5,500 Mile Swim To Raise Plastic Pollution Awareness [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XESUQig3DcY"] Greg Obernesser | May 28, 2018 67 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Trail Ridge Road Scheduled To Open for Memorial Day Weekend Trail Ridge Road is scheduled to open this Friday for Memorial Day weekend. According to Ski Hi News, Rocky Mountain National Park Officials will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday at noon to inaugurate the summer opening. The 48 mile long road connects Grand Lake, Colorado to Estes Park. Trail Ridge Road is the highest contiguous paved road in the […] Featured Article Greg Obernesser | May 25, 2018 0 Comments
Will There Be A Hyperloop In Colorado? | The State Examines The Possibility https://youtu.be/LAWEOwDDt_Y Have you ever driven to the mountains from Denver or back on a weekend? The ride can be absolutely grueling with slow moving traffic that can take up to double or even triple the normal time. Hyperloop is the proposed solution to this congestion issue. According to Summit Daily, the proposed route will start near Denver International Airport, but […] Featured Article Greg Obernesser | May 25, 2018 0 Comments
Vail-Valley River Runoff Has Peaked Vail-Valley runoff into the Colorado River has peaked. According to the Vail Daily, the Colorado River in Dotsero flow peaked on May 15th at a little more than 3,000 cubic feet per second. This figure is tremendously lower than the 77 year mean of around 5,000 cubic feet per second. It is not the lowest it has been, but it […] Weather Greg Obernesser | May 23, 2018 0 Comments
3 People Injured On Swiss Mountain Pass Avalanche Three people were injured after trying to drive over Klausen Pass on Sunday. According to Swiss Info, two cars traveling up the pass were pushed off the road. Three people were airlifted with non life threatening injuries and a fourth was unharmed. The avalanche released at 2pm around 6000ft almost near the summit of the pass. Unusual amounts of spring […] Avalanche Greg Obernesser | May 22, 2018 0 Comments
Summer Stoke: Skiing in the Southern Hemisphere [arve url="https://vimeo.com/133572364"] Greg Obernesser | May 21, 2018 15 Likes 0 Tweets 1 Comment
PTSD and Avalanches Avalanches not only cause physical trauma, but also mental. In a recent article by The Guardian, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is becoming evident in avalanche survivors. As more data becomes available, avalanche survivors are starting to display symptoms of anxiety, depression, and even shame; they consequently feel guilty about the event. Better stated by Jennifer Feibig, a therapist out of Bozeman, […] Industry News Greg Obernesser | May 16, 2018 0 Comments
Conditions Report: Cristo Couloir, Quandary Peak About Quandary Peak: This past weekend, I was fortunate enough to rally some friends and able to ski Quandary Peak again. The mountain sits south of Breckenridge, CO just before Hoosier Pass. It summit is at 14,265 ft. About the ascent: We opted to skin the east ridge route, but the other route is to boot straight up the couloir. Starting […] Trip Report Greg Obernesser | May 15, 2018 0 Comments
Body Of Missing Whitefish Skier Since February Found [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5E0maW43gM"] Greg Obernesser | May 14, 2018 42 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Ski Mountaineering Motivation 101 [arve url="https://vimeo.com/143141536"] Greg Obernesser | May 11, 2018 28 Likes 0 Tweets 1 Comment
Incredible Backcountry Survival Story on Lookout Pass in 2016 What happened? Three backcountry skiers left Lookout Pass ski area though one of the boundary gates on January 13th, 2016 in search of some fresh turns during a storm. The skiers skied a questionable slope, which one group member had skied recently, and triggered an avalanche. One skier was hurt severely exposing bone and started to bleed profusely. It was evident […] Avalanche Greg Obernesser | May 10, 2018 0 Comments
Things I Learned While Backcountry Skiing: The following are some insights I’ve made while backcountry skiing. After writing up a conditions report on the Silver Couloir, it reminded me of the first time I tried to ski it and got horribly lost after skiing down the wrong couloir. The couloir we skied cliffed out at 130 feet and we were out on the mountain for about […] Featured Article Greg Obernesser | May 9, 2018 0 Comments
Abandoned (movie) Skiing The Remains of Old Colorado Ski Hills New documentary seeks to explore the remains of Geneva Basin Ski Area. According to Colorado Ski History, it was originally named Indianhead after the English family who developed Indianhead ski area in Michigan. It first opened in the early 1960s, but had financial issues due to the underdeveloped state of the access road on Guanella Pass. It exchanged hands of […] Featured Video Greg Obernesser | May 8, 2018 0 Comments
Conditions Report: Skiing a Colorado Classic | Silver Couloir on Buffalo Mountain The Silver Couloir is a not just a Colorado classic ski descent, it is one listed in Fifty Classic Ski Descents in North America. It is in the book for good reason, the line is monstrous and can be seen from while heading west just out of Eisenhower tunnel. Buffalo Mountain is the peak that literally looks like a buffalo […] Trip Report Greg Obernesser | May 7, 2018 1 Comment
Snowpacks Across Western United States For May: How is the Western United States doing for snowpack? While most Coloradans are jumping for joy regarding the recent snow fall across the state that left areas east of the continental divide with +15 inches of fresh, lets take a step back and look at the how the whole west is doing as of May. ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWPACKS: Washington Montana AVERAGE SNOWPACKS: […] Weather Greg Obernesser | May 4, 2018 0 Comments
The Aspen Chairlift Pusher Is Seeking To Be Released From Mental Hospital Thomas Proesel, infamously known as the Aspen Chairlift Pusher, is legally seeking his release from a mental health institute in Pueblo, Colorado. According to The Aspen Times, Proesel filed a petition in February asking District Judge Chris Seldin to appoint him a public defender, to schedule an independent psychiatric evaluation, and a release hearing before of a jury of 6 […] Featured Article Greg Obernesser | May 3, 2018 0 Comments
Search For Backcountry Skier That’s Been Missing Since February At Whitefish Mountain, MT Is Set To Resume The search for a missing backcountry skier since February at Whitefish Mountain Resort in Montana is set to resume until he’s found. According to NBC Montana, searchers had to call off the search Sunday in the late afternoon due to deteriorating weather conditions and a heightened avalanche risk. The search party is set to resume looking this weekend if the […] Featured Article Greg Obernesser | May 2, 2018 0 Comments
Lawsuit Against Vail Resorts For Negligence Begins 6 Years After An Avalanche Claimed The Life Of A 13 Year Old Boy Vail Resorts is being sued for negligence in the death of then 13 year old skier Taft Conlin. On January 22, 2012, Taft Conlin and four other skiers entered the lower gate of Prima Cornice at Vail Resort. The upper gate to the run had been roped off due to avalanche danger. According to the official Colorado Avalanche Information Center […] Avalanche Greg Obernesser | April 30, 2018 0 Comments
HAPE Elevation’s #1 Threat Planning on a big expedition in the high alpine or thinking about bagging that peak on your bucket list? Before you go, have you ever heard of HAPE, or high altitude pulmonary edema? HAPE is a more severe form of AMS or Acute Mountain Sickness. The cause of acute mountain sickness is still unknown, but some medical sources think it […] Featured Article Greg Obernesser | October 1, 2017 0 Comments
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