season there have been dozens of reports of in-bounds avalanches at ski-resorts, and in other popular sports areas. These reports have been mainly coming from Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. There hav...

Seven Die in Slides Including In-Bounds Disasters at Squaw, Jackson Hole

Teton Village, Wyoming (Ski Press)-The avalanche death of an in-bounds skier on Saturday at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort capped off one of the Rocky Mountains’ worst weeks on record as seven people died in five separate slides.

Under the Tree: New Boot Line from Garmont

Highlights are here on what is new from Garmont for Winter 2009/2010 in the world of telemark and ski mountaineering:

Obama Picks Salazar to Lead Interior Department

Denver (Mountain Press)-President-Elect Barack Obama announced that he has appointed Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as Secretary of the Interior and charged him with helping “us seek new forms of energy

Saari Fund Offers Ski Mountaineering Grants

Bozeman, Montana (Ski Press)-If you’re looking to finally head out on that undone alpine traverse or ski the far side of Kamchatka this winter, the Hans Saari Memorial Fund (HSMF), a Bozeman based non-profit, reminds ski

Early Avalanche Deaths & New National Avy Website

Rocky Mountain Snowpack (Ski Press)-Doug Abromeit of the National Forest Service wrote me one week after Thanksgiving to tell me about the new avalanche website the Forest Service was about to launch. Just two weeks later, two Rocky Mountain skiers w...

Happy Holidays from Mountainfilm

Telluride, Colo. (Mtn. Press)-With tight budgets and endangered paychecks on the minds of so many going into the holidays, Mountainfilm hopes to provide a short escape from the worries of the world with a FREE family-friendly show on December 26th.

Jackson Tram Ready to Fly

Teton Village, Wyo. (Mountain Press)-The Jackson Mountain Resort Aerial Tram has taken over three years to build from concept to finish and will finally be unveiled to the public in just seven days time.

Revelstoke Opens its First Alpine Guide Service

New for Revelstoke, BC: an alpine guide service—the first of its kind in this part of the Canadian backcountry. Revelstoke Alpine Adventures (RAA) made its debut Dec. 8, offering guided services for skiing, hiking, waterfall ice climbing, rock cl...

Trio Sets Off on Antarctic Sea Kayak Expedition

Arcata, Calif. (mtnpressworld.com) – Think it’s cold where you are? In December, Cristian Donoso, Juan Pablo Ortega and Roger Rovira are traveling to the Antarctic Peninsula to make a 550-mile self-supported kayak journey to the Palmer Archipelag...

T-day Storm Wallops Colo. Resorts with Up to 4 Feet of Snow

Denver, Colo. (mtnpressworld.com) – Just in the St. Nick of time. That’s what ski resorts throughout Colorado are saying, after their slopes went from bare bones to neck deep, thanks to a Thanksgiving weekend storm that dumped up to 48 inches at ...

Weekly News

Gore Launches Warm Fuzzy Site for Charities

Elkton, Md. (mtnpress.com) – Now there’s someone who can help you support outdoor charities. Reinforcing its commitment to growing participation in the outdoors, W.L. Gore & Associates, recently announced the launch of www.giveawarmfuzzy.com, an online portal where consumers can raise awareness and support for three outdoor charities that could suffer during today’s tough economic times.

Field & Stream Awards Heroes of Conservation

New York, NY (MtnPress) — Who says you have to have worn stripes in order to be a hero? On Aug. 25, outdoor magazine Field & Stream showed that there can be another kind of hero as well by announcing its 2008 Heroes of Conservation awards. The awards recognize sportsmen dedicated to the grassroots protection of fish, wildlife and habitat, with the seven honorees to be featured in the magazine’s October issue, as well as episodes of Field & Stream’s HOC TV.

Weekly Activity

Winter Trails Day 2009 Announced

Need a helping hand getting involved in a winter activity? Two major alpine resorts, a former Olympics venue and a metropolitan state park recently signed on as new anchor sites for Winter Trails 2009. The event, which will take place Jan. 10, 2009, and now entering its 14^th year, is a day when children and adults new to snow sports can try snowshoeing and/or cross country skiing free at participating locations in North America.

Triple Crown Bouldering Series Ascending to New Heights

Cashiers, N.C. (mtnpress.com) -- Old Man Winter might be coming, but that’s not stopping climbers from competing. The three-event Triple Crown Bouldering Series, which offers a unique blend of fun, community, and some of the best bouldering in the country, kicked off in full force Oct. 4 at North Carolina’s Hound Ears Bouldering Competition, with two more events slated before the series wraps up in December.

Weekly Top 5

Late Fall B.C. Activity Sampler

Wondering what to do north of the border? Fret no more with the following sampling of activities to pursue in British Columbia, from sampling November and December wines to watching bighorns butt heads and making tracks in the Monashees.
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Top 5 Northeastern Climbing Areas

Autumn is the best season for rock climbing. Cool temperatures make completing difficult pitches on south facing walls much less exhausting, while the turning leaves give the landscape below a vibrant cast. For those less interested in scenery the bare trees later in this season grant greater visibility on the trail, allowing cracks normally hidden in the woods to be found. Here are some of the best spots to ‘scend in the Northeast.