A family in Idaho is suing the U.S. Forest Service because a dead tree near a fire ring fell in a gust of wind and injured their then 6-year-old son. He sustained a large cut, compound fracture, and puncture wound on his back. He was taken to a hospital in Boise by helicopter and recovered. [ more... ]

  A judge blocked a proposed expansion of Homewood Mountain Resort on the west shore of Lake Tahoe yesterday, saying that the developers had not adequately considered a smaller and less environmentally intrusive overhaul. The group had planned to add condos, shops, and a large, four-story hotel, hoping to turn the local-friendly (and money-losing) resort [ more... ]

Two skiers injured at Heavenly Resort have filed suits against the resort’s parent company, Vail. They were injured in separate incidents on the same run, but both have one thing in common—that they were run into by resort employees. The latest suit comes from a 54-year-old woman who was hit by a 20-year-old skier on [ more... ]

See, the key difference here is that once says “ascents” and the other says “descents.” To my non-mountain climber readers, this may be confusing, but “ascent” means “to ascend” and “descent” means “to descend.” I’ll give you an easy way to remember it: ascent=ascend; descent=descend. Got it? It would actually be a lot easier to [ more... ]