Dylan Cautela

Born and raised in the state of Maine, sculpted from ice and built to rip! When I'm not at work playing in the dirt or braaaappping the old chainsaw I enjoy hiking, biking, skiing, and the general great outdoors. There is ample beauty to be explored in my great home state (and all around the east) but most days I find myself yearning for the adventure of the wild wild west and foreign countries unknown, which happen to be my winter playgrounds.

A Huge Shift In Uphill Access for North American Resorts

Beautiful... all of it

Backcountry skiing and ski-touring is becoming a huge attraction throughout the North American mountains. It has been very popular in Europe for many years as the resorts in the alps offer an entirely different style of off-piste skiing and ski-mountaineering. Now, many resorts across the US are beginning to adopt uphill access policies in order to attract a more diverse crowd. […]
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Colorado Teens Rescued After 48-Hour Whiteout on Summit of a 14,000′ Peak

Sure feels good I imagine.

Colorado teens Tommy Hendricks and Matt Smith were successfully rescued from an area near Mount of the Holy Cross on the day before Thanksgiving. The two teens had spent a few days in the backcountry after becoming lost due to whiteout conditions which set in with a storm front that blanketed most of the west. The pair have had several successful summits of other 14ers […]
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Skier Triggered Avalanche Claims Lives of Two in Austrian Alps

Fresh

On Saturday, a large group of people snow touring through the Austrian alps of Tyrol triggered an enormous avalanche. The group consisted of ten members- one on touring skis, one on snowshoes, and eight using splitboards- with an objective of reaching the Verwall Valley located slightly east of St Anton am Arlberg. The avalanche released at approximately 12:30 pm on Saturday […]
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