Group proposes new plan for backcountry huts

WHISTLESTOP: Teaming with railroad, Forest Service may be solution.

By MELISSA DeVAUGHN
mdevaughn@adn.com
Anchorage Daily News
Published: April 5th, 2008 11:14 PM

Last fall, the Alaska Mountain and Wilderness Huts Association felt battle weary.

For a decade, the nonprofit had worked to create a system of mountain huts hikers could use while exploring the backcountry. The group envisioned something based loosely on the hut-to-hut system in some European countries at which caretakers serve meals and offer hikers a place to sleep overnight.

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Dylan Crossman Wins at Freeskiing Nationals, Takes Second at World Telemark Freeskiing Championship

Mammut Snow Athlete Dylan Crossman Wins at Freeskiing Nationals, Takes Second at World Telemark Freeskiing Championship

Shelburne, VT, April 7th, 2008 — Mammut Sports Group, providers of Swiss quality alpine and snow gear and apparel, is proud to have telemark freeskier skier Dylan Crossman on their athlete roster, and with good reason. Crossman tore through the month of March on the Freeskiing competition circuit in both telemark and alpine disciplines, winning the Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Nationals on March 22nd at Utah's Snowbird Ski Resort, and taking 2nd place at the first annual World Telemark Freeskiing Championships on March 31st at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska.

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