Fossil Alpinism

Brian was on a business trip to Europe and sent back this picture of a 1200 year old ski tip, from a Stockholm museum ... Now this is truly ...

The ski area is closed but there is still snow. A bunch of our students hiked up to "Wilderness" on the upper part of the mountin ...

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A fantastic resource for the alpine climber. Click here and read the full text issues of the Alpine Journal for the past 60 years. Articles ...

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I never linked them up, but back in the mid-1970s I did all these routes on Teewinot, Mount Owens, and the Grand ... Fabulous alpine routes ...

Just a year ago Carter and my college buddies were cruising these mountains ... however a return trip is in the planning stages for 2013.

Click here to read some interviews with racers before they head up the final hill climb.

After the race overview, there are some great tips on what to take for a rando race or your next light and fast alpine ascent.

Click here for some good advice from Will Gadd.

It seems that the World Cup nordic heavyweights did not fare as well as one might expect in this hybrid race. Hellner, Northug, Newell, and...

For the past 3 days (and 4-5 to come) they are racing on man-made snow up in Craftsbury Vermont. The Super Tour Finals and the National 50k...

Nikon - Deep North from Corey Rich on Vimeo .

A few weeks climbing with Ueli Steck... from Jonathan Griffith on Vimeo . THANKS TO THE ALPINE EXPOSURES WEBSITE.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE NEW OUTSIDE MAGAZINE ARTICLE ABOUT HIM.

With well over a week of weather in the 60s and 70s, it's getting harder and harder to find a place to ski. Whiteface is closing on Sund...

CLICK HERE TO READ THE TRIP REPORT FROM A FOUR DAY, HARD MODERN ROUTE, ON THE CROZ SPUR. SUPERB PICTURES ON THE ALPINE EXPOSURES WEBSITE.

Only the third week in March and it is getting harder and harder finding an accessible workout on snow. Mentally, it is far too early for me...

America has won alpine World Up crystal globes, but not since Bill Koch in 1982 have we nabbed one in a Nordic discipline. Congratulations t...

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Counting all forms of skiing - lift served, randonee, backcountry, and Nordic - I have passed this benchmark for the season. It is true that...

In 30+ years in the Adirondacks I have never seen a run of warm weather like this!

Despite the unseasonable weather, and the low snowfall this winter, there is skiing to be had, if you know where to look and do not mind a l...

As I mentioned previously, these boots show up on many a challenging hard tour. The enclosed picture of the Waterfall Pitch on the Trap Dik...

After a week of use, I am a true believer! Last year before I headed to the Alps, Jan in the Mountaineer told me that these were killer boo...

Eisprinz Chapter three (with Markus Bendler) - Big Icefall collapse from Berni Kogler on Vimeo .

In a take-off on Rene Descartes' famous line, Matt demonstrates his existence by elevating his pain level during and after our 2.5 hour ...

Matt made a short visit to the 'dacks to start his training for Peru. We did an afternoon of laps on P-right, which was rotten and sun ...

CLICK HERE TO READ THIS SHORT ESSAY AT THE TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH WEBSITE.

I spent the morning classic skiing at Dewey Mountain while Lucy was racing ... She hit 14 of 15 targets and skied quite well ... The thaw is...

Skifest Saturday 2012 from ADKBCSKI on Vimeo .

It continues to be a great season in the Alps, and clearly this was the winter to be over there, and nt stuck here in the Northeast. Oh well...

Shortly after the start of the semi-final sprint in the Drammen World Cup race, kikkan Randall had a binding break. Needless to say, after ...

Temperatures today hit the mid-fifties and they will stay there tomorrow too. Great for sugaring but not great for the Lake Placid Loppet wh...

This picture was taken at the start of the 2012 Vail Winter Teva Games. There are at least four key things that a ski mountaineer can learn...

While in the Rockies and Pacific Northwest the avalanches have been due to underlying layers of depth hoar, in Europe the intense warm, sunn...

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I read about this amazing free iPhone app, and tried it out today on one of my laps on the Ladies 5K course. Seemingly very accurate, as it...

CLICK HERE FOR A GREAT TRIP REPORT AND FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPHS.

CLICK HERE TO READ THIS SHORT ARTICLE FROM OUTDOOR RESEARCH ... BEFORE YOU HEAD INTO THE BACKCOUNTRY.

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