fooling around the world since april 1, 1973

Links

ACCESS, CLOSURES, AND PERMIT INFORMATION FOR COLORADO
Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forest:
    
www.fs.fed.us/arnf/welcome.htm
Boulder Mountain Parks & Open Space
www.boulder.gov
Colorado State Parks:
www.parks.state.co.us
Eldorado State Park: http://parks.state.co.us/Eldo
Rocky Mountain National Park: www.nps.gov/romo


CAMPING

Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forests:
    
www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf
Boulder Mountain Lodge Camping:
    
www.bouldermountainlodge.com
Indian Peaks Wilderness Area Camping:
    
www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/passes/brd-indianpeaks-rules.shtml
Rocky Mountain National Park Backcountry Camping:
    
www.rocky.mountain.national-park.com/camping.htm#bc

CLIMBING
We have our 100 Favorite Rock Climbs and our 100 Favorite Local Alpine Climbs handout available for our online customers to download and save.
Click here to download our 100 Favorite Rock Climbs Ticklist
Click here to download our 100 Favorite Local Alpine Climbs Brochure
Guiding Services (climbing)
Colorado Mountain School: www.totalclimbing.com
Nepal/ Tibet: Asian Trekking: www.asian-trekking.com
Pakistan: Concordia Expeditions: www.concordiaexpeditions.com
Pakistan: Nazir Sabir Expeditions: www.nazirsabir.com
Other Resources
Access Fund:
www.accessfund.org
American Alpine Club: www.americanalpineclub.org
Boulder Rock Club: www.totalclimbing.com
Bureau of Land Management: www.blm.gov
Colorado Mountain Club: www.cmc.org/cmc
Mountain Project - Beyond the Guidebooks: www.mountainproject.com
Lake City Ice Climbing:www.lakecity.com/winter/iceclimbing.html
Ouray Ice Park:www.ourayicepark.com
The Spot Boulder Gym:www.thespotgym.com
United States Forest Service: www.fs.fed.us
United States Geological Survey: www.usgs.gov

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Anatoli Boukreev Memorial Fund: www.boukreev.org
Austrian Alpine Club: www.alpenverein.at
Backcountry Skiers Alliance: www.backcountryalliance.org
Boulder Nordic Club: www.bouldernordic.org
DNT: http://www.turistforeningen.no/english/
French Alpine Club: http://www.ffcam.fr
German Alpine Club: http://www.alpenverein.de/
Indian Peaks Wilderness Alliance (IPWA): www.indianpeakswilderness.org
International Ski History Association: www.skiinghistory.org
Italian Alpine Club: www.cai.it
Swiss Alpine Club: www.sac-cas.ch

CONDITIONS: WEATHER, SNOW AND AVALANCHE
Avalanche Mapping: www.avalanchemapping.org
Boulder Climate and Weather: www.cdc.noaa.gov/boulder
Colorado Avalanche Information Center:
www.geosurvey.state.co.us/avalanche
Grand Teton National Park Climbing Route Conditions: www.tetonclimbingtroutes.com
Longs Peak Web cam: http://www.nps.gov/webcams-romo/longs_peak.jpg
Glacier Basin Rocky Mountain National Park cam: http://www.nps.gov/webcams-romo/glacier_basin.jpg

GUIDE SERVICES AND ADVENTURE TRAVEL
Alpine World Ascents/Markus Beck: www.alpineworldascents.com
Crossing Latitudes with Lena Conlan:www.crossinglatitudes.com
Chamonix Heights Guiding/Pete Mason: Our first former employee to become a
     UIAGM Chamonix Mountain Guide (and only the second American ever):
    
www.chamonix-heights.com
Colorado Mountain School: www.totalclimbing.com
Deeper Africa: http://www.deeperafrica.com/
High-Alpine Mountain Guides with Michael Silitch-Your American specialist in the Alps
    (and former Neptune employee):
www.high-alpine.com
On Top Mountaineering with Jorg Wilz (UIAGM): www.ontopmountaineering.com
Pakistan: Concordia Expeditions:
www.concordiaexpeditions.com
Pakistan: Nazir Sabir Expeditions: www.nazirsabir.com

HISTORY, CLIMBING AND SKIING
Colorado Ski Museum: www.skimuseum.net
International Ski History Association: www.skiinghistory.org
Neptune Mountaineering and Ski Museum:
http://www.neptunemountaineering.com
New England Ski Museum: www.skimuseum.org

OTHER SITES OF INTEREST
Alex Habeler's store Alpinschmiede Habeler, in Innsbruck: http://www.alpinschmiede.com
British history on Mount Everest : www.everest1953.co.uk/
Ice Box Igloo Maker: www.grandshelters.com/
Mountaineering Books-old and new mountain books for sale: www.mountaineeringbooks.org/
Rare and Out of Print Books: http://www.cruxbooks.com/
Rune Gjeldnes: http://www.extreme-planet.com/exp/seal/
Sir Chris Bonington: www.bonington.com/welcome.htm
The Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation: www.thesiredmundhillary.com/

SKIING
Track Skiing and Nordic Centers
American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation: www.birkie.org
Breckenridge and Frisco Nordic Center: www.breckenridgenordic.com
Colorado Cross Country Association: www.coloradocrosscountry.com
Cross Country Ski website: www.xcskiworld.com
Devil's Thumb Nordic Center: www.devilsthumbranch.com
Eldora Mountain Resort: www.eldora.com/
Frisco Nordic Center: www.colorado-xc.org/frisco-nordic-center.htm
Gold Run Nordic Center: http://www.colorado-xc.org/Default.aspx?tabid=33
Happy Jack Nordic Center: www.medbownordic.org/default.htm
Index of Cross Country Ski websites: www.skicentral.com/xcountry.html
International Biathlon Union: www.biathlonworld3.de/en/
La Skieda Telemark Festival: www.skieda.com/
Ski Trails and Resorts in the United States and Canada:
    
www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/skiing/ski_cros.htm
Worldloppet: www.worldloppet.com
YMCA of the Rockies/ Snow Mountain Ranch: www.ymcarockies.org/
Colorado Backcountry Skiing
10th Mountain Division Hut Association - Alfred Braun Huts System: www.huts.org/
Never Summer Nordic Yurts: www.neversummernordic.com
Local Alpine Skiing
Eldora Mountain Report: www.eldora.com
Loveland Ski Area: www.skiloveland.com
Ski History and Museums
Colorado Ski Museum: www.skimuseum.net
International Ski History Association: www.skiinghistory.org
Neptune Mountaineering and Ski Museum:
www.neptunemountaineering.com
New England Ski Museum: www.skimuseum.org