One Year Ago We Lost Dean Potter | Legendary Climber & BASE Jumper **This article was originally published on May 16th, 2015.** Legendary rock climber and BASE jumper Dean Potter, 43, and his flying partner Graham Hunt, 29, died wingsuit flying after a BASE jump in Yosemite National Park yesterday. It’s being reported that the two men jumped from Taft Point in Yosemite Valley and planned on flying through a notch in a rocky […] Miles Clark | May 16, 2016 0 Comments
RIP Dean Potter | Legendary Climber and BASE Jumper Legendary rock climber and BASE jumper Dean Potter, 43, and his flying partner died wingsuit flying after a BASE jump in Yosemite National Park today. More details will be provided when available. We do not know if Dean was flying with his dog, Whisper. Dean was fearless. Dean was an innovator. One of the biggest innovators of this generation. He broke the rules of human ability. Dean set records in speed and solo climbing. He set the speed record on the Nose of El Capitan multiple times. Dean climbed the 3 biggest walls of […] Miles Clark | May 17, 2015 7 Comments
Colorado Supreme Court Rules on In-Bound Avalanche Liability When skiing in-bounds, you probably aren’t thinking about the potential of a deadly avalanche – resorts take care of that, right? But in a single day in 2012, two men died in avalanches IN BOUNDS on open trails in Colorado. Taft Conlin from Eagle County, only 13-years old, died in a snowslide on the Prima Cornice trail at Vail. Christopher Norris, a 28-year old father of two, was buried in a slide within the ski area at Winter Park. Both tragic deaths spurred lawsuits, and the Colorado […] Avalanche ameliatraynor | March 23, 2015 3 Comments
48 Hours in Wolf Creek, CO with 42 Inches of New Snow The pre-Thanksgiving storm that teased parts of the SW and hammered others has come and gone. In the end Wolf Creek Ski Area, Colorado received a storm total of 42″ of snow bringing the season total up to 105″. Wolf Creek is nestled in the perfect corner on Wolf Creek Pass allowing it to suck the moisture out of every passing storm cloud and lot’s of clouds pass this family owned gem! Well manicured tree lines await the powder chaser. The only problem; no lift lines. This means the only rest you get is on the chair or the short but worth […] Conditions Report Kristofer Noel | November 27, 2013 0 Comments