Lou Dawson is a ski mountaineer, founder of WildSnow.com, author, and the first person to ski down all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks. We discuss all of the above; the history and current state of backcountry skiing; and his new guidebook, Light Tours of Colorado: Mellow Backcountry Ski Routes to Minimize Avalanche Exposure, published by Beacon Guidebooks.
(We had Beacon Guidebooks founder, Andy Sovick, on episode #152 of the Blister Podcast, “On Guidebooks & Decision Making in the Backcountry”. Check it out.)
TOPICS & TIMES:
- Founding Wild Snow (6:05)
- Lou’s first guidebook (13:36)
- Rationale for creating guidebooks? (16:07)
- Biggest developments in backcountry skiing? (22:17)
- Current state of backcountry skiing (30:48)
- New guidebook, Light Tours of Colorado, 2nd edition (38:10)
- Future projects? (54:30)
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what happened to wildsnow? Looks dead, feed offline site isn’t updated.