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POLICY & ADVOCACY

Action, Advocacy, comment form, Roadless, Wasatch

Speak Up Today For Roadless Areas in Utah

Comment today to stop Utah from gutting Roadless protections on public lands!
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October 17, 2018
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Advocacy, Alaska, Forest Planning

Comment Now on Alaska's Chugach National Forest Plan

Photo by Luc Mehl Public Comment Period Closes November 1, 2018! The 5.4-million-acre Chugach National Forest in southcentral Alaska, America’s most northerly national forest, is currently revising its outdated 2002 Land Management…
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October 16, 2018
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Action, Advocacy, Stanislaus, Winter Travel Planning

Comment Now on the Stanislaus National Forest's Winter Recreation Plan

Support protections for important non-motorized recreation zones and wildlife on the Stanislaus National Forest. Comment deadline is Tuesday October 9!
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October 4, 2018
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Action, Advocacy, Policy Update, Stanislaus, Winter Travel Planning

Stanislaus Winter Plan, Roads in the Tongass, Last Chance for LWCF: September Policy Roundup

Historic public lands funding near death, barriers to logging the Tongass under attack, and protections for ski and snowshoe zones at risk in the Sierra.
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September 27, 2018
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Action, Advocacy, Policy Update, Stanislaus, Uncategorized, Winter Travel Planning

August Policy Update

Roadless Rule and Land & Water Conservation Fund in peril again; Recreation Not Red Tape!
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August 28, 2018
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Advocacy, Uncategorized, Winter Travel Planning

Reclaiming Lost Ground

A longtime backcountry skier looks forward to winter travel planning in hopes that some balance might be restored to the backcountry.
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August 28, 2018
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BACKCOUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL NEWS

Backcountry Film Festival, Events, Festival Tour News

Backcountry Film Festival 2018-19 Film Line-Up

It's our 14th Annual Festival season and we're ready to dive deep into the powder with our film line-up announcement!
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October 12, 2018
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Backcountry Film Festival, Events, Festival Tour News, SnowSchool

Wild Weekend: Backcountry Film Festival World Premiere and SnowBall 2018

Adventure with the Winter Wildlands Alliance in our hometown for our first annual “Wild Weekend” Friday, Nov 2 – Saturday, Nov 3, 2018.
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October 3, 2018
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Backcountry Film Festival, Events, Festival Tour News

Get Stoked with the 2018-19 Backcountry Film Festival Trailer!

Did you hear?! The 2018-19 Backcountry Film Festival video trailer is live! Thanks to our friends at Backcountry Magazine, we were able to kick off this season of snowy cinema featuring films on backcountry adventure, climate action, environmental…
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September 26, 2018
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SNOWSCHOOL

October 3, 2018/ by Melinda Quick

Wild Weekend: Backcountry Film Festival World Premiere and SnowBall 2018

Adventure with the Winter Wildlands Alliance in our hometown for our first annual “Wild Weekend” Friday, Nov 2 – Saturday, Nov 3, 2018.
September 27, 2018/ by Kerry McClay

SnowSchool Adds New Sites as Winter Approaches

Every winter Winter Wildlands Alliance brings our SnowSchool program to new communities of kids across the country by working to establish new program sites...
August 28, 2018/ by Kerry McClay

SnowSchool: Passing the Torch at the National Flagship Site

This week the National Flagship SnowSchool site at Bogus Basin…
July 16, 2018/ by Kerry McClay

SnowSchool Season’s “Greatest Pics”

Check out some of our favorite pictures from the 2018 SnowSchool season!
June 26, 2018/ by Kerry McClay

WWA Spring Projects Steward the Backcountry

Recent stewardship efforts in the Boise National Forest have bought together volunteers to help care for the places we play.
May 21, 2018/ by Kerry McClay

Spring SnowSchool: Students Track Changing Mountain Snow

Using decades of historical snowpack data students calculate averages and analyze recent precipitation trends in their local watershed...
April 23, 2018/ by Kerry McClay

Dust Bust: SnowSchool Explores the Gritty Details of Climate Science

To help K-12 students explore how dust accelerates the melting of mountain snow WWA collaborated with The University of Colorado's Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site.
March 13, 2018/ by Kerry McClay

Field Update: Central Idaho Gets SnowSchooled!

Winter in central Idaho was a bit slow to arrive this year.  A strong La Nina pattern sent its polar jet stream with cold temperatures and precipitation in abundance to Montana and Idaho's Panhandle.  Meanwhile, the mountains to the south waited in earnest...
February 23, 2018/ by Kerry McClay

SnowBall for SnowSchool Galvanizes Education, Recreation and Science Communities

As part of our annual SnowSchool Support Week WWA threw two…
January 30, 2018/ by Kerry McClay

SnowSchool Volunteer Turned Artist Gives Back

"I learned a lot about myself and my leadership style. But most…

FROM THE SKINTRACK

September 20, 2018/ by Guest

Grassroots Spotlight: Alaska Quiet Rights Coalition

The Alaska Quiet Rights Coalition is one of WWA's grassroots partners, working in Alaska to protect natural soundscapes and opportunities for quiet recreation.
June 18, 2018/ by Guest

Dispatch: Brody Leven Tags First Descent on Republic of Georgia’s Shkhara West (16,627)

WWA Ambassador Brody Leven climbs and skis icy Southwest Couloir on Republic of Georgia's Shkhara West.
May 13, 2018/ by Mike Whelan

Skiing Mount Katahdin, Lone Wolf of the East

Mike Whelan and Pat Thompson take on the wildest side of New England.
March 30, 2018/ by Thomas Woodson

Gallery: Skiing the Arctic Circle Trail with Thomas Woodson

Winter Wildlands Alliance ambassador Thomas Woodson photographed (and survived) a self-supported traverse of the Arctic Circle.
March 29, 2018/ by Kt Miller

Backcountry Musings from Idaho’s Smokey Mountains

Winter Wildlands Alliance and friends venture deep into the Smokey Mountains of Idaho for pristine powder, spiritual renewal and to support our Keep Winter Wild campaign.
January 30, 2018/ by Brittany Jones

Wild Winter Women Take on Grand Traverse to Benefit Winter Wildlands

At midnight on Friday, March 23rd, Taylor Schefstrom and Hallie Holland (aka the Wild Winter Women) took on the Grand Traverse to benefit Winter Wildlands Allianceskiing 40 miles through the night from Crested Butte to Aspen, Colorado.
May 23, 2017/ by Mike Whelan

A skiers view of Bears Ears National Monument

Guest post by Michael Whelan  |  Photos by Xhedral A long…
April 4, 2017/ by Kt Miller

Unplugged and On Skis in the Lower 48’s Largest Wilderness

[Trip Report] Unplugged and On Skis in the Lower 48's Largest…
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