Yesterday | Denver Post
Snowplows blazing trails for Colorado's high-country travelers
A snowblower attached to the front of a Colorado Department of Transportation loader chews an 8-foot-wide swath through the 5-foot-high snowpack 2 miles from the summit of Independence Pass.
Thursday | OpenSecrets
The real IRS scandal is not the targeting of tea party groups ; it's the shocking lack of much scrutiny at all of the vast majority of politically active nonprofits that poured hundreds of millions of dollars into our elections over the last four years, our Executive Director Sheila Krumholz and Board Chairman Robert Weinberger write in today's New ... (more)
Thursday | Salt Lake Tribune
Utah avalanche season exacts heartbreaking toll
Four people died, equaling the average number of fatalities annually in snowslides around the state.
Thursday | Joystiq
Avalanche teaser images were steampunk sandbox game now 'on ice'
Avalanche Studios founder Christofer Sundberg's pictorial tweet teases generally thought to be Just Cause 3 or a Mad Max game were actually a steampunk sandbox game the studio was working on five years ago.
Man Survives Avalanche by 'Swimming'
Swim. Thrashing around in a swimming motion probably saved the life of a British man who was descending Mount Blanc.
Everest veterans see lessons through 50-year lens
At Bras for a Cause on Saturday night at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, Dave Johnson cheers as Heather Asbell models the Whiskey-A-Go-Girl bra, sponsored by his business, Whiskey Barber, and decorated by Julie Martin-Stacey. PRICE CHAMBERS/JACKSON HOLE DAILY Tom Hornbein receives a kata scarf and welcome blessing from Sange Sherpa at a reception ... (more)
Snow job atop Independence Pass
A snow blower attached to the front of a Colorado Department of Transportation loader chews an eight-foot-wide swath through the five-foot-high snowpack two miles from the summit of Independence Pass.
Father, daughter killed after boulder falls on their tent on Blackcomb Mountain
Credit : http://www.austinross.ca/. The view into the Blackcomb Glacier from the top of the Showcase T Bar.
3 BYUI Students Found Stranded In Cave
Twenty-three members of the Teton County Search and Rescue team responded to a report Sunday morning of students from BYU-Idaho who had gone caving at the adjoining Wind & Ice Caves Saturday and had failed to return.
Colorado: Summit recpath open for the summer
Summit County trail managers say the local recpath system is good to go for the summer.
Jennifer Rubin Gloats Over Richwine's Scalp, Wants More
Jason Richwine, the co-author of a controversial Heritage study that has invited an avalanche of blistering criticism, has resigned from Heritage, the first step in what will be an effort to contain the damage arising from the report.
Body of Renton dentist lost in avalanche is found on Snoqualmie Pass
The body of Dr. Mitch Hungate, a long-time Renton dentist, was found by searchers on Granite Mountain on Snoqualmie Pass early Wednesday morning.
Thanks to frequent cloud cover, some visitors only ever get to see Rainier on Washington's license plates.
The Snow Fall story: Marrying long-form narrative with captivating visuals
When it comes to innovative, beautiful, long-form digital storytelling, there is one project in particular which is likely to spring to mind for many in the journalism world, and that is Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek .
Atomic interferometry: The function of waves
IN 1887 Albert Michelson and Edward Morley used an interferometer to measure the speed of light.
Freezing temperatures and the risk of avalanche may be gone but that doesn't make the wilderness surrounding Prince George any less dangerous.
Joe Sakic likely to take larger role in Colorado Avalanche front office
Avalanche great Joe Sakic soon is expected to take on a larger role in the team's front office, an NHL source said Wednesday.
Climber's arduous 22 hours with injured companion
Queenstown climber Ben Dare spent 22 hours helping injured companion Scott Scheele descend 500m down the side of Himalayan mountain Anidesha Chuli, or White Wave , earlier this week.
Body of missing avalanche victim found
King County Search and Rescue located the body of missing avalanche victim Mitch Hungate Wednesday morning, according to Sgt.
Officials find body of Renton dentist killed in April avalanche
King County officials found the body of Renton dentist Mitch Hungate on Wednesday morning, nearly a month after he went missing in an avalanche on Granite Mountain near Snoqualmie Pass.