Ski Tourer Killed in Van dโen Haut Region, Switzerland On Monday, February 5, 2024, a ski tourer slipped and fell down a rock face in the Van d’en Haut region, in the Swiss canton of Valais. The 39-year-old man from Basel was killed in the process. The ski tourer had set out on Sunday, February 4 from Les Marรฉcottes and had skinned over the Col de la Golette to […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 7, 2024 0 Comments
Kitzbรผhel, Austria, Report: Icy with Snow on the Way Report from January 4-5, 2023 Skiing I started off the day with the intention to explore more of Kitzbรผhel. With 57 lifts and over 60 on mountain food huts, itโs nearly impossible to see it all in a day. The Kirchberg and Kitzbรผhel sides were easy to get to from town, with great skiing. Although still icy, so I would […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | January 8, 2024 0 Comments
Kitzbรผhel, Austria, Report: Sunny Skies and Icy Runs Report from January 3, 2024 Started off this morning in Kitzbรผhel. I walked about five minutes to the lift in ski boots. The issue here is small rocks are used for traction when it snows in town. In a dry period like now, these destroy the bottom of boots. I even noticed some damage to my GripWalk soles. Itโs hard […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | January 4, 2024 0 Comments
Study Shows Refreezing the Poles is Highly Practical and Could Reverse Global Warming The north and south poles are critical to the planet’s climate. The mass amount of ice in both regions acts as the earth’s refrigerators to cool it. It is no secret that the ice is diminishing and threatening our planet. Some experts estimate that the Arctic is warming up to four times faster than the rest of the planet. This […] Weather Brent Thomas | September 18, 2022 3 Comments
U.S. Army Announces New Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle for Arctic The U.S. Army has announced a new all-terrain vehicle for its changing needs in the Artic regions. The vehicle is called the Beowulf and is designed to excel in ice, deep snow, rocky terrain, marshes, mud, sand, lakes, and extremely cold conditions. Versatility is the best word that describes the vehicle. It has two segments that are joined in the […] Industry News Brent Thomas | September 6, 2022 2 Comments
The Secret World Beneath Antarctica’s Ice Antarctica may be the world’s most mysterious continent, a frozen world free from permanent human development or habitation.ย The unforgiving environment holds the world’s record low temperature of โ128.6 ยฐF(โ89.2 ยฐC) set in 1983 and is consistently the coldest, driest, and windiest area on Earth. Despite the unique attributes of the surface, scientists have increasingly been drawn to the land hiding […] Brains Lucas Gauthier | August 5, 2021 0 Comments
Dillon Reservoir, CO, and the Famous Ice Melt Sailing, cross country skiing, ice fishing, and hiking are only a few of the activities that occur year-round at the Dillon Reservoir. Sitting between the high peaks and beautiful ski resorts of Summit County, Colorado, the reservoir is one of the largest in the state and supplies Denver with much of its clean water. A majority of the water that […] Brains Jesse | June 29, 2021 0 Comments
Pencil Couloir, CO Report: Gripped in Icy Wet Slide Debris and Bulletproof Snow Report from April 9, 2021 Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Today was unmistakeably a type-two fun kind of day.ย After bailing on our last attempt on Mt. Axtell’s Pencil, my roommate Josh and I finally checked the Crested Butte classic off our list. Despite cold daytime temperatures, we still opted to leave fairly early to avoid any possibility of […] Conditions Report Dominic Gawel | April 12, 2021 0 Comments