These days just about every backcountry snow traveler who is serious, savvy, and responsible has an avalanche beacon, those small radio transceivers that give a buried avalanche victim a chance of being recovered alive by sending out a signal that can be tracked and pinpointed by the other members of the group. Everyone that ventures [...]
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Hosted by K2 Women’s Alliance Member Amy Bauer and Sangre de Cristo Mountain Works of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the K2 Backside Launch is an event to stimulate excitement for and knowledge of K2’s new Backside Adventure line of men’s and women’s skis. This event will take place at Sangre de Cristo Mountain Works Thursday [...]
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When you live in New Mexico, September may be the hardest month to find turns. But just north of Santa Fe, outside Alamosa Colorado, a skier’s oasis exists year round.
Recently, my wife and I headed to Colorado for some early fall hiking. We spent the day scrambling up Mt. Shivano, a local fourteener near [...]
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Santa Fe is a beautiful place with tons of easy access to the back country via many trail heads littered all around the Santa Fe area. While we have one of the countries most extensive urban access wilderness playgrounds this easy access often means ” it is easy to get in trouble”. Often the [...]
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