Our man Greg Hill hit his goal of 2 million feet of vert for 2010. (As of yesterday afternoon. He did another 1500 ft. lap after our photographer Tommy Chandler snapped this pic, and he’s planning a few more today.) Next year? 2 billion vertical feet. Better get started now. Congrats Greg! And Happy New [ more... ]

Budget cuts have meant that Devil’s Tower National Monument in Wyoming can’t afford to keep climbing rangers on year round. Of course, inexperienced climbers don’t stop showing up on the last day of the season. So what happens when a few kids on their winter break from college get stuck? They call in the locals…anyone [ more... ]

Another East Coast chairlift broke down yesterday requiring 76 people to be evacuated from a lift at Whiteface Mountain near Lake Placid.  They were lowered via a rope and pulley system, and the operation that took from about 11am until 12:45pm. While that’s a long time to wait for one run, I bet it was [ more... ]

The Goat pops into a Daily Camera article about a Colorado man starting his own magazine. What’s the hook? Well, just check out the article and scroll down a bit for our Goat friend. Thanks Ryan

He did it! Today, with only one day to spare, Greg Hill completed his mission to climb and ski 2 million vertical feet in one calendar year. He hit his mark at Revelstoke amidst his friends and family and a posse of supporters who came out to cheer him on. All of us at Backcountry.com [ more... ]

A Canadian snowmobiler fell about 100 feet down a mine shaft that had been covered over with snow while he was riding in British Columbia. By the time he spotted the mine shaft it was too late. He tried to gun his machine over the open mine but ended up taking a fall. The shaft [ more... ]

And your parents said you’d never use that degree in comparative cultural studies with an emphasis on BS. Now’s the time to marshal your talents and work hard for a couple days so that you can take the next year off. Sure, maybe it’s hard to live on the $7k per year you get from [ more... ]

A backcountry stash that’s been a popular spot for skiers and snowboarders to lap using their snowmobiles will become a motor-free zone shortly. The park service will ban snowmobiles at Richmond Hill near Aspen. Good news for backcountry skiers, bad news for snowmobile dealerships.

It’s turning out to be a rough week for East Coast ski resorts. You throw a couple feet of snow into the normal rotation of ice/rain and it really messes up their game. On the heel’s of yesterday’s lift derailment at Sugarloaf, officials at Snowshoe Mountain Resort in West Virginia had an announcement of their [ more... ]

Pataclimb is an online guide and scoreboard for climbers heading to the region. A pair of friends, Rolo Garibotti and Doerte Pietron are running the project after ages of climbing in Patagonia, and their goal is to keep a running list of what’s been done and also include just enough information for climbers who want [ more... ]