Molly Absolon: Backcountry adventurers know they’re taking chances

People think they are smart when they were really just lucky.

(IStock photo via Writers on the Range) Five backcountry skiers cross an avalanche path while hiking outside of Jackson Hole Resort, Wyoming, in 2013.

| Feb. 14, 2023, 6:00 p.m.

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Molly Absolon: Backcountry adventurers know they’re taking chances

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