High enough where they needed oxygen assistance…
“David Geiser and Jeremy Peclard push the limits to achieve the world’s highest double paraglide jump from a hot air balloon. After requesting an aerial traffic control authorization, the team reached a max altitude of 6050 meters (nearly 20,000 feet). Due to the extreme heights, the paragliders and balloon pilots were supplied with oxygen from the hot air balloon before the drop.”
“Maroon Bowl is a steep northwest-facing slope in the near treeline elevation band. The avalanche broke about 200 feet wide (…)
Significant snowfall in Western North America means that a lot of ski resorts will be extending their season. KTVL reports that Mt. Ashland (…)
While Lift 4 won’t operate at Cuchara Mountain Park in Colorado this winter, the Panadero Ski Corporation has found a solution to bring (…)
The entire Sea-to-Sky region of British Columbia, which follows B.C.’s Highway 99 from Vancouver to just around Whistler, is one of (…)
Just another example of why Candide Thovex is considered by many to be the best skier on the planet. Thinking he was simply going for a fakie (…)
The gray walls of my cubicle were made of plastic and other bland material, but they might as well have been the iron bars of a (…)
A rare East Coast avalanche burial happened Wednesday morning as a skier on Wildcat-B in Carter Notch in New Hampshire was caught in a (…)
There are only a few independent ski resorts remaining in Utah, as many of the major players in the state have gone to corporate owners. (…)
