Sports News and Press Releases about Outdoor Industry Events
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February 4, 2025
GoPro Goes Bigger: Mountain Games Add Speed Climbing, Ultrarunning for 2025
GoPro Mountain Games hosts a lineup of competitions across 11 outdoor sports. And after record-breaking attendance last year — 95,000 spectators and more than 5,000 registered athletes — the event aims to level up in 2025. GearJunkie
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January 31, 2025
$10,000? Cost of Hiking Pacific Crest Trail Skyrockets
The 2024 Pacific Crest Trail hiker survey is out, and its data will interest long-distance backpackers. Halfway Anywhere, a blog run by long-distance athlete Tyler Fox, compiles the annual survey. It’s an in-depth look at a host of metrics from age and ethnicity to money spent and technology used on the...
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January 28, 2025
Canada Closes Border to Thru-Hikers on Pacific Crest Trail
Canada has closed its border to to Thur-Hikers on Pacific Crest Trail after President Donald Trump threatened Canada with tariffs if their borders are not tightened. Gear Junkie
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January 26, 2025
Nepal hits climbers with sharp increase in permit fees for Mount Everest
Nepal has increased the permit fees for climbers hoping to summit Mount Everest from $15,000 during peak season, up from the longstanding fee of $11,000. Yahoo News
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January 21, 2025
Chairlift Collapse in Spain Injures More Than a Dozen People
A chairlift accident at Spain’s Astún Ski Resort in the Spanish Pyrenees has left over 12 people injured, three of them seriously. Two of them are still recovering in the hospital. The Inertia
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December 24, 2024
FKT Controversy: Ultrarunner Stunned by Plea Bargain for Cutting Switchback; Trial Set for Spring
In September 2024, Michelino Sunseri cut a signed switchback during an attempt to claim the fastest known time (FKT) for summiting Grand Teton Peak. He made record time, running the 13.2-mile out-and-back route in just 2 hours, 50 minutes, and 50 seconds. However, when it was revealed to fastestknowntime.com that he’d cut a switchback, his record was...
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December 23, 2024
5 skiers rescued after being buried by avalanche north of Whistler, B.C.
Four heli-skiers and their guide had to be rescued after an avalanche buried them near Pemberton, B.C., north of Whistler on Monday, according to RCMP. Police say a group in the area from Whistler Heli-Skiing faced a human-triggered avalanche, and four of them were fully buried and one was partially...
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December 6, 2024
IOC study estimates five billion people watched the Paris Olympics
According to a new independent research study by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), an estimated five billion people tuned in to watch the 18 days of competition at Paris Olympics 2024. Running Magazine
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December 3, 2024
Mammoth Just Had Its Snowiest November In Over a Decade
Out in the Eastern Sierra, however, Mammoth Mountain finished November strong (real strong), with a couple of late-month flurries that pushed snow totals to the highest seen there since 2010. The Inertia
