A website dedicated to the blissful pursuit of the backcountry experience, wherever mountains rise,

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SKI RESORTS:

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

Telluride Ski Resort

Zermatt

Whistler

Revelstoke

Kicking Horse

St. Anton am Alberg



SKI REPORTS:

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Snow Report

NOAA Weather Forecast, Jackson, WY

BTNF Avalanche Forecast

NOAA Weather Forecast, Telluride, CO

Colorado Avalanche Information Center

Snow Information, Switzerland

Snow Forecast












Take your pick: Resurrection, Jesus, Skinny Mini, Thompson Peak, Sawtooths, Idaho*


* completed
** in the works for 2012/2013
*** never gonna happen



GOOD READING (GENERAL):

The New York Times

NPR

Paul Krugman

The New Yorker

Foreign Affairs

The Huffington Post



GOOD READING (OUTDOORS):

The Ski Journal

Frequency

The Alpinist

National Geographic Adventure

National Geographic Traveler

The Adventure Journal

The Sierra Club magazine

Off-Piste magazine



ARTICLES (OUTDOORS):

Sierra Club Article on SMG: We're Skiing That?

Chute School, Backcountry Magazine

NYTiimes Article: Jackson Hole

NYTimes Article: Zermatt

NYTimes Article: Silverton

NYTimes Article: Doug Coombs, La Grave

Ski Journal Article: La Grave

Powder Magazine: Telluride (Part 1)

Powder Magazine: Telluride (Part 2)

Chamonix: If You Fall Here You Will Die

How Did Things Get This Bad?



SHOPPING:

Patagonia

Black Diamond

REI



PHOTOGRAPHY:

Alpine Exposures

Aaron Teasdale: Photographer

Wide Range Mountain Photography (Jack Brauer)

Jordan Manley: Photographer/Videographer

Lucas Gilman Photography

Patitucci Photo

Chris Burkard

Joseph O. Holmes

Ryan Krueger Photography



PRODUCTION COMPANIES:

Camp4Collective

DolomiteSport

Forge

Felt Soul Media

Sender

Sweetgrass Productions



REPUTABLE MOUNTAIN GUIDES:







RESOURCES:

The Basics: Backcountry Skiing, Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering (Volken, Schell, Wheeler)

The Bible: Mountaineering, The Freedom of the Hills (Ronald C. Eng)

The Textbook: Alpine Climbing (Mark Houston and Kathy Cosley)