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Tahoe Backcountry Breakdown: Powder and Ice and Corn, Oh My

Only one word can describe how the skiing has been in the Tahoe backcountry the past few weeks: variable. Depending what aspects you decide to check out, you can expect to find recycled powder, corn, corny chowder, firm crusts, and wind blown chalk. Just because it’s variable doesn’t mean it’s bad, however. Given the fact that it’s been a few solid weeks since the last real storm, the skiing is damn fine if you know what you’re looking […]
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Which Olympic Sport is the Fastest?

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Which Olympic sport is the fastest? Without thinking, most of us would assume luge or bobsled or skeleton. It make sense, right? If you’re going to travel at dangerous speeds, you’d want to be in some kind of vehicle or at least on sled you could bail off of. Alas, neither is true. Once again, skiers win. Johan Clarey of France once skied at 101mph in a World Cup race. Whoa. A downhill skier vs. a bobsled? A comically dressed curler vs. a brawny hockey player? Sure, each sport is dierent — some more graceful, others more death defying, […]
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Mt. Bachelor, OR Conditions Report: January 2nd – 5th

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It was one icy weekend at Mt. Bachelor, OR. Conditions haven’t changed much since my icy arrival last Wednesday despite the brief hope for a couple new inches Thursday night. It DID snow however, but it was nothing more than a light dusting and was surely not enough to improve any of the off piste conditions. Friday was enjoyable, much like Thursday because the snow on the groomed runs was sugary, soft, and fast. Friday was also much colder with a high around 26 degrees Fahrenheit. This kept the snow from softening up in the afternoon and the groomers stayed […]
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New Study: Alps Warming At Double The Average Global Rate

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Some of the best skiing in the world lives in the European Alps. The terrain is daunting, the elevations are high, and the culture is vibrant. The Alps own a large part of skiing’s soul. Things are changing fast in the Alps, however. In a recent study, scientists discovered that the Alps are warming at double the average global rate of warming. “Of particular interest to the researchers is why temperatures in the Alps are increasing […]
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Two Female Mountaineers Trapped on 14,259’ Longs Peak in Colorado in Ice Storm

Two experienced female mountaineers, Connie Yang and Suzanne Turell, from Maine are currently trapped near the summit of 14,259-foot Longs Peak in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. They sent cell phone texts between 9:07am and 9:12am Thursday September 12th, 2013 to Connie’s Sister:   Rangers and friends have tried calling the women’s cell phones to no avail. “They are very […]
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NASA: Pollution, Not Rising Temperatures, May Have Melted Alpine Glaciers

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently finished a study that shows that Europe’s glaciers may have begun their rapid melting in the 1860s due to soot from the industrial revolution.  It’s thought by NASA that this soot absorbed sunlight and greatly accelerated the melting of Europe’s glacier system. “If you look back through the 1600s and 1700s, the glaciers were big […]
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Chasing Ice: Review of The Award Winning Documentary

“The smoking gun on climate change.” – Robert F Kennedy Jr. “The Climate Change debate is over.” – Greg Reitman, Huffington Post Trailer Segment from the film of largest calving event ever caught on tape. Chasing Ice is an astonishing documentary that aims to prove Climate Change’s existence through a riveting visual experience.  It captures the evidence of glacial change […]
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