Category Archives: News
Is It Accumulating?
Jim Stanford wrote this on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Tagged as Jackson Hole, JS+ Categorized as News, Skiing
(Waldo found: JHMR athlete Andrew Whiteford needs a snorkel. Tristan Greszko photo.)
Last week’s storm brought some impressive snowfall around the West, including 66 inches at Silverton and 82 inches at Alta. After the chart from [...]
Big Wally Memorial
Jim Stanford wrote this on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Tagged as Avalanche, Jackson Hole, Ski Patrol+ Categorized as News, Skiing
Last week some 500 people gathered at Teton Village to celebrate the life of Jackson Hole ski patroller Mark “Big Wally” Wolling, who was buried in an avalanche while on duty Jan. 6.
Brad Boner, photographer [...]
Text Donations Yield Flood of Aid Money for Haiti
Jim Stanford wrote this on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Tagged as caribbean, disasters, earthquakes+ Categorized as Causes, News
(The U.S. Army unloads supplies sent by helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.)
Mobile fund-raising could be the charity wave of the future. Through Sunday, the American Red Cross had raised more than $100 [...]
Community in Shock as Avalanche Buries Patroller
Jim Stanford wrote this on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Tagged as Avalanche, Ski Patrol+ Categorized as Jackson Hole, News, Skiing
(”Big Wally,” far right, with friends Kirk Speckhals and Tom Foley.)
For the second time in two winters, Jackson Hole ski patrollers are facing a tough fight against Mother Nature, trying to reduce the avalanche danger [...]
A Fresh Line
Jim Stanford wrote this on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Tagged as blogs, Cloudveil+ Categorized as News
Welcome to the new site.
Yes, you’re in the right place. New design, new name, same great content and passion for the outdoors, brought to you by Cloudveil. From Vermont to the Sierras, Alaska to the [...]
Inspiration, Oceans and TED
Joe Klementovich wrote this on Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Categorized as Ambassadors, Causes, Nature, News, Oceans, Uncategorized, VideosIf you have never explored the website TED.COM you need to close this and go explore it. If you have been there go back and spend some more time exploring the multitude of stories and [...]
continue readingBriggs Inducted
Wogo wrote this on Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Categorized as Bill Briggs, News, SkiingThe Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame officially recognized the class of 2008 with an induction ceremony in Park City on April 4th. Hometown favorite and ski mountaineering pioneer Bill Briggs was among the list [...]
continue readingThat’s Mr. Bie To You
Wogo wrote this on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Categorized as Fishing, NewsIf I had to write down at gunpoint the Top Five Places I’d never expect Tom Bie to show up, The New York Times Fashion section would be right up there with a Pampered Chef [...]
continue readingPublic Lands Package
Wogo wrote this on Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Categorized as News, WildernessLast summer I wrote about a trip I took to Washington to lobby on behalf of what was then called US Senate Bill 3213. With passage through the House last week, and the signing of [...]
continue readingAlpinist Rising
Dan Long wrote this on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Categorized as Alpinist, NewsHeight of Land Publications (publisher of Backcountry Magazine and Telemark Skier Magazine) officially announced yesterday that long-time Climbing Magazine editor Michael Kennedy will be editing the newly-relaunched Alpinist.
The decision to hire Kennedy and former Senior [...]
