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Weekend Warm-Up: Andrzej Bargiel’s Doo Sar Karakorum Adventure

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Watch: Heat Stroke and Awful Skiing as Honnold, Townsend Link Death Valley to Mt. Whitney

It's 217 kilometres from the lowest point in the...
Espen Finstad (Secrets of the Ice) and Julian Post-Melbye (Museum of Cultural History) free an ancient ski from the Digervarden ice patch on Sept. 26, 2021. Image: Glacier Archaeology Program / Secrets of the Ice

Best-Preserved Ancient Skis Turn Up — Where Else? — in Norway

On September 20 of this year, a field archaeologist...

Antarctic Triathlon: 5,300km from Patagonia to the South Pole

On November 20, Antonio de la Rosa will begin...
Aerial operations search for missing skier Rudi Moder at RMNP in Feb. 1983 Photo RMNP

Long-Lost Skier’s Body Found After 38 Years

On February 13, 1983, 27-year-old ski mountaineer Rudi Moder...

Smithwick and Kuo Will Try to Ski Dhaulagiri

Dhaulagiri is not just one more ski line to...

Weekend (Not So) Warm-Up: Exit the North Pole

In 2019, two arctic explorers battled across the arctic...

First Ski Descent of the SW Face of the Bietschhorn

Paul Bonhomme, Vivian Bruchez, and Giles Sierro have made...
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First Ski Descent of the West Face of Mont Pouzenc

French mountain guide Paul Bonhomme has made the first...

Video: Andrzej Bargiel’s Ski of Laila Peak

Andrzej Bargiel's team has posted a brief but spectacular...

Andrzej Bargiel Skis Laila Peak

Andrzej Bargiel has just bagged his expedition's second goal:...

Video: Andrzej Bargiel’s Ski Descent of Yawash Sar II

Andrzej Bargiel has shared some details of his first...
Portrait of Andrzej Bargiel in down jacket

Andrzej Bargiel Makes First Ascent of Yawash Sar II, Skis Down

Today, Andrzej Bargiel and Yendrek Baranowski made the first...

Updated: Karakorum Skiers Risk COVID Closures

Andrzej Bargiel and Luke Smithwick are continuing their separate...

Martina Valmassoi Breaks Uphill Ski Record

The Italian runner and ski racer covered the equivalent...

Freerider Luca Pandolfi Killed in Avalanche

"No way out" once the slide began Freeride champion Luca...

Sophie Lenaerts on Exploring the Biafo Glacier

When Pakistan reopened to climbers last fall, a handful...

First Ski Descent of Mount Nelson

As children, Christina "Lusty" Lustenberger and Ian McIntosh learned...

Lukasz Supergan Completes Winter Crossing of Poland

On January 4, Lukasz Supergan started a 1,080km trek...
ski tracks on Half Dome

Half Dome, Summit to Valley, on Skis

Jason Torlano, 45, and Zach Milligan, 40, are old...
Skiing Ukraine's Carathian Mountains

The First Solo Ski Across Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains

On February 14, Igor Magnovsky began a solo ski...

Avalanches Plague Western U.S., Europe

Last Saturday, eight backcountry skiers were caught in an...

Weekend Warm-Up: A Few Steps from Home

Between Innsbruck and their home in Munich, three German...

A Grassroots Gem: Telemark Journal

Association and club publications have always been a big...

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