REI is well into their #ForceOfNature campaign. The goal is to “level the playing field” for women recreating outdoors. This week they launched a video featuring Utah’s own Caroline Gleich titled, Follow Through. The film documents Gleich’s successful attempt to be the first woman to ski all 90 routes in Andrew McLean’s classic steep-skiing guide…
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Luke Hinz aims to ski entire “The Chuting Gallery” in one season
Andrew McLean’s guide book, The Chuting Gallery, is a work found on every Utah backcountry skier’s shelf. In it is a checklist of 90 of the steepest, narrowest, and spiciest ski lines in the Wasatch. Skiing all of them is a massive and brave feat that takes years to accomplish. But one local skier, Luke…
Video: Powderwhore Productions’ “Some Thing Else” Trailer
You know fall is knocking on our doors when ski movie trailers start hitting the interwebs. Well, Utah’s own Powderwhore Productions released the trailer for their latest yearbook ski flick. “Some Thing Else” is the name of their 2014/15 ski season creation, starring many local skiers like the Provo Brothers, Noah Howell and Andrew McLean….
New Backcountry Enthusiast Magazine Announced
Backcountry skiing and snowboarding has exploded in popularity in recent years, both in user numbers and sales of backcountry-specific gear. In response, a new backcountry skiing and splitboarding-centric magazine will hit newsstands later this year. Ascent – Backcountry Snow Journal will be distributed all across the west, for free, starting fall of 2014. Our good…