Tag: avalanche
America’s Deadliest Avalanche
I’d always assumed that the worst avalanche accident in America involved a remote mining town or had something to do with the Gold Rush stampede. Miners were notorious for building towns like Alta right in the middle of avalanche run-out zones, then chopping down all of the surrounding trees/anchors for firewood. If it wasn’t that, […]
Ski Mountaineering in Iceland – Photos
In May of 2006, I joined Matt Turley, Dylan Freed, John Griber, John Armstrong and Rob Raker on a trip to northern Iceland for some ski mountaineering. Matt Turley was the originator of this trip as he had been to Iceland in the summer to shoot photos and thought it might make for some good […]
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