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A 65-year-old former teacher has set a new record by skiing for 120 consecutive months in Scotland. Helen Rennie, from Inverness in Scotland, started hiking up mountains in search of patches of snow to ski on throughout the summer of 2009 and has managed to maintain that streak through to this day. She achieved her 120th consecutive month last week, skiing in the Cairngorms mountain range in Scotland following a fresh snowfall. And hiking several miles with heavy skis and boots hasn’t deterred this 65-year-old from sticking to her goal, although the amount of days Rennie skis per month varies.

A new system will move into Washington Monday through Tuesday, bringing high winds, cold temperatures and up to 4-FEET of fresh snowfall to the Cascades. Snow levels are forecast to drop as low as 3,000 feet which will mean snow for Crystal Mountain, Stevens Pass, & Mt. Baker ski resorts. The NOAA is forecasting high winds, cold temperatures, and a 100% chance of precipitation. Heavy snow will be accompanied by wind gusts of up to 33-mph, and a wind chill as low as -2ºF.

Olympic gold medalist and World Cup alpine ski racing champion Lindsey Vonn was recently at a ranch near McCoy, CO volunteering for Mountain Valley Horse Rescue by mucking stalls and brushing horses, reports Vail Daily. Mountain Valley Horse Rescue is a nonprofit organization committed to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing abused, neglected, abandoned and unwanted horses and relies on volunteers to accomplish its goal of getting the horses ready for adoption. just doing our part to try and help that initiative,” said Kathryn Middleton, who is a volunteer and a board member at Mountain Valley Horse Rescue. Coordinating with Mountain Valley Horse Rescue to create this auction item seemed like a great fit,” Vonn said.

At 1405, after calling for the other 2 on-duty snow rangers (Jeff Fongemie and Helon Hoffer) and the Hermit Lake caretaker (Sarah Goodnow) to mobilize, Carus skinned up the Lion Head Winter Route and took a heading through the woods with an intention of intersecting the still unseen avalanche debris field in the stream bed. This is a common occurrence in the MWAC forecast area as evidenced by a small, human-triggered avalanche, with a 30cm x 15m crown (HS-AS-R2-D1-I) that likely occurred Wednesday afternoon in the Lower Snowfields of Tuckerman Ravine, which wasn’t reported. Digging was hampered at times for various reasons; an ice block above the victim early on, the need to keep snow from collapsing along the edge of the hole, a branch near the victim’s legs, and the overall total burial depth all worked against the pair of rescuers. Given the patient’s condition, it was clear that rapid transport to advanced medical care was needed and that continuous CPR was the only hope for recovery.