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Pro freeskier Ingrid Backstrom recently climbed and skied China’s Redommain with photographer Jimmy Chin and North Face teammates Kasha Rigby and Giulia Monego. We spoke to her about base camp, skiing on belay, and urine bottles.

En route to Antarctica, the crew spends some time at the tip of the world: Ushuaia, Argentina. Here are some photos from photographer Keoki Flagg and writer Sam Bass.

You’ve been skiing for years and have cranked out millions of vertical feet—and maybe even taken a lesson or two. The result: You’re a confident advanced skier. Satisfied? Don’t be. With a little more work on snow and in the gym, you can be a seamless expert.

You want to explore the backcountry. But first you need to take an avalanche awareness class. But how do you find a good one? For starters, don’t Google “avalanche education.” Here are six other tips from Dale Atkins, of the Alpine Rescue Team and Recco.

A wastewater dispute at the Arizona Snowbowl may lead to the Navajo Nation placing a bid to buy the ski resort.

The Colorado resort opens with fanfare today

Voters in Breckenridge, Colorado, passed a new measure to effectively legalize marijuana so everyone can get nicely toasted.

Identify the resort; win something awesome.

As Utah’s Biggest resort comes of age, it’s still hard to characterize. But who cares? Because when it comes to ski terrain, multiple personality disorder isn’t a bad thing.

Many Crested Butte locals are banding together against an impending expansion. But can skiing’s last shangri-la survive without it?

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K2's new Clutch is anything but wimpy

Be a hot skier, not a hot head

Bern's low-profile helmets keep chair-lifters focused on your skiing, not what's on your head

Ladies: streamline your look with Bern's new gender-specific helmets

New glove technology from Gore ensures that when your hand comes out, the liner stays in.

Don’t be fooled by the T-bar that accesses this terrain: This is no bunny slope. The North Face, a massive back bowl that slants as much as 50 degrees, is the site of big-mountain competitions and gladed, fluff-filled stashes. If it’s a powder day, get here quickly.

Digger. Beater. Yard sale. Ragdoll. Tomahawk. Slide for life. Whipper. Sprack. Mousetrap. Chunder. Face Plant. Biff. Blow. Wreck. Endo. Crashing on skis is not the first physical act to spawn its own thesaurus, but it could be the most wholesome. Check out this video we dug up from the Warren Miller Films' archives of good historic crashes from back in the day.

The newest episode from Salomon takes us to a dirty ski bum's apartment in Whistler, BC. There's also some good ski action. We got creator Mike Douglas' take on ski bums and the TV series' mission.

A bunch of freeskiers spent Halloween weekend hitting a giant kicker at a London power plant. What’d you do this weekend?

Want to start your own ski company? Find out how in this video interview with Fortitude Skis' Nick Whittemore.

For decades, far-western Nepal has been ski-mountaineering’s version of outer space—a collection of 20,000-foot-plus Himalayan peaks begging for company, but no safe and easy way to get there. Contributing writer Devon O'Neil ventured to Nepal in September along with a team of North-Face sponsored ski mountaineers to see if they could change that. Follow his adventures here.

Five questions with Fortitude

Destination Antarctica

Behind the Scenes of the Skiing Magazine Ski Test

Senior Editor Sam Bass is headed to Antarctica on a ship full of skiers.

From the vaults: “Brain Floss”—Shane McConkey’s original ponderings on powder-ski design

Virus AT/Touring boot, $800–$950

You’re a pro at the groomers – Now tackle the tough stuff

Shred Omnibot goggle ($169 msrp)

Ace of Spades boot (MSRP: $749)

There's a new movie out called Tanner Hall. But it's not what you think it is: no X Games, no reggae, and no skiing. Instead, it's a flick about a fictional, elite boarding school called, you guessed it, Tanner Hall.

We caught up with Mike Meyers, a science and operations officer at the National Weather Service, to find out where the snow from this early season storm is piling up and whether this means we’re in for a snowy winter.

Send us your best adolescent shredding shots and win a color-coordinated ski outfit.

You probably own an iPhone. And we’re fine with that, really. Next time we’re on the lift together, we can pull up YouTube and watch a cat with its head stuck in a Pringles can. Or we could use these ski-specific apps. Including a brand new one from The North Face.

Utah’s Solitude and Colorado’s Wolf Creek open October 31. As the first resort in Utah to open, Solitude offers one lift to season passholders, while Wolf Creek opens three.

What do ski racer Lindsey Vonn, Uncle Cracker, and actor Chris O'Donnell all have in common? They'll were all on the Tonight Show this week.

New Gore technology equalizes body temperature

This Halloween, we’re giving you an excuse to dress up like your favorite pro freeskier: Seth Morrison. That’s right, we’re hosting a Seth Morrison lookalike contest. Send us your best photo mimicking this image of Seth. The winner gets two pairs of Seth pro model Hestra gloves.

Can a series of webisodes launch Will Wesson and Andy Parry from ski bums to TV stars? Line Team Manager Josh Malczyk weighs in.

The company's new e-commerce site lets you shop for boots - in your house shoes

Sorry for more ski racing news, but it's an Olympic year and we can't help ourselves. Spyder has announced a new, more aerodynamic speed suit, which will be worn by the U.S. and Canadian ski teams at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. If nothing else, read this to check out the nifty wind tunnel video.

In 1949, Warren Miller came out with his first ski movie. This year's 60th film, Dynasty, is touring the country now. We have an exclusive vintage film clip (just recently dusted off from the archive room) from the 1949 film, Deep & Light.

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Why trail running works for skiers, and the perfect shoe for beginners and experts alike.

Snowbird locals sent us a YouTube video this week tracking the above average seasons of the past two years and this one liner: “Snowing hard in Little Cottonwood right now.” It’s official, winter is here, but when will Utah resorts open?

Geardirect.com is your online outdoor specialty shop

Face freezing? Grow a beard (or just buy one)

Locals have a mantra for the Palisades: “When in doubt, air it out.” This granite block has cameoed so many times in ski-porn that its 60-footers and vise-grip couloirs are as familiar as Glen Plake’s mohawk.

Book Steamboat before the snow flies to save.

The roller that paved the way—for better or worse—for easier turns, wider trails and tamer terrain.

Writer Tim Neville moved from Oregon to Switzerland, where he writes a monthly back-page column for us. Here are photos he snapped of his life in Switzerland.

Vonn ninth in women's race; Hosp injured

A documentary film about the renegade Jackson Hole Air Force premiers Friday in...New York City?

The U.S. Ski Team’s prospects are looking up

Save up to 25% off your Steamboat Vacation

Robert Redford's 1969 classic is finally available on DVD.

Pro skier David Lesh was sick of jackets and pants that didn’t fit right. When his clothing sponsors wouldn’t listen to feedback, he went on his own and launched an outerwear company, First Drop.

Skiers like music. We asked a bunch of skiers exactly what songs they're listening to now. Here is a collection of skier's playlists that you can listen to right now.

Submit your favorite skiing photo to Spy Optics and win three days of catskiing with BC’s Powder Cowboy Catskiing from March 11 to 14, 2010.

We rented Turner Mountain, Montana, for a day. Skiing's photo editor, Niall Bouzon, set up a photo booth for the 30 or so people in attendance that day to snap shots of themselves. Here's what came of it.

And get his wife Mary-Jo's tasty caramel bar recipe.

Want to rent Turner Mountain, Montana? Here’s how. Plus five Other Ski Areas You Can Rent.

There’s no such thing as a secret stash anymore. So how do you keep your line fresh? Own it. It’s only $2,500 a day. You can do this at Turner Mountain.

The starry-eyed folks at Mt. Hood Meadows introduce Meadows After Dark night skiing and lessons

Join H20, an Alaska-based guiding company, in January for a week of powder skiing at the world’s second snowiest resort.

Unhappy with the lack of female presence in ski movies, freeskier Grete Eliassen sets out to produce her own, all-girl ski movie, due out next fall, called Say My Name. We chatted with Grete while she was en route to class.

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Last winter, X Games Mono Skier X competitor Andy Campbell had two of his skis stolen in Steamboat, Colorado. Fortunately for Campbell, he’s an active member of Teton Gravity Research’s ski/snowboard forum.

To help you get the most out of skiing—and avoid the mistakes of others.