Summary: INTERVIEW: Jarrod Preston – Suunto History of the brand Any Olympic Athletes Suunto wearers? Ambit 2 and Ambit 2S Movescount Wins Design Award New Technology / Watch Improvements Most requested upgrades? News: Coming Storms Increase Avalanche Danger Utah Avalanche Center Ogden Advisory Terminally Ill Man Gets Free Day at Snowbasin Park City Un-Limb-ited Camp Tour of Utah Stages Announced Oregon Ski Resort Finally Opens for Season University of Vermont Student Dies Skiing at Sugarbush Two Local Blind Climbers Aim to Summit Denali Should Utah Host Another Olympics? Olympic Slopestyle Course Modified Let the Games Begin! Jamaican Bobsled Team in Sochi, Gear Not Giant Jellyfish Washes Ashore Rock & Rave 2014 Live Your Dream AAC Grant Whitewater Chronicles Teaser The Perfect SUP Paddle Stroke Starfish Tearing Apart Mayor Drops Groundhog Russian Vodka Kills Events: Feb 6 – GEAR:30 Basics – Ice Climbing with Tim Nguyen Feb 6 – Kayak Roll Session (WSU Outdoor Program) 6:30pm, $20/$8 Feb. 8 – Weber State Intercollegiate Bouldering Comp, 10am Feb. 9 – Sunday Snowshoe Shakeroo (Weber Pathways) – Wheeler Canyon, 8am Feb. 12 – Dawn Patrol (WSU Outdoor Program), 5am Feb. 13 – Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show Podcast – Feb. 13 – GEAR:30 Basics – Backcountry Touring with Daniel Turner Feb. 14-17 – Presidents Day Cooperative Intermediate Backcountry Yurt Trip (WSU Outdoor Program) Feb. 15 – Striders Winter Racing Circuit 10K at Dee Events Center Feb. 15-16 Banff Mountain Film Festival at Peery’s Egyptian Theater Feb. 18 – Moonlight Snowshoe (WSU Outdoor Program) – Ogden Canyon Overlook (Snowbasin) Feb. 19 – Dawn Patrol (WSU Outdoor Program), 5am Feb. 20-23 – AIARE Level 1 Course (WSU Outdoor Program) $200/$250 Feb. 20 – Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show Podcast - Feb. 20 – Kayak Roll Session (WSU Outdoor Program) 6:30pm, $20/$8 Feb. 22 - Tarahumara Snowshoe race at North Fork Park Feb. 26 – Dawn Patrol (WSU Outdoor Program), 5am Feb. 27 – Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show Podcast – Feb. 27 – GEAR:30 Basics – Kayaking with Mark Bokish March 4 – Moonlight Snowshoe (WSU Outdoor Program) – Skyline South March 5 – Dawn Patrol (WSU Outdoor Program), 5am March 6 – Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show Podcast – Luke Nelson GEAR:30: Timbuk2 Introduces World’s Greatest Messenger Bag Polaroid Announces Three New Hi-Def Action Sports Cameras Skillz Session: Ten reasons NOT to run an ultramarathonMy Lands: Mountain Accord Invites Public InputQuote of the Week: “The Olympics. Not a sport but several peculiar sports, each of which only commands your attention every four years, like a dental appointment.” -Dan Jenkin
