From the monthly archives:
Okay people, we’re up to 21 22 26 27 32 avalanche deaths. Prudence is always warranted, but especially so this year with such a gnarly snowpack. Please take extra precautions, folks. Travel safe, make good decisions, and check the forecast using this page. I want you alive so you can steal my line some day!
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Sadly, but with remarkable foresight, the island nation of Maldives is planning for a future in which its 1,192 islands have no future: Faced with submersion by rising sea levels, President Mohamed Nasheed announced he’s directing the government to start saving to buy a new homeland for its 380,000 citizens.
A single photo is worth a thousand ski dreams. This magical shot is by Vegar Breie in Strandafjellet, one of five resorts in the fjordland area that have banded together under one lift ticket, called Alpepass. Make the jump to see it uncropped and much, much bigger.
“Vote the Environment” doesn’t stop with the culmination of the presidential election: Congress is set to protect 3 million acres of land across the United States and add safeguards to 1,000 miles of rivers–but it needs encouragement to get its lame-duck butt back to D.C. to approve it.
This is going to be absurdly self-referential and slightly post-modern, but here’s a screen grab from one our webcams. Is that lame, that I used our own content to create new content? Doesn’t matter because HOLY COW, LOOK AT THE LIGHT ON HALF DOME! This sunset light is simply sublime. And it’s not content, anyway. It’s light, glorious radiation that traveled 91 million miles and slanted through a goodly chunk of the earth’s atmosphere to splash on the most iconic of granite monuments. CONTINUE READING…
Do we really need words when this webcam shot looking west from the top of Teton Pass is available? Not even. More pix after the jump.
Bones found last week in the Sierra Nevada a half-mile from the wreckage of aviator Steve Fossett’s plane are indeed Fossett’s, according to the Madera County, California, sheriff’s department. The DNA testing was performed by the state Department of Justice and announced by Sheriff John Anderson.
There’s nothing like a big old honkin’ kicker to get your jib stoke on, so how about one that’s light years high? The Hubble Space Telescope grabbed this shot of giant gaseous cavity (sounds the the Snowbird tram on a Sunday morning) in a region of space called NGC 3324. Glowing gas and shadowy dust create the dramatic image, which is a composite of light emitted by hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur gases. Click on through to see it bigger, along with a few more radical Hubble snapshots.
Telluride Contest Has a Winner: Home-Made Video Grabs the Loot
8 Days of Climbing + 10 Pounds of Tequila = New 1,100-Foot Tepui Route
The Gallery of the OIdest Living Things in the World
60-Second Expert: How to Make a Skiing Kick Turn
And the Oscar For Best Use of Sheep Goes To…
Clothes Make the Man…And They Make A Difference for Nepal’s Women
Surviving A Massive Earthquake and Tsunami: What It Feels Like
Waves That Will Make You Say ‘Hurry Up, Summer’
The New Snow Test That Could Save Your Life
Earth’s Day Shortened, Axis Tilted By Chile Earthquake
The Greenest Job? Might Be Professional Tree Climber
60-Second Expert: The Right Way to Clean Your Goggles
Before There Was The Hurricane, There Was the Double Daffy
Time Lapse of the Milky Way over Hawaii
Al Gore: The Truth, Even With Mistakes, Is Still Inconvenient
Yosemite Valley, California
Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, France
The Pyramids at Giza, Egypt
Bora Bora
