Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (April / May 2025)

Jonathan Ellsworth and Blister Summit director, Kristin Sinnott, discuss the ins and outs of our upcoming Blister Summit; why we’re including free professionally guided backcountry tours; which brands...

14 Jan 202230min

Cody and Jonathan discuss the current situation of under-staffed & overcrowded ski areas; national parks and Native American tribes; the looming shortage of lithium batteries for electric vehicles; wh...

5 Jan 20221h 17min

Many areas are currently getting hammered by snow storms, and the consequences of backcountry travel are high. So we asked Zach Guy (lead forecaster for the CBAC) to come back on to discuss some best ...

27 Dec 202153min

Eric Jackson is a visionary, iconoclast, designer, founder, and one of the most successful and influential kayakers in history. In this conversation, Eric provides a masterclass on the history and evo...

20 Dec 20211h 19min

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;...

13 Dec 202159min

Cody and Jonathan debate the greatest ski edit of all time; the definition of “ski mountaineering”; whether humans will visit earth as a tourist destination; Alex Honnold & the Fifty Project; and a wh...

6 Dec 20211h 22min

When it comes to true ‘all-mountain’ skiing, Marcus Caston probably has the nicest turn in the game. He’s also got one of our favorite video series, Return of the Turn, which if you call yourself a sk...

29 Nov 202146min

Rick Ridgeway has lived right at the center of the modern outdoor recreation movement. He was a part of the first American ascent of K2; he has gone on numerous adventures with his friends, Patagonia ...

22 Nov 202154min