This week’s Photo is inspired by cold, coziness, snow and friends. All of which many of us are trying to combine this Thanksgiving Holiday week.
We find ourselves in Moab, Utah and are fortunate enough to have been offered dinner with some new friends we met only a week ago. We’re staying at an amazing little [...]
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This week’s selection is meant to be inspiration. Snow is falling, thoughts are turning to skiing and the coming ski rando season is nearly upon us. This photo is from the start line in Corvara, in the Alta Badia.
Last year I did my first races in Italy and had a great time, I also got [...]
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It is a difficult decision to share what I have to share. But, I truly believe it is important, critical even, that this sort of story is told. It is something that every backcountry skier hopes never happens.
The great war photographer, James Nachtwey once said that the reason he makes the very difficult photos that [...]
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A good friend of our’s from the US, Susie Sutphin, just stayed two weeks with us here in the Italian Dolomites. Together we pushed the limits of our legs and motivation, managing to ski every single day of her visit, 2 weeks solid. Included was Austria’s Silvretta Tour, a few days in the Zillertal Group, [...]
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When I first started coming to the Dolomites I kept hearing about all the couloirs. Today I really found out what they are about.
Together with Janine, Andreas Irsara, Susie Sutphin and Arnt (last name unknown…) we headed out for what Susie would later describe as, “The best day of my life!!!”.
First up was the more [...]
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Lou Dawson is a legend in the American ski culture. Primarily known as the first person to ski all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000 foot peaks, he is also a pioneer of backcountry skiing, a leader who brought about awareness of ski touring ideas to the US and the daily manager and writer for the tremendously [...]
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