Author: Jason Albert

Redundancy in the Backcountry: GPS Communication Devices

Redundancy in the Backcountry: GPS Communication Devices

Written by | Sep 18, 2023

We can posit how the outing and the fallen climber’s fate could have had a grim outcome had no communication been possible. Imagine if climber #1, badly injured, had the InReach and was either unconscious or physically unable to trigger the SOS. What occurred was a best-case scenario. Climber #2 had cell service; if there was no service, he had the InReach. 

In the episode’s brief show notes, Mulkey writes, “Lots to learn from this story. You won’t take just one GPS communication device into the mountains ever again.”

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SkiPig WX Forecast Workflow Part II

SkiPig WX Forecast Workflow Part II

Written by | Aug 31, 2023

In this follow up interview with meteorologist and skipig.org creator, Joe Messina, we get an in depth analysis of his backcountry specific weather forecasting workflow. From a specific location, mountain forecasts, and GOES sat imagery, we get some hand holding while navigating the wx forecasting space.

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Jim Steenburgh: The Wasatch Weather Weenie and the Forecasting Craft

Jim Steenburgh: The Wasatch Weather Weenie and the Forecasting Craft

Written by | Aug 31, 2023

Wasatch locals and those who lust for the greatest snow on earth know of Jim Steenburgh, the brainchild behind Wasatch Weather Weenies—Mountain Meteorology and Snow Snobbery. Steenburgh’s blog is a digital go-to for those interested in mountain weather forecasts and how and when to line up the steep with the deep. Steenburgh is also the author of Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth, Second Edition: Weather, Climate Change, and Finding Deep Powder in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains and Around the World, originally published in 2014, while a new second edition was released in June. 

Steenburgh has the secrets and we’re in a kiss and tell mood. We had a recent chat with Steenburgh to learn more about his evolving knowledge of the Wasatch and the information he has gleaned since first publishing his book. 

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