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October Powder Skiing in Mt. Rose, NV Backcountry with BlackBird Mountain Guides: Best October Turns Ever?

This article was originally published by Zeb Blais on Blackbirdmountainguides.com The Storm Tahoe just got completely plastered with snow. Typical of many Tahoe storms, this one began warm and wet and got increasingly colder and deeper by the time the storm clouds significantly cleared yesterday. The previous base was nil on many aspects prior to this storm, with north aspects above […]
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Ready The Winter Sacrifice! | The God of Winter is Not Ullr; It’s Skadi

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Winter sacrifice? You’re doing it wrong. There is a reason that Wikipedia isn’t an accepted source for academia, it is very capable of being wrong. There are 4 main available works and many interpretive Norse guides based on those works. Those works include The Poetic Edda (10th – 13th century), The Prose Edda recorded by Snorri Sturluson (approx. 1220), The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson (approx. 1230) and Saxo Grammaticus’s The History of the Danes […]
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Trip Report: Hut to Hut Ski Touring in the Silvretta Alps, Austria

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Report brought to you by the Explore-Share team The Silvretta Alps are located on the Austrian and Swiss border. They boast over 3,000 peaks surrounded by incredible glaciers and are dotted by top-of-the-line huts. The ski touring season in this gorgeous region starts in mid-February and offers plenty of options for snow enthusiasts, especially for those that have good on-piste […]
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Georgia Trip Report: Ski Touring Hut-to-Hut in Amazing Mountains and Superb Powder

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Report by the Explore-Share team from March 2019 Svaneti is a historic province in Georgia located on the central slopes of the southern Caucasus mountains. In the winter, its amazing mountains and superb powder, paired with the charm of its remote historic villages and people make it a unique destination for ski touring adventures. Plus, it’s budget-friendly and easy to […]
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54 Days of Survival in the Sierra Nevada Backcountry: The Story of Lieutenant David Steeves

In the 1950s the cold war was escalating; the KGB had just been established and the Russians were gearing up to launch the Sputnik into orbit. Vietnam was split at the 17th parallel and McCarthy’s witch hunt had raised the ardor to a fevered pitch. America was engaged in a race of military mite and super power status came with a focus on state of the art aircraft with superior handling and missile firing accuracy. Readiness was paramount and Lockheed’s T-33 was a front line training jet for advanced level Air Force pilots. Only a few trusted high level men where engaged in the secrecy […]
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Nine-Year-Old Girl Climbs Then Makes Ski Descent of 14,265’ Quandary Peak, CO

This post was written and submitted by SnowBrains reader Jordan Lipp Not many people can claim that they started skiing 14,000’ mountains when they were children, let alone before they started fourth grade. But on Saturday, June 5, 2021, Keira Lipp of Golden, Colorado, who just recently turned nine, completed skiing her first 14er. Related: Kindergartener Skis All 33 Colorado […]
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