Snow Sports
ArchiveDispatches, July 1997 W I L D L I F E Yoo-hoo! Mr. Sasquatch! Debonair woodsman Peter Byrne hones in on his elusive, malodorous prey By Robert Sullivan For The Record…
 Outside magazine, April 1995 In Hunza They Live Forever Is it the water? The apricots? The sublime mountain scenery? Is it all in their heads? High in the Himalayas, looking for a prodigal son who might have the answer. By Rob…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Skiing with Laird Hamilton By Paul Kvinta Occupation: Big-Wave Kahuna Favorite Places to Ski: “Wherever they don’t have rules and regulations.” That means heli-skiing in places like the Chugach Mountains near Valdez, Alaska–“Seventy-five feet of base snow. Yeah,…
Outside magazine, July 1994 Skiing: Step Up and Win a Stigma By Todd Balf (with Derek Rielly) With two-time winner Doug Coombs a mysterious last-minute scratch, last April’s World Extreme Skiing Championships in Valdez, Alaska, was anybody’s contest. In fact, the three-day extravaganza was decided on…
Outside magazine, April 2000 Snows of Yesteryear Mckay Jenkins’s article about the avalanche tragedy that struck Mount Cleveland 30 years ago (“And None Came Back,” February) was spare, elegant, and riveting—so much so that I told my…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Big Weather: The Ice Storm Trees crash through your windows like dead uncles, whole forests go into an exploding collapse. You’ve got your comeuppance. By Barry Hannah Here in Oxford, Mississippi, most of the leaves are fallen and…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Well-Outfitted Snowboarder The Outfits With more than 400 companies offering everything a snowboarder needs to hit the slopes, it’s tough to choose. Here are some solid products we’ve discovered, along with tips on what to…
Outside Magazine, February 1995 Mountaineering: Warning: Geezers Wielding Ice Axes In the latest Himalayan trend, youngest on top is a rotten egg By Laura Hilgers You’re on to an eternal loser when you do that one, aren’t you?” remarks renowned British alpinist…
The World Beat Update the passports and booster shots: Australia, Belize, Peru, Nepal, Zimbabwe, here we come. . . BELIZE I peered over the edge of the boat at the sharks that surrounded…
 Outside Magazine, January 1999 Powder Burn Whatever the suspects behind the worst act of eco-terrorism in U.S. history hoped to accomplish by torching Vail, their agenda likely didn’t include helping the company that owns the resort and…
 Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 The Snow Finder EXTREME MEASURES | BUNK TO BUNK | DETAILS | THE SNOW FINDER | ESSENTIAL GEAR…
Outside Magazine, February 1995 Mountaineering: Tragedy on Pisang By Todd Balf (with Martin Dugard) In one of the worst mishaps in the history of commercial expeditions, ten alpinists from a German climbing club and their Sherpa guide were killed in a freak accident November…
 Outside magazine, October 1997 And Old Views Shall Be Replaced By New It’s just a matter of days now, when this stoppering of China’s signature river, the largest works project of the millennium, will begin. The ambition is tremendous, the environment transformable,…
The trail to some sort of personal peace seemed to wend high into the Himalayas. But where it led was back to an old friend.
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Skiing With Peter Jennings By Paul Kvinta Occupation: Living Room News Fixture Favorite Place to Ski: Whistler/Blackcomb. “That whole area is wonderful. One time I went salmon fishing in the morning, skiing in the afternoon, and then I…
Outside magazine, November 1995 Access & Resources: Skiing the Promised Land By Kathy Martin A Lesson in the holy land of skiing won’t take care of life’s unruliest problems–like the mortgage–but don’t underestimate the redemptive powers of a few well-carved turns and a stein…
Outside magazine, January 1996 Heave To, Felix! Thar Blow th’ Faeroes! For good nautical fun, nothing beats the blizzardy, icebergy waters of the North Sea. Which makes it just the place for two friends willing to go anywhere in the name of unjustifiable adventure.
Outside magazine, July 1994 Kayaking: The World’s Only Class IV Ice Cube By Todd Balf (with Derek Rielly) This month a bush plane will deposit a four-member kayak team on the Barnes Ice Cap, at the geographic center of Canada’s Baffin Island. “Most think we’re insane,”…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Snowboarding: This Isn’t Baseball By Todd Balf With two rival race circuits splitting up the best international talent, several American riders, led by former world champion Mike Jacoby, were happy to devour the inaugural Grundig Snowboard World Cup tour, put…
Outside magazine, March 2000 Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Step Right Up All the guidance and gear you need for a…
Shwoosh! All You Need is Dirt The Hysterical Parent A medical emergency You would be a fool to venture into the wilderness without someone in your party being certified in first aid. Call your pediatrician or hospital for information…
 Outside magazine, February 1997 South of the Border, Upside-Down Mexico Way In remote Zapatista country, the good people of Chiapas are engaged in a once-a-year chance to upend the world. Men become women. Night becomes day. And a pilgrim in a rental…
Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 Hut, Two, Three, Four… Bunk to bunk on backcountry skis By Lisa Jones EXTREME MEASURES | BUNK TO BUNK | DETAILS | THE…
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 Outside magazine, October 1997 Roof of the World, Center of a Universe Jostling between the spiritual and the secular in Kathmandu, once and future base camp for all manner of quests By Bob Shacochis “And the wildest dreams…
 Outside magazine, August 1998 The First Law of Gravity Namely, that that which rises must eventually fall. A law that even the king of the Alaskan bush pilots probably can’t ignore forever. By Daniel Coyle Early morning at Ultima…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Euro-Ski Deals If you pick the right package, a trip from New York to the Alps can cost about the same as trip to the Rockies. The following prices are per person for one-week trips that include airfare from JFK, lodging, ground…
Traveler’s Almanac, 1999 Annual Travel Guide Deals Frequent Freebies Skiing your brains out has its rewards By Peter Oliver Skiing is going corporate. In the past three years, large conglomerates have been swallowing up independent resorts at a dizzying…
Outside magazine, December 1995 The Archdruid in Winter By Larry Burke Years ago a developer wisecracked that David Brower worshiped trees and sacrificed human beings, thus tagging him with a nickname he’s carried proudly ever since: the archdruid. A mountaineer and editor who became…
Outside magazine, March 1996 Skates That Cruise the Learning Curve Quick, high-performance rides to take you from early T-stops to in-line confidence By Andrew Tilin Skates that keep up with you–that should be your watchword at the local in-line shop. That’s because…
Outside magazine, January 1998 Review The Other Stuff Leedom Limit Snowboard Helmet THE STREAMLINED HOME GYM | ESSENTIALS | THE OTHER STUFF | BOOKS Leedom…
Home Bases, Summer 1998 Why Own When You Can Rent? Your own front porch, space to spread out — everything you need except for room service Nantucket, Massachusetts Nantucket, with its rose-covered saltbox cottages and cobblestone streets,…
Outside magazine, November 1995 Postnuptial Agreements Four resorts where you and your new-to-the-sport partner can find downhill harmony By Ron C. Judd You share private moments, swap toothbrushes, even exchange vows. Big deal. Agree on the perfect ski vacation, and people will…
Cover, November 1998 The Deep, White Secret Think Whistler is the only thing that British Columbia has to offer? Think again. By Ron C. Judd Then Again, Who Needs Lifts? There’s deep. There’s really deep. And then there’s the…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide The Snowfinder First pick your place Alta Ski Area, Utah Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Colorado Aspen, Colorado Bear Valley Ski Area, California…
 Outside magazine, November 1996 There Must Be a God In Haiti Beyond the madness, beyond the fatalism he had succumbed to, was a far more complicated and blessed place. A possibly redemptive journey through history’s most battered nation. As close as the…
Outside magazine, December 1997 Solo Faces A black outdoorsman takes a wilderness census, and finds it disturbingly light By Eddy L. Harris Night was falling all around the dusty mountains of southeastern Utah. It was a warm, clear…
Dispatches, August 1998 Exploration Hello … Anybody Out There? Two climbers get first dibs on an untouched wilderness of peaks By Hampton Sides Dave Briggs got his first aerial glimpse of Greenland’s Sweizerland Mountains from a Bell 210 helicopter…
Outside magazine, December 1995 Skiing: Go, Cat, Go! How to get heli-skiing’s powder and vertical–for half the cost By Clifford D. May The ultimate in skiing is found not at Vail or Aspen, Whistler or Val d’Isere, but on backcountry peaks doused…
Outside magazine, January 1996 Skills: Perfecting the Safer Ski Spill By Scott Sutherland If you subscribe to the same code of inflated alpine honor as I do, to fall is to fail–something to be avoided at all costs, even if it means flailing wildly…
Outside magazine, January 1996 Buying Right: Winter-Wise Boots By Glenn Randall Insulated hiking boots are more expensive than rubber-bottomed, felt-lined pac boots, and they’re not quite as warm. But pac boots aren’t made for walking; for anything a step more vigorous than ice fishing…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Inns & Lodges: The Inn on Winter’s Hill, Kingfield, Maine By Scott Sutherland Winter in western Maine’s Carrabassett Valley means throngs of powder hounds swarming the slopes of Sugarloaf. Spring and summer, by comparison, are the calm after the storm–especially…
Bodywork, May 1997 In-line Skating By Jim Harmon If you’re in search of powerful, walnut-cracking thighs, strap on those in-line skates. “Some people describe well-developed skaters as T-rexes on wheels: huge legs, small arms,” says Mark Greenwald, a former U.S. Olympic speed…
Outside Magazine, November 1994 Buying Right: Alpine Extremity-Warmers By Bob Woodward Check in with any eight-person ski-school class: Two students’ extremities are warm and limber, those of two others are stiff with cold, and four pupils are wiggling their fingers and toes thanks to…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Snowboarding–It’s a Right, Not a Privilege Accept no flak from those hostile two-plankers: seven resorts that want you By Eric Blehm During the mid-to-late eighties, if a ski resort allowed snowboarding at all, it was automatically considered friendly.
Outside magazine, November 1995 Matches Made in the Heavens No matter what your alpine aptitude, a guide to finding that resort of your dreams By Ron C. Judd Fellow skiers, it’s time to take stock. Park yourself in a chair, rub that…
 Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Mountain Maximus You can’t ski in the fast lane without plenty of high-speed quads Lake Louise Ski Area | Aspen/Snowmass Ski Area | Vail | Squaw Valley…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide No Seaweed Body Wraps Here It’s not the foofy frills that matter — it’s the mountain By Peter Shelton Fuggeddaboudit. some mountains got the goods, and some sidestep their insufficiencies with theme parks…
The Trip-Finder, January 1999 Argentina Climbing Aconcagua via the Guanacos Valley Route Outfitter Price Accommodations Aventuras Patagonicas 888-203-9354, www.climbnet.com/ patagonia $3,000 camping The Route: Tackling the 22,834-foot summit of the highest peak outside the…
Outside magazine, March 1996 Mountaineering: It Came from Rockford High-altitude mutant Ed Viesturs’s careful assault on the top of the world By Andrew Tilin “It was all about putting another deposit in the Karma National Bank,” says Ed Viesturs…
Outside magazine, August 1998 Field Notes: Cirque du Sailor Amid big-league swells, the world’s fastest ocean race runs aground in Baltimore By Bucky BcMahon Sometime before dawn on an otherwise ordinary Wednesday in spring, nine oceangoing sloops began feeling their…
The Downhill Report, December 1996 Best Tree Skiing Ski Homewood, California For really memorable tree skiing, it helps to get in touch with your inner pooch. “You have to act like a bloodhound to find the perfect mix of snow, trees, and slope,”…
Outside magazine, December 1995 Strategies: Saving Your Eyes from Dubious Ski Specs By Dana Sullivan It’s a bright, beautiful day on the hill as you step into your bindings. Sunscreen and lip balm have been applied. You pat your jacket pocket to locate your…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Winter Camping: Garuda Emeishan By Douglas Gantenbein Freestanding tents long ago cornered the market thanks to their strength, stability, and convenience. But what’s often overlooked is that tents that must be staked and guyed can be just as strong —…
Outside magazine, May 1994 Sled-dog Racing: Like, Mush By Todd Balf Up North, where men are men and Susan Butcher is still the biggest name in sled-dog racing, there’s a new name to learn: Jessica Royer, a bona fide teen phenom who took…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide Gear to Go Winter Ware Skating skis, snowshoes, and other toys By Stuart Craig The toughest part of a backcountry getaway is deciding what gear to bring. Do you cater to your…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Alpine Skiing: The K2 Four By Will Gadd I’m wary of any piece of equipment touted as having a “brain,” as K2 touts its new Four alpine skis. I don’t care how “smart” the piezoelectric damping system sounds; I prefer…
Family Vacations, Summer Pedal with the Pros! Mountain-Bike racing for mini-riders It’s midsummer and the kids are tired of popping wheelies in the driveway — and you’re tired of watching them. You’ll all learn plenty of…
Family Vacations, Summer 1997 Fishing! No…Sailing! No…Biking! At a multisport resort, deciding how to play is the hardest thing you’ll do all day I t may be the best of all worlds: a camplike array of things to do,…
 Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Mountain Medium Kirkwood Resort | Mount Bachelor Ski and Summer Resort | Telluride Ski Resort | Stowe Mountain Resort | Crested Butte Mountain Resort |…
 Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 The Rockies–Snow Like It Ought To Be Never mind the glitterati and the wannabes–the perfectly fluffed white stuff will keep you coming back By Peter Shelton The high, curved spine of the Rockies cradles some of the…
Outside magazine, June 1995 Camping: Bibler Escalante Tents By Rod Willard What happens when a legendary maker of single-wall expedition tents builds a model for those of us who don’t spend our vacations in the Himalayas? We get the benefit of extreme-adventure experience in…
Outside magazine, September 1995 The Flatland’s Private Big Blue What’s so great about the Great Lakes? Big water, big winds, big wilderness. By Mike Steere Great Lakes people use statistics calculated to amaze–like the lakes’ six quadrillion gallons of water being enough…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Books: The Archdruid’s Happy Screed By Andrea Barrett Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run: A Call to Those Who Would Save the Earth, by David Brower with Steve Chapple (HarperCollins West, $20). With the 25th anniversary of…
Outside Magazine, November 1994 Telemark Skiing: The Mountain Noodle By Ted Dean Telemark skis have evolved from vermicelli-narrow to lasagna-broad, giving telly skiers access to the arena of powder and crud that used to sink skinny skis in their tracks. The downside: On wide…
Outside magazine, March 1995 Skiing: The Amazing Three-Week Dynasty By Todd Balf (with Jim Kelly, Martin Dugard, and Alison Osius) Olympic glory hasn’t always done wonders for the U.S. Ski Team. After Bill Johnson won downhill gold in ’84, the program more or less…
Outside Magazine, February 1995 Turning Winter into Spring Training Forget about waiting for the thaw. There’s a foot of fresh resistance out there. By Mark Jannot Ray Browning takes the same approach to winter training as every other world-class triathlete: He heads…
Outside magazine, December 1996 Better Get a Big Sleigh Not even the Grinch could make off with this season’s bounty By Bob Howells Harley-Davidson Limited Edition by GTSettle into the soft leather saddle, grab those swept-back bars, strap a…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Speed Skating: Bonnie Blair’s Entirely Predictable Farewell Tour By Todd Balf Rarely does an athlete bid farewell to a sport while at the top of his or her game. But at 31, Bonnie Blair has just wrapped up one of…
Outside magazine, January 1996 Backcountry Skiing: The Alpine Trekker By Glenn Randall Alpine skiers who long to explore the backcountry have always had a single option: buy a separate alpine-touring setup. Now a hybrid device called the Alpine Trekker is a ticket to take…
Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 Cruise-O-Matic Because bump-free is always better By Ron C. Judd CRUISE-O-MATIC | DETAILS, DETAILS | HEY, THAT’S MY COAST | ESSENTIAL GEAR…
 Family Vacations, Summer 1998 Vacation Bulletins News for adventurous families BULLETINS The Summer Calendar The fun begins June 4! Solutions for Single Parents An increasing…
 Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Mountain Minimal Just you, your maker, and a whole lot of white stuff Alta Ski Area | Mount Baker Ski Area | Taos Ski Valley | Red…
 Outside magazine, October 1997 Dyn-O-Mite! A visual history of all the gear we couldn’t — and still can’t — do without By Andrew Tilin and Mike Grudowski The Best of Toys, the Worst of Toys Endless…
Outside magazine, July 1996 Mountaineering: Who, Moi? A year after Alison Hargreave’s tragic death on K2, Chantal Mauduit stakes claim as the sport’s newest star By Lolly Merrell “I admired her, but you see, we are very different,” says French alpinist Chantal…
Outside magazine, February 1996 The Outside Trip-Finder: Asia and the Pacific By Kathy Martin AUSTRALIA: Sea Kayaking the Great Barrier Reef The Route: A three- to eight-day Coral Sea paddle along the coral…
Outside magazine, September 2000 Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Baring All The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory, by Peter and…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Skiing With Bruce Babbitt By Paul Kvinta Occupation: Head Tree-Hugger Favorite Place to Downhill: “When I’m traveling out West, I usually try to route my trip through Salt Lake City because the slopes are so accessible to the…
The Downhill Report, December 1996 Best Place to Learn How to Ski Buttermilk at Aspen, Colorado A hop, skip, and off-the-lip jump from Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk draws about 1,000 first-timers each season, including, as you might imagine, various people from the greater Beverly…
Outside magazine, November 1995 Winter Training, Any Way You Carve It Snow-sport dabblers, beware: The more pursuits you take up, the more varied your regimen should be By Sara Corbett Impressed last winter by the flocks of pirouetting telemarkers and snowboarders, I…