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Always Connecting, Never Conquering: The Next Elite Mountain Athlete’s Rise to Fame

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No Looking Back Coming in waves, circling white sheets of snow whipped around him as he ceremoniously slowed to a stop halfway up the face of one of Colorado’s gnarliest 13,000 ft. peaks. Michael Wirth stops, not necessarily because he wants to, but rather because he has to. Storm conditions have worsened over the last few hours and now his […]

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Ryan Kime | August 18, 2022
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Gear Recall: Black Diamond Voluntarily Replaces Ascension Climbing Skins Made in 2021

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Black Diamond (BD) announced they are voluntarily replacing their Ascension Climbing Skins that were manufactured between January and March 2021 due to defects in the glue. According to BD’s press release the defect was related to “…a particular batch manufactured during the noted timeline does not meet Black Diamond product standards due to glue-to-plush bond issue causing accelerated glue failure […]

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Ryan Kime | July 11, 2022
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Crystal Mountain, WA Conditions Report: Cold Groomers then Back to “Normal”

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With little new snow over the week and persistent cold temps, not much changed here at Crystal Mountain.  That is, not much changed until today when temps went up slightly and we got some of that good old “PNW Hot Pow!”  Crystal got the Sasquatch jib park features put into the Mr. Magoo run, but I’d skied my fill of that […]

Reid Pitman | December 20, 2016
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Trip Report: Skiing Iceland from Summit to Sea

We are on an island just below the Arctic circle surrounded by the stormy North Atlantic. Even though people have lived here for more than a thousand years it is still a wilderness of glaciers, mountains and thermal pools. Nature’s powers are felt everywhere. Arctic winds assault us and storms throw snow, hail and ice into our faces. Though it is April, winter’s vice like grip is firmly holding on. In fact it had started snowing that “winter” in September. On a typical day of spring skiing, the Icelandic weather changes every 20 minutes or […]

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Guest Author | October 2, 2014
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