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Professional skier and alpinist, Chris Davenport of Aspen, Colo., completed his quest to ski four of the highest and most famous peaks in the Alps: Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa and the Eiger. Davenport, who famously skied all 54 of Colorado_s 14 thousand foot peaks last year, completed...
Kamchatka’s volcanoes have been attracting ski mountaineers from all over the world. This new kind of extreme ski tours includes a long and difficult climb followed by a lightning-fast descent, with one’s vision blurred by the swirling snow common in Kamchatka all year round.
May/June Courses by the Colorado Mountain School. May: ski mountaineering backcountry trips. May: self-rescue courses. June: crack-climbing trip in Vedauwoo, Wyo. Other clinics include rock and ice, indoor and outdoor; all classes for various levels and techniques; locations in Boulder and Estes...
The Denver Post's Outdoor Extremes calendar for Colorado. ... Calendar submissions Send info 14 to 21 days in advance to OEcalendar@denverpost.com or send fax to 303-866-9004. May/June Courses by the Colorado Mountain School. May: ski mountaineering backcountry trips....
Jon Maletz ... Chris Webster courtesy photo Group members make their way toward the Summit of Capitol Peak on Monday afternoon. Last week, when friends Pete Sowar and Frank Konsella first discussed the idea of tackling the famed peak with Rice's husband, former Aspenite...
Rescuers say they have found the bodies of five French ski mountaineers who were missing since being swept away by an avalanche during an excursion in Italy's northwestern Alps. ... ROME - Rescuers on Thursday found the bodies of five French ski mountaineers who had been...
Skiing backcountry terrain changes a person's relationship with the mountains forever. Part of its mystique is staying slightly separated from the masses. Come spring, it's also a good way to shed cabin fever or any other infirmities of winter. ... By Robert Frohlich •...
Touring the Swiss Alps, Simon Akam discovers that a pair of skis is an essential item for an uphill journey ... The gully, slick with water ice, is different from what has come before. With any luck, I tell myself, on this, the sixth day of the Silvretta Traverse, we...
