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Here are the Alpine Touring Steps You’ll Want to Visualize and Rehearse BEFORE You Ski from the Summit for the First Time

Ski Mountaineering

Ski Mountaineering

Here are the Alpine Touring Steps You’ll Want to Visualize and Rehearse BEFORE You Ski from the Summit for the First Time

The last thing you want to be doing when you are on top of an 11,000-foot mountain preparing to ski from the summit for the first time is to be futzing around with your bindings in a...

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Ski Mountaineering

A Weekend on Mount Hood, with Visions of Newton Headwall, Wy’East Face, Sandy Headwall and Leuthold Couloir

Editor’s Note: Norwegian-born John Loseth is the President of Cascade Ski Club and one of the most experienced ski mountaineers on Mount Hood. Here is his account of a weekend attempting...

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The Terror and Exhilaration of the First Mount Hood Summit

When you are standing on a steep ridge at 11,000-plus feet with your tips over the edge and the green light to hit it first, you really only have one choice about what to do next....

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Ski Mountaineering

A 15-hour Day up Mount Hood’s Sunshine Route

Normally the Sunshine route up to the summit of Oregon’s tallest peak is a two day affair. Our plan was to climb it in a single day. We decided to rip off the band aid as usual. It hurt....

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Ski Mountaineering

Leuthold Couloir, Snow Karma and a Perfect Powder Pay-Back

“Dude, take off your pants!” I’m not sure how this became a substitution for ‘Cheese’ before taking a photo with Mr. Chris Pew but we sure laugh like little kids at...

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Ski Mountaineering

Leave It at Home

“Let the music blast. We gon’ do our dance. Bring the doubters on. They don’t matter at all. Cause this life’s too long and this love’s too strong. So baby...

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Ski Mountaineering

The Second Generation of Avalanche Airbag Backpacks Could Save Your Life

I spied an interesting image in a recent issue of Backcountry magazine: Professional skier Nina Hance wearing both a Backcountry Access Float avalanche airbag backpack and a Black Diamond...

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Ski Mountaineering

Just Keep Climbing

Broday Sunday Funday rolled right into Manic Monday, and firing up my phone I wondered what is it that we are looking for on Facebook, Instagram, or whatever is the next social media...

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Ski Mountaineering

Skiing, Summiting, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Editor’s Note: Asit Rathod has skied all seven major descents from the summit of Mount Hood: Wy’East Face, the Newton Clark Headwall, Cooper Spur, the Sunshine Route, the Sandy Glacier...

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Ski Mountaineering

Oregon-raised ski mountaineering legend ‘American Dave’ Rosenbarger dies in an avalanche in Italy

“American Dave” Rosenbarger, who grew up skiing Oregon and moved to France to ski pristine powder, died in an avalanche today on the Italian side of Mont Blanc....

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