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New Zealand Winter Reflections

Wanaka from Above, Treble Cone summit views

New Zealand Winter Reflections written by Morgan Dinsdale It’s 637am. The full moon overhead illuminates my path forward as the headlamps of racers much faster than I fade into the distance uphill. Forty-five minutes later, as I reach the summit of Coronet Peak in my first Skin to Summit ski mountaineering race down here in New Zealand, I can’t stop […]

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Morgan Dinsdale | September 1, 2018
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How Many Days Do You Get in the Backcountry? This Guy Got In 115 & Has a Full Time Job…

guido schnelzer heli guide

Guido is one those people I would love to spend a day in the mountains with. He is all about getting after it and his enthusiasm and contagious sense of adventure is something to envy. I love to ski. Most of my life has been about the snow, but Guido has taken his love of skiing to another level entirely. Last season, for instance, he put in 126 days, 115 of which were days ski touring. For someone who works full time, those are huge numbers. Ski touring 115 days is absolutely all time […]

D’Arcy McLeish | September 24, 2014
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