Bend skier on ski mountaineering while Black

The lack of diversity in the outdoor recreation world can make people of color feel excluded or unwelcome when they do outdoor activities. Bend skier Mallory Duncan recently wrote in Ski Magazine about his experience as a Black ski mountaineer. He wrote about a ski tour in June 2020, the week that George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police.

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