National Parks Service OKs Fixed Anchors
For the time being, the National Park Service will not oppose fixed anchors in Wilderness.
Category: Mountain Dispatches
Mountain Dispatches
The home for topical news, travel-related pieces, significant descents, and more in-depth reporting here at The High Route: Mountain Dispatches is where we distill the noise into longer and short-form pieces related to our experiences in the backcountry.
You can find specific Mountain Dispatches here: News, Significant Descents, The Fact Finding, and Travel.
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Advocacy Around Winter Parking for Backcountry Skiers/Riders in Washington
THR’s follow up to our story last month regarding wintertime parking dynamics in and around Washington’s Snoqualmie Pass. Here, we connect with the Cascade Backcountry Alliance to learn more the sexy topic of Washington State’s winter parking issues for those looking to access higher alpine terrain.
Early December Backcountry Touring News
Early season backcountry touring news brings us greatest-lines-ever, snow instabilities, and G3 is back in business.
New Research on Trauma and Avalanche Fatalities
McCammon & McNeil put forward within their newly released paper that after analyzing nearly five decades of avalanche fatalities, trauma now accounts for nearly 50% of all fatalities. This, in theory, puts asphyxiation and trauma on similar levels of likelihood. And that is actually quite a big deal.
AI and Avalanche Forecasting: A Conversation
We chat with Dr. Pascal Haegeli about artificial intelligence and snow science. Haegeli is an expert in avalanche safety research working on projects in Canada and worldwide.
