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VertFest
Loading ...[ February 18, 2012; February 19, 2012; ] Vertfest 2012 is here – Prepare for a weekend covered in snow and slathered with awesomesauce!
For the sixth year in a row, Outdoor Research is bringing you the most incredible celebration of backcountry and sidecountry verticulture the world has ever seen: Vertfest is back with a vengeance in 2012, and is kicking off on Saturday, [...]
MEC Knuckle Basher
Loading ...[ February 11, 2012; February 12, 2012; ] The 2012 Knuckle Basher Ice Festival is coming Saturday and Sunday, February 11-12th. Canmore, Alberta will once again be home to this incredible weekend of ice hosted by MEC with clinics led by Yamnuska Mountain Adventures. The weekend also features demos, photography clinics, an evening with Jen Olsen, and coincides with the Canmore Winter Carnival.
Find [...]
Mt. Washington Valley Ice Festival
Loading ...[ February 3, 2012; February 4, 2012; February 5, 2012; ] Friday, February 3 through Sunday the 5th is the 19th Annual Mt. Washington Valley Ice Festival in North Conway, NH. This year promises to be one to remember. The list of guest guides, including OR athletes Bayard Russel and Emilie Drinkwater is enough to inspire attendance, and the evening programs featuring Will Gadd, a film [...]
Ouray Ice Festival
Loading ...[ January 5, 2012; January 6, 2012; January 7, 2012; January 8, 2012; ] The Ouray Ice Festival takes over the park January 5th – 8th. A long weekend full of clinics, demos, a comp showdown with some of the best climbers in the field, good times and great brews with awesome folks. We’ll see you there! Swing by the OR booth for demos of gloves, gaiters, puffy jackets [...]
Midwest Mountaineering Fall Expo
Loading ...[ November 18, 2011; 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm. November 19, 2011; 9:00 am to 6:30 pm. November 20, 2011; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Midwest Mountaineering presents the 53rd Annual Fall Expo, November 18-20th. Featuring programs on mountaineering including a presentation by Peter Athans on “Everest’s Summit to the Silk Road”, cycling, canoeing, dogsledding, hiking, and more to pique the interest of outdoors people of every skill level. The Fall Expo also coincides with the Banff Mountain Film Festival. [...]
Triple Crown Bouldering Series
Loading ...[ October 1, 2011; October 8, 2011; November 5, 2011; ] Coming this fall! Three bouldering comps in some of the Southeast’s premiere bouldering locations to benefit the Southeast Climbers Coalition and the Carolina Climbers Coalition. Join in for one or all three and push your passion for the sport! We’ll see you at:
Saturday, October 1 at Hounds Ears, Boone, NC
Saturday, October 8 at Stone Fort, [...]
3rd Annual Lumpy Waters Symposium
Loading ...[ October 14, 2011; October 15, 2011; October 16, 2011; ] Join Alder Creek Kayaks and Outdoor Research for the 3rd annual Lumpy Waters Sea Kayak Symposium at Pacific City, Oregon this October 14th, 15th and 16th.
World class coaches will be on hand to help you build your skill set or teach you your first roll.
Check out this cool video that highlights the surf and caving [...]
Finding the Lacuna Slideshow
Loading ...[ October 7, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The Pirates of Rad are coming to Seattle! See their slideshow and hear tales of their climbing adventures in Alaska this past spring.
“In the winter of 2010, Mark Allen called me about a photo he had come across of a glacier in Alaska of which we had never heard. We determined that it was possibly [...]
Winter Wildlands Alliance Call for Film Submissions
Loading ...[ September 15, 2011; ] The 7th Annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival wants your submissions!
Film submissions are due September 15th! Professional and grassroots filmmakers are all encouraged to submit their films under 30min that take place in winter, and feature non-motorized recreation or climate change.
More details can be found on the Winter Wildlands Alliance site.
Winter Wildlands Alliance Day of Action
Loading ...[ October 1, 2011; ] The Winter Wildlands Alliance and US Forest Service are teaming up for the CLIF Bar Day of Action, October 1st.
Join in to help maintain wildlands near you. There are opportunities to participate at three work sites:
1. Winegar Hole Wilderness – near Island Park Idaho: At this work site you will dig holes and [...]
