Industry Buzz: VF's sustainability pledge, K2 climbers feared lost, virus outbreaks at ski areas, a conversation about the N word, a thriving independent ski resort
VF’s sustainability pledge: The company will aim to remove all single-use plastics from its products by 2025. [Retail Gazette]
Climbers feared lost: A search for three missing K2 climbers has turned up no results. [Rock and Ice]
Outbreaks in the Rockies: Winter Park ski resort reported a Covid-19 outbreak this week, marking the eleventh active outbreak at a Colorado ski area. [Denver Post]
A necessary conversation: Join Pocket Outdoor Media and Outdoor Industry Association on February 16 for a panel discussion about the N word.
Snow drought: Researchers have started measuring abnormally low snowpacks, and for the western U.S., the data spell trouble. [The Revelator]
Heart of the mountain: A Massachusetts ski resort thrives in its independence. [SKI]
Blind ascent: Two veterans wanted to show the world that blindness isn’t the end of life—by climbing South America’s highest peak. [Backpacker]
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Black-owned business spotlights: SNEWS is profiling one Black-owned outdoor business every weekday for the month of February. The latest feature: Elite Feet.
A bounce-back season: Despite discouragements from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, retailers along the trail are preparing for plenty of thru-hikers.
Shop talk: Get to know a mainstay in the Memphis outdoors scene: Outdoors Inc.
