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Flash & Grab

December 6, 2021October 24, 2023 by Jack Taylor

Skiing the Grand in a push from Bozeman. There’s nothing like the sound of skis crunching on firm snow in a dark forest very early in the morning. Actually, you

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Supply & Demand

January 5, 2021March 4, 2021 by Jack Taylor

This article was originally published as a feature story in Outside Bozeman magazine (winter 2020-21). As backcountry use booms in the Bozeman area, the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center has

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Cooke It Up

November 24, 2020October 24, 2023 by Jack Taylor

Earning turns in Montana’s best winter playground. When I asked people in Bozeman about backcountry skiing around Cooke City, the canned response was “get a snowmobile or find someone who

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Gear Review: Sterling Fusion Ion R ★★★☆☆

September 2, 2020October 24, 2023 by Jack Taylor

When I got this rope it was an awesome bi-pattern 70m. Six months later it was sweet 60m. Another six months passed and now it’s a stellar 50m. At any

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Choose Your Line

April 20, 2020October 24, 2023 by Jack Taylor

Five days ago, a skier was caught and killed by an avalanche outside of Silverthorne, CO. Twelve days prior a snowmobiler was buried and killed in an avalanche near Jackson,

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How I Became a Climber

March 6, 2020October 24, 2023 by Jack Taylor

The Jonathan Belden Daniels climbing gym occupies the space of two retired squash courts in a dormitory basement at Dartmouth College, with a smattering of polished holds strewn across 12-foot-high

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