Monday, December 14th, 2009
Backcountry skiing has exploded in the past few years, and in response it seems every ski resort is hosting an avalanche awareness course. With...
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Snowbird and the Utah Avalanche Center are teaming up this year to present the first annual Freeride Avalanche Summit. The event will consist of...
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Anyone who plans to travel in the backcountry this winter needs more than just fancy ski-touring gear. Knowledge is the most important tool, and...
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Television weather forecasts are okay for knowing if there's a huge dump in the next few days, but the T.V. only gives an overall picture of what...
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The Utah Avalanche Center is a not-for-profit organization that keeps backcountry skiers on top of the snow by sending out daily avalanche forecasts...
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Spring is an interesting time of year to be a backcountry skier. The Avalanche Center stops posting daily reports, the snow is melting, then freezing,...
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Last winter the backcountry skiing community was up-in-arms over the news that Alta was considering a lift installation on Flagstaff Peak. With a...
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A Wall of White, by Jennifer Woodlief, is a story about the deadliest avalanche to ever occur at a ski resort in North America. In late March, 1982, a...
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A typical morning scene in a backcountry skier's home might show someone making coffee, gathering gear, putting on snowpants and a jacket, and...
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Call it a dirt/ice chunk/front-end-loader-chuffalanche. Or something. Earlier this week a call came into the Utah Avalanche Center about a natural...
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