Northern Rockies

Skiing in the Rockies isn’t all blue skies and powder days—a quiver of skis will suit the different snow conditions you’ll encounter throughout the season.

Even without the powder, this skier's haven is still pretty dang rad.

It's Thirsty, I'm thursday.

From the 2017 Mountain Guide here are the best places to grab a brewski in the Northern Rockies.

A while ago, we posted a video of this guy skiing a jaw-dropping line in Glacier National Park and it blew peoples minds. So we decided to find out a little more about him. By Leslie Hittmeier

While many ski towns and ski resorts are laying low, quietly waiting for another winter, plenty of others are turning the volume all the way up with all sorts of kickass music festivals this summer. These 10 are amongst the very best.

CAIC officials reported 260 avalanches in May and predict June could follow suit.

“I learned a lot, but most importantly I learned how much respect we must give the mountains.”

We say come for the 3,400 feet of leg-burning vertical and crazy cougar party scene at night.

Find late season pow, or at least some corn, at these resorts that haven’t closed yet.

Find your ski pass for next season—and the best deals—here.

Slopeside live music, wacky costumes, and tons of beer? Sign us up for these spring festivals.

Big Sky, Montana, is out to prove that, like girlfriends, other resorts are lying if they tell you otherwise.

Seven camps to make you a better skier.

Hunter Mortensen’s tips for ripping the alpine and lower gladed terrain on Breckenridge's Peak 6.

Vote for the best edit from ski areas across the country.

Let’s review last year’s faceshots and white rooms from around the Western Hemisphere.

The mountain doesn’t care whether or not your guide is in shape, but this Jackson Hole gym does.

Tucker Vest Burton takes us through the Subaru Freeride World Qualifier course in Big Sky, Montana.

Bobbie Burns talks brass balls, hotdoggin', and the resurrection of a legendary ski.

In Western Montana, where snow seems as endless as the abundant terrain, Glacier Country is one of the most likely places to find wintery bliss.

With a handful of ski areas and numerous backcountry stashes, Montana's Hwy 93 offers endless ski opportunities.

Here's a bit of the skiable terrain along Highway 93 in Montana. WARNING: Viewing these pictures may cause extreme bouts of jealousy.

How to hit four ski areas in four days on the cheap.

ON3P has set the date for this year's Summer Session at Beartooth Basin Ski area on June 5th, 2013 - June 9th, 2013.

Join us at Exum’s Live To Ski camp and learn big-mountain essentials.

Skiing in Narnia.

A salute to Sun Valley’s glorious on-mountain watering hole and taco bar.

What would you trade for a year's worth of beer?

Let these tips, gleaned from our editors and their vast network of informants, illuminate your next adventure.

A celebration of the last seven days of snow.

A celebration of the the last week's best storms.

The magical and daring journey of a merry band of skiers through Big Sky Country.

Iconic resorts Jackson Hole, Squaw, Aspen, and Alta join forces

Got three days to burn in one of ski country’s meccas? Here’s how to do it right.

It’s a simple existence in Sun Valley, Idaho. Ski, party, repeat. But combine a demanding mountain with celebrity sightings and seemingly bottomless schooners of beer, and spending time at America’s most storied ski resort is anything but easy. Here’s a guide to doing it right.

Electronic beacon testing checkpoints installed at backcountry gates in the Jackson area.

The KGB crew goes in search of new terrain and after a day of scouting are rewarded with an amazing pillow zone and all time epic snow conditions

Glades, cliffs, and pillow lines on the Idaho-Montana border.

Snowcat skiing and a wide-open boundary policy.

The bitch is, apparently, back. Our weather guy gives us the scoop on where and how much it could snow this winter.

"Wyoming Triumph," a two-year film project about skiing in the Equality State.

Hut-to-hut touring is well known in the world of backcountry skiing. But more and more of these mountain refuges are opening their trail systems to mountain bikers in the summer months. So why not trade in your skins for wheels, and deep powder for single track?

A few words with Justin Brodin, founder of the Bozeman, Montana-based film company, Toy Soldier Productions and a trailer for his upcoming movie, "Set Your Sights."

Summer is road trip time. Load the car, crank the music, and head out on one of our favorite trips through ski country.

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Apparently spring didn't get the memo. It's still stormy and deep across the mountains. Here's where to go for "spring" skiing.

Don't throw the boards into storage just yet. March, April, and even May (if you ski at Mt. Bachelor) are the best months to get great deals on lodging, lift tickets, and equipment, all while curating a gnarly goggle tan. Sun, brews, music, and costumes are what make spring skiing the next best alternative to an epic powder day. Here's where to close out yet another great season of shredding.

Contrary to popular belief, you can ski your way through college and still earn a degree. Just join a collegiate ski team. By Ari Cohen.

All skiers should have the chance to feel what it’s like to heli-ski. But if you don’t have the dough or can’t make the trip to a heli-pad this year show up to one of these resorts on a powder day, wait patiently in the dark with the locals, and seize your chance to be one of the first to slice through some of the most sought after lift-accessed terrain in the world.

Looking for one more late summer adventure? Here are our favorite multi-day backpacking trips in ski country.

Think the best way to get into ski shape is a few squats in the fall? You're going to have to try a little harder than that. Writer Brigid Mander headed to Jackson Hole's Mountain Athlete gym to get beat into shape with ski racer Max Hammer.

The 17th annual International Climbers Festival brought hundreds of rock-crushing climbers to Lander, Wyoming, where they attended slideshows, climbing clinics, movie showings, and competitions. Check out some videos and photos from this year’s festivities.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming-based KGB Productions has a new ski movie out next fall called Wyoming Triumph, which is all shot in their backyard—the Tetons. We spoke to KGB's Sam Pope about making a local ski movie and how they got the film sponsored by a whiskey company.

Check out these hot deals in Colorado.

A recent avalanche ripped Bridger Bowl, Montana's slack country to the ground. We spoke with Eric Knoff, an avy forecaster at the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, about the fact that tracks don't mean a slope is safe (there were over 200 tracks on the face that slid). This slide was skier triggered, but nobody was caught by the slide. Special thanks to the GNFAC for the photos.

Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Washington ski areas saw cold temperatures last week followed by new snow, currently creating snowpack instabilities. Avalanche warnings remain at high for mountain locations in these states.

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.

Aspen’s only microbrewery? Why didn’t I think of that?

By 2010, Moonlight plans to lower its base by a quarter mile, giving the mountain more vertical than Big Sky.

Montana skiers love to thank the mysterious Bridger Bowl Cloud for the thigh-deep, popcorn-dry dumps that bestow cult status on this community-owned ski hill outside of Bozeman.

With only 20 percent of the mountain geared toward beginners, Silver Mountain is your own private, snow-shellacked Idaho.

Go before everyone else discovers Schweitzer’s 6,400-foot-high Selkirk spine and 1,200 acres of tamarack glades and curvy bowls.

Sun Valley’s terrain—ranging from high-speed rippers to wide-open bowls—never gets old.

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