RED ALERT - MAJOR PORTION OF US PUBLIC LANDS AT RISK: ACT NOW!!!
--A map of the lands considered for sale can be found here. Note that the sale would include iconic places in Washington like Washington Pass, including the Liberty Bell Group, the forest on Mt. Baker Highway, and the forest around Baker lake. Massive swaths of land in Oregon, California, Nevada and Utah...including many valleys with ski resorts.
--What you can do:
- Write your senators and congress people using one of these tools: Outdoor Alliance Tool. Access Fund Tool.
- Note that even if you expect your senators to vote against this, they track calls and emails. The more input they get, the more focused they are on a given topic. It's important to do this.
Public Lands for Sale in Senate Bill.
Northwest:
--Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest sent out a notice stating that, "Beginning June 21, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest will transition to primarily cashless collections for day and annual passes utilizing credit or debit cards at ranger stations, visitor centers, and trailheads and day use sites on the Forest. The Forest will be implementing a scan and pay option using a QR code at all trailheads and recreation sites across the forest where a day use fee is required. To use scan and pay, visitors should download the recreation.gov app on their phone for use offline at sites on the forest where cellular connectivity may be poor or non-existent. Scan and pay will work offline if visitors have already installed the app. Visitors may use scan and pay or the Northwest Forest Day Pass, Northwest Forest Pass Annual Pass, or America the Beautiful Pass at all sites requiring a fee." To read more, click here.
Colorado and Utah:
--SnowBrains is reporting that, "On Saturday, June 14, at approximately 10:30 a.m., the Boulder County Communications Center received reports of a skier suffering serious injuries following a fall near the Skywalker Couloir on South Arapahoe Peak, west of Nederland, Colorado." To read more, click here.
Alaska:
--Alaska Public Media is reporting that, "A Washington skier died on Denali Tuesday evening, after rangers say he triggered an avalanche that caught and carried him more than 1,500 feet down the mountain. Denali National Park and Preserve officials said in a statement that Nicholas Vizzini, 29, was the skier killed in the slide. He is the second person to die on the mountain in just over a week." To read more, click here.
--Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest sent out a notice stating that, "Beginning June 21, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest will transition to primarily cashless collections for day and annual passes utilizing credit or debit cards at ranger stations, visitor centers, and trailheads and day use sites on the Forest. The Forest will be implementing a scan and pay option using a QR code at all trailheads and recreation sites across the forest where a day use fee is required. To use scan and pay, visitors should download the recreation.gov app on their phone for use offline at sites on the forest where cellular connectivity may be poor or non-existent. Scan and pay will work offline if visitors have already installed the app. Visitors may use scan and pay or the Northwest Forest Day Pass, Northwest Forest Pass Annual Pass, or America the Beautiful Pass at all sites requiring a fee." To read more, click here.
--The Seattle Times is reporting that it could be a tough wildfire season. There are already several fires. Read about it, here.
Desert Southwest:
Desert Southwest:
--Climbing is reporting that, "a week before the release of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that would trigger the imminent transfer of 2,522 acres of Oak Flat to an international mining company, a federal judge has temporarily halted the land exchange." To read more, click here.
Colorado and Utah:
--SnowBrains is reporting that, "On Saturday, June 14, at approximately 10:30 a.m., the Boulder County Communications Center received reports of a skier suffering serious injuries following a fall near the Skywalker Couloir on South Arapahoe Peak, west of Nederland, Colorado." To read more, click here.
--Backpacker is reporting that, "search teams hoisted two hikers off the summit of a Colorado fourteener after a lightning strike badly injured one of them on Thursday, in what rescuers believe may be the highest-altitude helicopter evacuation in state history." To read more, click here.
Alaska:
--Alaska Public Media is reporting that, "A Washington skier died on Denali Tuesday evening, after rangers say he triggered an avalanche that caught and carried him more than 1,500 feet down the mountain. Denali National Park and Preserve officials said in a statement that Nicholas Vizzini, 29, was the skier killed in the slide. He is the second person to die on the mountain in just over a week." To read more, click here.
AAI Teams on Denali.
--AAI's Team Six made the summit of Denali on June 15th. AAI's Team Seven is prepping for an attempt. Read about it here.
--Gripped is reporting that, "American alpinist Balin Miller has soloed the Slovak Direct, a difficult alpine line that climbs to the right of the Cassin Ridge on Denali. There have been less than 20 ascents of the test-piece climb and this is the first solo on record. The grade of the 2,700-metre route has been documented in the American Alpine Journal as VI, 5.9X, M6+, WI6, A2." To read more, click here.
Notes from All Over:
--Yahoo Finance is reporting that, "VF Corp-owned The North Face said that names and email addresses were among the data accessed in the cyberattack. The company assured that no payment card information was compromised as card details such as numbers, CVVs, and expiry dates are processed by a third party and are not stored on The North Face's website." To read more, click here.
--Yahoo Finance is reporting that, "VF Corp-owned The North Face said that names and email addresses were among the data accessed in the cyberattack. The company assured that no payment card information was compromised as card details such as numbers, CVVs, and expiry dates are processed by a third party and are not stored on The North Face's website." To read more, click here.
--The Colorado Sun is reporting that, "after one of the most successful ski launches ever, Peak Ski Co. has collapsed amid acrimony and claims of mismanagement by the high-profile founders of the Montana-based ski-maker. 'It’s such a sad story. It did not need to go down this way,' says Aspen big-mountain skiing legend Chris Davenport, who joined Peak Ski Co. in 2022 as a senior director of skiing and product innovation." To read more, click here.
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