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POW helps passionate outdoor people protect the places and lifestyles they love from climate change. We are a community of athletes, scientists, creatives, and business leaders advancing non-partisan policies that protect our world today and for future generations.
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Wherever you shred, extreme weather and warming winters are shortening your season.
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Fossil fuel development on our public lands means access to your favorite crags is dwindling.
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Instead of chasing perfection, pursue progress. The outdoor community has the passion, the information and the resources to make a difference now.
Stephanie Howe
She might run for work and earn her turns, but Stephanie Howe still has a carbon footprint. That doesn't stop her from being a climate advocate.
Graham Zimmerman
As one of the world's most accomplished alpinists, Graham finds himself flying and driving to the remote corners of the globe. But that doesn't stop him from advocating for carbon pricing.
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2020 Annual Report
2020 was quite the year, eh? It was a bumpy road for us all, but there were also many wins worth celebrating along the way. Our CrushIt4Climate campaign with Strava drew in 434,800 people who crushed it for their outdoor playgrounds. When the pandemic locked us down, we held virtual events where high profile athletes and members of the outdoor members engaged with climate scientists and policymakers. And when the rubber met the road during the most contentious election in our lifetime, POW reached over 33 million potential voters with our civic engagement and GOTV messaging. We checked off some big goals in 2020.
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2018 ECONOMIC REPORT
The impacts of climate change are hitting the U.S. winter sports tourism industry particularly hard.
This report examines the ways in which warming winters are impacting the economic contributions of winter snowsports tourism to U.S. national and state-level economies.
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ADVOCATE MOTIVATION STUDY
In 2019, we embarked on a national consumer research project to fully understand how to increase the number and intensity of climate advocates by thoroughly understanding the motivations of outdoor enthusiasts, and how they can be convinced to do something that we now know is very hard for them to do: fully engage as advocates for policy changes that will alleviate the worst effects of climate change.
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Cost of Carbon Tool
We don’t believe that having a carbon footprint should ever preclude you from becoming a climate advocate.
Instead of chasing perfection, pursue progress by offsetting the carbon footprint of your adventures and learn the value of advocating for the outdoor places and experiences that you love.
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“Drop” Reveals The Impacts Climate Change Is Having On The Rivers Of The American West
Twenty years ago, professional fly fishing guide and POW Alliance Member Hilary Hutcheson was told that her whole world was about to change, thanks to a rapidly warming climate. Over two decades on the rivers in...
The POW Dispatch: Our take on climate news, April 9, 2021
WORDS: DONNY O'NEILL | HEADER IMAGE: ADAM CLARK Welcome to The Dispatch, Protect Our Winters' weekly wrap-up of climate news, complete with our take on each topic and how that impacts our ongoing efforts to reduce the...
Reminiscing about weekend adventures with four-legged friends. 🐕
📸: Alliance member @amieski swaps skis for hiking boots while out in the Sierras for a Summer overnight adventure.
Sign us up for early starts with bikes and friends. 🚵🏻
📸: @scottmarkewitz captures a crew of friends getting ready to hit the Colorado Trail in the high alpine mountain region outside of Durango, CO
Recently our Climbing Alliance lead @grahamzimmerman and his team have been attempting to summit the West Ridge of Chogori/K2. Earlier this week, he posted an update regarding the climate impacts on the mountain and what that means for their attempt. As @conrad_anker said, thanks for being the eyes and ears of the high alpine, Graham. Learn more below 👇🏻 Repost from @grahamzimmerman
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In this most recent weather window we attempted the West Ridge of Chogori/K2.
There we some brilliant moments including:
-Stunning climbing on ice slopes under a bright full moon.
-Walking narrow snow and ice ridges.
-Feeling as though we were climbing through history as we mixed climbed past signs of other climbers on the mountain
-Sitting out during the days and watching the sun's light move over some of the world's most stunning peaks.
But in the end we were stopped in our tracks by some of the warmest temperatures either of have experienced in the big mountains. At 7000m we were unable to go any further due to near constant avalanches and rock fall down the route.
At our 6900m bivy I recorded ambient (shaded) temperatures of 10+ degrees Celsius. Far too hot for climbing a route like the West Ridge. And with more high temps on the way we decided to bail and rapped all night.
I knew that the climate crisis was affecting these mountains but I can't say that I anticipated getting scorched off the second highest peak in the planet.
We are now back at basecamp with Fida Ali and Nadeem, safe and sound and caffeinated. No need to be concerned about us for the next few days as we loaf around, eat dhal and recover.
I'll address this more later, but there have also been a few accidents in the mountains around us. All I have to say currently, is that my heart goes out to those affected.
Be safe out there my friends.
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Ants among giants. Who else is spending their weekend on the rock? 🧗
📸: @miahwatt
Nothing beats those first few sips in the early morning light. ☕️
📸: Alliance member @brodyleven soaks up the serenity while camping in Utah's Wasatch Range by @acpictures
Here's to hoping your week ahead has lots of moments out amongst the greens and blues. 🌎
📸: Michael Wier sampling NorCal's finest in Redding, CA by @miahwatt
A flip in perspective. Neha Khurana eyes the send of the Ultimate Finger Crack route 5.11+ in Northern Arizona.
📸: @jamesqmartin
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