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“What Rescue Gear Do You Take Into the Backcountry?”

Many of us spend a lot of time in the backcountry without thinking of self rescue. If something does go wrong it can go exponentially wrong and your partner’s life can end up resting square in your hands. If your partner gets hurt, you’re certainly going to ask yourself these 3 important questions below. I asked these three questions to my ski partners today and below are their answers. There is some great insight into what rescue gear we should all be carrying when we venture into the backcountry. Q1. What rescue gear do you have with you in the backcountry? Q2. Can you […]
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VIDEO & Photos: Big Powder Day in South America Today

South America and especially central Chile just got hit with another big storm. Valle Nevado is reporting over a foot of new snow today and the photos look epic. Portillo got a healthy amount of snow as did La Parva, Chile. Even Argentina got in on the goods with Las Lenas getting new snow and Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina gettting 4″ overnight. Winter is not over in South America. South America and especially central Chile just got hit with another big storm. Valle Nevado is reporting over a foot of new snow today and
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La Parva, Chile Conditions Report: 300 Earthquakes & Powder

On the Sept 16 earthquake, it was 8.4 Richter, lasted over 2 minutes, and shook the hell out of La Parva. The epicenter was about 250km north of Santiago, in a relatively sparsely populated area near Illapel. There have been over 300 aftershocks, including 15 above 6.0, but most have not been perceived in Santiago. 13 dead, hundreds of homes seriously damaged, and the coastal infrastructure was trashed in particular in Tongoy, Coquimbo, and La Serena. Tsunami flowed up to 500m inland. This map shows those replicas above 4, stars are […]
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Treble Cone, NZ Season Review: One of the Best Seasons in 10 Yrs

This year has been one of the best in the last 10 years with the snow being good and mostly stable through out the winter. It’s provided some great opportunities for some to get out into the backcountry and I’m sure the ski touring will continue all through out spring. The growing number of those prepared to work for the solitude and untracked lines of the backcounrty is awesome. I’m not bagging the ski field experience, especially that of Treble Cone, just stoked for those riders pushing the boundaries and showing that adventurous spirit.
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