Useful Links

This page contains a bunch of useful links that I find are informative and have greatly helped me. This is just a sampling of the hundreds of sites that provide awesome resources. Look for the “Useful Info” tags.

Friends Websites/Blogs/Photos:

• Fastest Chairlift (Trent Cook and others) – http://www.fastestchairlift.com/
• Jon Jay – http://jonathanjay.wordpress.com/

Outdoor Action Sports Blogs (blogs by pros and other random ppl):

Snow Related:

• Jeremy Jones – Big Mountain Snowboarder: http://jeremyjones.net/
• Tobias Granth – Chamonix Big Mountain Slayer – http://www.tobiasgranath.com/
• TetonAT – Jackson Hole/Teton Skiing – http://www.tetonat.com/
• WildSnow – by Legendary Skier Lou Dawson – http://www.wildsnow.com/
• Some Big Mountain Climbing in Colorado- http://thejourneyishome.wordpress.com/
• Colorado Skiing- http://makingturns.com/
• Colorado Big Mountain – http://14erskiers.com/
• Ted Mahon – CO big Mtn – http://www.stuckintherockies.com/
• 14’er Snowboard Project – http://14ersnowboardproject.homestead.com/

Rock Related:

• Article on Castlewood Canyon Climbing: http://www.rockandice.com/articles/what-ive-learned/article/160-man-vs-snake
• Jaime Emerson – Colorado Bouldering – http://www.b3bouldering.com/
• Climbing Narc – Climbing News/updates – http://climbingnarc.com
• Front Range Happenings – http://straightouttabedlamv7-2.blogspot.com/
• More Colorado bouldering – http://enlightenedchuffer.blogspot.com/
• Pimpin’ and Crimpin’ – Climbing Hilarity – http://pimpinandcrimpin.com/
• Yosemite Bouldering: http://betabase.blogspot.com/
• Castlewood Canyon Bouldering: http://castlewoodcanyonbouldering.blogspot.com/
• American Alpine Club: http://inclined.americanalpineclub.org/
• Majka Burhardt (Africa Big Wall Climbing): http://www.majkaburhardt.com/

Other Adventure Blogs:

• The Adventure Life: http://www.theadventurelife.org/

Photography Links

• Strobist http://strobist.blogspot.com
  • If you want to learn how to control your photos through off-camera lighting you must frequent this blog. Check out Lighting 101 to begin the journey.
• http://Kenrockwell.com
  • Great resource for gear, how-to’s, and industry news.
• http://ascartel.com
  • The only Action Sports website out there. Many pro photograhers in skiing/snowboarding, climbing, skateboarding, mountain biking all are willing to lend their advice and help.
• Hubble Photographs of Deep Space: http://hubblesite.org/
  • All photos are public domain so you can use any of them if you want
• Red Bull Illume (action sports best photogs): http://www.redbullillume.com/
• Moose Peterson (one of the best resources for nature/animal photography): http://moosepeterson.com/blog/
• Joe McNally: http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/

Climbing Links

• Mountain Project http://mountainproject.com
  • The ultimate resource for climbing areas, technical skills, community, and news. You can literally spend years checking out all the awesome areas to go climbing across the world. As of March 2008 they have over 30,000 climbs, 8,000 areas, and 60,000 photos.
• Climbing History by John Gill: http://www.johngill.net/
• Frontrangebouldering.com
  • A more local message board.
• Momentumvm.com Best climbing media that exists today.
• Dr Topo – Free climbing guides – http://www.drtopo.com/
• The Spot Climbing Blog: http://spotsettingblog.wordpress.com/
• Routesetter Forum/Blog: http://www.routesetter.com/
• Modump (random media): http://modump.com/

Ski/snowboard Links

• Summit Country Search and Rescue Blog http://blog.scrg.org/
• Colorado Avalanche Forecast Center http://avalanche.state.co.us/
  • A must for any winter activities.
• TGR Forum
  • Literally the most knowledgable people in skiing and snowboarding use that site; if they can stand the hazing that happens.

Photographers that Kick Ass (also each site has a lot of photo resources)(most are action sports photographers and are worthy of looking through)

• Keith Ladzinski (climb/landscape) http://www.ladzinski.com/
• Tim Kemple (climb/adventure/commercial) http://www.kemplemedia.com/
• Chase Jarvis (commercial) http://chasejarvis.com
• Dave Black (general sports) http://www.daveblackphotography.com/index.htm
  
• Micheal Clark (adventure) http://www.michaelclarkphoto.com/index.htm
• Karl Medig (snow) http://www.karimedigphoto.com/
• J. Grant Brittain (skate) http://www.jgrantbrittain.com/
• Jimmy Chin (adventure/national geographic) http://www.jimmychin.com/
• Jim Thornburg (climb) http://www.jimthornburg.com/
• Scott Serfas (snow) http://www.scottserfas.com/
• Erik Seo (snow) http://www.erikseo.com/
• Brian Garson (skate) http://www.briangarson.com/
• Dano Pendygrasse (snow) http://www.danopendygrasse.com/
• Corey Rich (adventure) http://www.coreyrich.com/
• Grant Gunderson (snow) http://www.grantgunderson.com/
• Andrew Burr (climb) http://www.andrewburr.com/
• Brian Bielman (surf) http://www.brianbielmann.com/
• French Fred (skate) http://www.frenchfred.com/
• Adam Barker (landscape/snow) http://www.adambarkerphotography.com
• Frans Lanting (Nat Geo Photographer): https://www.lanting.com/
• Nevada Wier  (Nat Geo Photographer) http://www.nevadawier.com/
• Ami Vitale (Nat Geo Photographer): http://www.amivitale.com/
• Jesse Speer (landscape) http://www.jessespeer.com/
• Paul Nicklen (Nature) http://www.paulnicklen.com/
• Karl Grobl (travel/people) http://www.karlgrobl.com/
• Tim Tadder (Advertising): http://www.lightgangster.com/
• Sterling Lorence (MTB): http://www.sterlinglorence.com/
• Mattias Fredriksson (Snow/MTB/Adventure): http://www.mattiasfredriksson.com/
• Chris Figenshau (Snow): http://www.figenshau.com/
• Glacier National Park Magazine/Chris Peterson (nature): http://www.glacierparkmagazine.com
• Bob Krist (People/Travel): http://www.bobkrist.com/blog/
• Boone Speed (Climb/Adventure): http://www.boonespeed.com/
• Andy Mann (Climb): http://www.andymann.com/
• Stewart Green (Climb): http://www.stewartgreen.com
• Rock Monkey Art (Mountain Artwork): http://rockmonkeyart.com/
• Kristoffer Erickson (Climb/Ski/Adventure): http://www.kristoffererickson.com/
• Ace Kvale (Ski/Climb/Adventure/Badass): http://acekvale.com/