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5POINT FILM FESTIVAL
Showcasing Outdoor Adventure and Beauty
A celebration and recognition of the physical and psychological benefits and elements of the outdoors, the 5Point Film Festival premiered this last weekend at the new Carbondale Rec Center. More

AN ODE TO WINTER
Last Turns in Idaho's Pioneer Mountains
The top is a good place, be it ideological or physical. In our case, as we sat on top of the chute that ran across Cobb Peak's north face, it was particularly good, for several reasons. More

TOUR FOR THE CURE
A Mission For Breast Cancer Research
Kelly Holland and her 10 companions Rachael Burks, Hannah Whitney, Tanya Christensen, Phillipa Hunt, Molly Baker, Rebecca Selig, Quincy Young, Jess Kunzer, Re Wikstrom and Vanessa Pierce on the first annual Backcountry Tour for the Cure clinked classes to celebrate hiking four-ish hours up Little Cottonwood Canyon's Maybird Gulch. The mission for the weekend was to raise some cash for breast cancer research and the Susan B. Komen Foundation and celebrate being alive by skiing the Hypodermic Needle. More

NINE KNIGHTS
Freeski Contest Oberstdorf, Germany
Finally the sun came out at the Nine Knights freeski session at the Nebelhorn in Oberstdorf. Nico Zacek, one of Germany's finest freeskiers, Suzuki team rider and head organizer of the event, had a big smile in his face. More

BENCHETLER BETA
Chris's Excellent Adventures
It all started with opening weekend on the death strip up here at Mammoth Mountain. I unfortunately ended up breaking my clavicle the second day and needed surgery. Not the best start I've ever had, but I stayed determined and rehabbed until late December.... More