On the surface, this is a simple and happy story. A snowboarder at Loveland Pass in CO got caught in an avalanche and luckily survived. He was carried down the slope and ended up buried up to his waist – right-side up. Thank goodness.
But watch the clip below. The story says the boarder is “an [...]

With the start of the ski season, I thought it prudent to do a roundup of avalanche resources available online and in the Sierra Nevada region.
Now you have no excuse. Go take that avalanche course you’ve been putting off. It’ll make the backcountry more fun because you’ll be able to geek out on your snow [...]

Thanks to BCA (makers of great backcountry gear including the most-used avalanche beacons) and Teton Gravity Research (the venerable media company responsible for AMAZING films like the recently debuted Re:Session) for this 7-part video series on avalanche training and awareness.
This is NO SUBSTITUTE for in-person avalanche training courses, but serves as a great refresher for [...]

I’m not sure about the history of this video. It says it was shot in April of 2008, but the Vimeo page says it way uploaded just a few weeks ago. So many of you may have seen this already. But if not, watch it!
It shows the entire sequence of a Tahoe skier up in [...]

My climbing buddy (known in some circles as Peerzat) is flying in from Minneapolis tomorrow morning. We're gonna head up to Shasta for a climb/ski descent. This is one of my favorite ski descents anywhere – 7000 vertical feet of awesomeness from summit to car.
And it looks like some perfect spring conditions [...]

Wow this is sobering. All those warm spring days when you figure… eh, there's no real avy danger today, right? Well… this reminds you to never ever let your guard down.   
Via TetonAT: