The mountaineer taught tourists about the risks they faced on Teton Pass slopes, and ensured access to the wilderness he ...

Backcountry skiers can increase their chance of survival in an unexpected avalanche with one of these highly rated airbags.

They might not admit it, but there's no denying that skiers were way gnarlier back in the '70s and '80s, especially when it came to pioneering lines far beyond the reaches of ski resorts. Since skiing ...

Ski poles aren't the sexiest piece of downhill equipment, especially compared to skis, jackets, and helmets. Most ski poles ...

SILVERTON – When the pandemic shut down the world in 2020, Griff Pinto was 8 and made a big decision: It was time to go all-in on skiing. Five years later, the 13-year-old from Silverton is a ...

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — On a clear, cold day in mid-February, we had spent hours on backcountry skis trudging up and across a remote mountainside in the eastern Sierra when we noticed that the trees ...

Brought back from the brink by devoted skiers and a new generation of a skiing family, Bolton Valley has cultivated a niche among Eastern ski areas as an affordable downhill and backcountry resort. By ...

In 2002, POWDER stared down an age-old debate topic: localism and gatekeeping, particularly in backcountry ski areas. Two writers in the Dueling Banjos section duked it out. One fought for the right ...

Guides at the unique Colorado ski area took advantage of the recent snow. Their excursion only involved "minimal rock dodging ...

As many modern-day backcountry skiers already know, traveling uphill and across mountains on your skis is only possible with a free heel. Until the invention of ski touring bindings, the only option ...