Backcountry

The key to ensuring responsible backcountry travel is to start teaching it to the next generation now.

The K2 Skis athlete worked with her brother Axel to make her first-ever season edit. It's an instant classic.

Hoping to prevent another tragedy, the Bryce and Ronny Athlete Snow Safety Foundation is taking charge in teaching avy lessons to alpine athletes.

The majestic, heli-in Snowfall Lodge matches its pristine setting in the wilds of interior B.C.'s Incomappleaux River Valley.

The backcountry terrain near Rusutsu is especially inviting when a helicopter is involved.

A look back at the Blank Collective's beginnings, as well as their hard-charging 2017/2018 season.

Now everyman can enjoy heli-skiing.

If you're going to sleep in a rooftop tent or deep in the snowy backcountry, be prepared with these critical items.

Rooftop tents have exploded onto the scene. Check out these full winterized options for a different kind of slopeside lodging.

With massive series of winter storms dumping 12 feet of snow this past week, the heli-ski season in Alaska is now open.

Salomon Freeski athletes Stan Rey and Kalen Thorien ski bum across the Alps, driven entirely by social media.

DPS Cinematic finds some awesome skiing while attending church in Switzerland.

Johanna Stalnacke, Tom Grant and Christina Lustenberger dig deeper into the first descent of the Black Friar couloir in the Adamants.

Warren Miller Entertainment and Blizzard athlete Johan Jonsson is Swedish by summer, Swiss by winter.

The Freeride World Tour Champion has won more freeskiing comps than any other skier, and has been a regular fixture in WME films since 2011.

Parker teams up with a slew of other pro skiers to talk snowmobiles, snowcats, and ski B.C. Coast Range lines.

The brand tests their new binding by going on a winter camping trip with some of the hardest chargers in skiing.

Ski essentials that scored high in versatility and packability on a trip to Portillo

Jess McMillan and Forrest Jillson explore the empty, massive slopes of Alaska for the upcoming Warren Miller Entertainment film.

Pro ski mountaineer Greg Hill adventures sustainably–or not at all.

Watch Norrøna's team of athletes explore Norway's most iconic peaks.

Fitness fans, a gear revolution and easier slope access fuels a sport's ascent.

IFMGA guide Jayson Simon-Jones gives light to the highest guiding standard and why it matters to all skiers.

One photographer’s mission to ski—and document—the remote glaciers of Washington before they disappear. Stop four: Glacier Peak

One photographer’s mission to ski—and document—the remote glaciers of Washington before they disappear. Stop Three: Mount Adams.

The latest from Baker Boyd and Polartec almost feels as good as actually skiing in Japan.

One photographer’s mission to ski—and document—the remote glaciers of Washington before they disappear. Stop two: Mount Rainier.

One photographer’s mission to ski—and document—the remote glaciers of Washington before they disappear. Stop one: Chilliwack.

A new adventure-booking platform makes it easy to find, compare, and book heli, cat, and ski-touring trips.

Getting in shape is one thing, but the real reason to check out SkiMo is the community.

Retracing skiing’s roots with Hannes Schneider, the grandson of modern skiing.

Freeskiers Chris Rubens and Greg Hill embark upon the uphill battles of big mountain skiing and self-exploration in the face of a changing climate.

There are plenty of lines beyond the ropes near Valle Nevado, but it's always best to go with someone who knows.

Tailgate Alaska offers pros and novices alike a weeklong party and access to some of the planet's greatest terrain.

The endless backcountry terrain surrounding Cooke City, Mont., is as wild and wily as the town itself. Beartooth Powder Guides attempts to tame it.

McKenna Peterson provides insight on the motives behind days and nights of waiting, the hidden marvels in the Fairweather Range, and the big lines on the Peak of Ill Repute.

The gear that a novice SkiMo racer uses that will help every type of skier.

Why do people enjoy skiing uphill?

A stop along the haute route proves to be a festive and frugal way to sample the freeride terrain outside of Saas-Fee.

Combining 10,000+ miles on the road and skiing from the high points of eleven western states, a new short film relives the journey through the American West.

Deep in Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest, life is simple: Skin up. Ski Down. Roll around in the snow. Just remember to bring extra pairs of wool socks.

The key to avoiding backcountry fatalities may lie in hiring a guide. But not everyone is on board with that idea... yet.

Lose the lift lines, Park City Powder Cats gets you off the beaten track just minutes outside of town.

The season when learning to ski becomes living to ski.

Army-issued nordic skis, bunny boots, and two cans of Spam. Our correspondent is embedded north of the Arctic Circle as the U.S. Army starts training for the New Cold War.

Norwegian ski patroller Linda Haaland shows her B.C. counterpart and pro skiers around her home hill while on location filming Warren Miller's "Line of Descent."

Jasmin Caton guides clients, repairs generators, and inspires the next generation of female entrepreneurs—all before breakfast.

From AK to Iceland, Warren Miller Entertainment athlete Lexi duPont had a stellar season in 2017.

Exploring some of the most beautiful parts of British Columbia on a jammin' road trip.

The crew's first full-length digital release is perfect for those who love powder, big air, and chill vibes.

Great Northern Powder Guides already claims the title of Montana's only cat skiing operator. If all goes as planned, it will become the state's only heli op as well.

Chile is home to the largest continental mountain range in the world. It’s also home to tricky wind crust, pisco-fueled dance parties, flirtatious men, and one badass girl, Alex Taran.

Desert dirt threatens spring skiing in the west.

With a wee heli nudge, CMH brings touring back to what it used to be: crowdless powder.

New yurts and desert powder in Utah’s most mysterious mountain range.

Sometimes it's what doesn't happen that matters most.

Pro skier Josh Daiek becomes the first to link these five Tahoe summits together in a single day.

The Bugaboos-to-Rogers traverse, pioneered by Briggs and Co. in 1958, is a serious undertaking in the best conditions. And high ambition is no match for bad weather.

Weighing backcountry ski options in New Zealand can be a heavy task.

In the backcountry, where pain and satisfaction are often bedfellows, good partners—and good drugs—make all the difference.

They say if you seek happiness, you will never find it. But I'll tell you exactly where it is: in the fjords of northern Norway, just on the other side of your own discomfort.

Our top picks from the show.

Improved gear, fitness freaks, and elite athletes fuel the sport’s climb.

Italy’s Ortler Route is a secret that’s too good not to share.

(Female) skiers advocating and fostering avalanche and snow safety.

Globe trotting bunch of privileged skiers who have a guilty conscience about their carbon footprint take a Nazi prostitute for science, scientist to Greenland.

Skier and producer Jesse Hoffman takes us through his skiing process in the Elk Mountains in this beautifully crafted edit. Yep, this one raised our arm hair.

When ski mountaineer Mark Newcomb first spotted the 3,400-foot-long Untch Couloir, he knew he had to ski it. The rub? It starts at 26,000 feet on one of the most infamous peaks on earth.

Skiing your dream line isn't always fun, but it's always worth it.

Skiing deep corn in the San Juans with a bunch of stoked college kids

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This photo gallery will change what you think of skiing in New Mexico.

A guided group triggered three slides, one of which turned out to be deadly, while attempting to ascend the Northeast Face of the Geierspitze.

Two weeks at Kiroro with SASS Global Travel.

I called up Doug Chabot, the director of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, to basically ask, “What the hell is happening?”

Japan's Rishiri Island is one giant mountain. The views would be great if you could, you know, actually see.

Tragic accidents happen. But sometimes staying alive is a commitment you make to the people who love you.

Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to terrapin. Exploring the mighty Chugach on foot offers much more than massive vert.

Sled skiing with the guys who owned Sweden’s powder before the Vikings had horns.

At Whitefish’s Ridge Mountain Academy, gap-year students build big-mountain skills— for college, for life, and for the sheer fun of it.