Archive for the 'Backcountry' Category

Snowboarding in Scotland

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Living in London, you always look to mainland Europe when thinking about your next snowboarding trip. I’d been meaning to post this photo taken at Glencoe in Scotland earlier this year by the guys at Highland Instinct. What a cracking sight.

Added: just watched this cracking video of some lads hitting up Scottish backcountry…

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Whistler backcountry tour

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

This is a guest post from Paul at Alltracks Academy, who provide Ski & Snowboard Instructor Courses in Whistler.
Like many snowboarders & skiers, I began touring for one simple reason – to hunt powder. Quite frankly, the thought of walking up steep mountains just didn’t seem that sensible when you have gondolas, cable cars, chairlifts, […]

Wild Snow backcountry blog

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

New to my Bloglines feed subscription list is WildSnow.com. I love the site already having only read a few posts.
Mainly I love it cos of the unashamed SEO (search engine optimisation) thrown at it (SEO is my day job). Stuff like “Lou Dawson’s Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog and Website” is brilliant SEO overkill.

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Colorado backcountry photos

Friday, December 1st, 2006

I’m often left drooling by some of the photos that get posted at JP’s Backcountry Blog, and today is no exception. I’m particularly loving these 2 photos posted today:

There’s loads more good stuff in the full post, see for yourself.