Lou Dawson: Ski Mountaineer, WildSnow.com founder, & Author
BLISTER Podcast13 Joulu 2021

Lou Dawson: Ski Mountaineer, WildSnow.com founder, & Author

Lou Dawson is a ski mountaineer, founder of WildSnow.com, and the first person to ski down all 54 of Colorado’s 14ers. 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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