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A New Zealand skier taking advantage of the country’s snowy wonderland was chased by a herd of Hereford bulls when she wandered off a trail recently.
After taking a wrong turn, the skier, 55, had to hike 6.5 miles through difficult terrain. She was able to call police from a… Read the rest

 
Surely you’ve heard the news this week about Robert “Sandy” Vietze, an 18-year-old skier who, intoxicated on a JetBlue flight from Portland, Ore. to New York on Wednesday, allegedly urinated on an 11-year-old girl, who was traveling with her father and sister. According to the New York Post… Read the rest, 

This video will make you smile and probably laugh, too. It may also make you feel like a totally unskilled human and/or dog trainer because these guys are smart and talented to boot.
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Last Friday, a group of three young campers and two experienced guides hosted by the British Schools Exploring Society (BSES) were attacked in their tent by a polar bear in Svalbard, Norway. The 14-foot bear killed 17-year-old Horatio Chapple and–according to recent reports–left some of its teeth in the scalp… Read the rest

“It seemed like a good idea at the time,” says Polar Explorer Eric Larsen in the trailer for his film, COLDER… Read the rest, which chronicles his Save the Poles expedition–a journey to raise awareness about the effects of global climate change on the frozen landscapes of our planet.
Then, somewhere during

Shot on location in Chile, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia, Sweetgrass Productions‘ new film, Solitaire… Read the rest, takes the story line of a traditional American Western film and sets within it a backcountry skiing, snowboarding and telemark production. This creates a unique juxtaposition that balances the contrast of powder with the feel

Sure, Jake Gyllenhaal’s pretty–but does he have the balls to climb a mountain or shimmy along a rope across a deep ravine? Actually, he makes the latter look pretty easy.
In this clip, he’s initially oh-so-scared; “This is one of those moments,” Gyllenhaal says, “Face your fear.” But once he’s… Read the rest

This week’s Friday Photo winner is Greg Maino, who submitted the above shot. Here’s what he had to say about it:
Here is my friend Sam Gardner waiting for just the right moment at one of the local spots here on the Keweenaw Peninsula on Lake Superior. The photo was … Read the rest

Mark Twain once said, “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” The same can be said about outdoor gear. Very rarely do you see outdoorsy people wearing little or no clothing. Instead, in the outdoors, it is a woman who makes the clothing decisions;… Read the rest

I’m not a very good snowboarder. In fact, I’ve only been once in my life. I grew up an only child of two parents who were both ski instructors, and when I was 13, when the three of us, together, tried switching from two skis to one board, it was… Read the rest

We realize it’s not Wednesday. We also realize it’s not very nice to laugh at other people’s misfortunes. Enough said.
[Via: Spatziba on Vimeo]… Read the rest

These late season storms have been awesome. Here is some deep Pow from Mt. Bachelor a couple days ago. Thanks to Jason at Crust Productions. Check out more of his work here.
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Penguins and seals and albatross, oh my… Read the rest! OK. All silliness aside, these were some of the wildlife being examined by a crew of scientists who spent seventeen months of travel for the sole purpose of documenting the effects of global climate change on the southern ocean ecosystem.
On a

Earth Day is fast approaching. And though it isn’t quite April 22nd yet, there’s no harm in celebrating the planet early, so we’re here to show you a trailer for an incredibly powerful, melancholic documentary film, The Last Continent.
The Last Continent … Read the restdocuments a group of scientists for 430

On Sunday, April 30th between 11:30 and 3 p.m., up to 120 skiers and snowboarders will convene at Mt. Hood Meadows for the epic 5th Annual Snow-Kona Pond Skim. Once there, participants will attempt to rack up enough speed on their way down the hill to make it across the… Read the rest