How to Ski

Don't let the short turn become a lost art.

Learn to let your skis do the work for you, and you'll master the carve.

Because you don't want to send a ski torpedoing down the slope getting first tracks without you.

A broken ski pole in the backcountry can be devastating. But here's an easy fix.

Setting a bootpack is as simple as hiking up hill with skis on your back, but doing it efficiently can leave you some gas in the tank for another lap.

Because it's not cool to let your skins flap around like a wet Band-Aid.

Don’t let complacency and ignorance put you in avalanche-prone areas.

The Colorado Mountain School's Mike Alkaitis shares tips on how to de-ice skins while backcountry skiing.

Resort skinning takes off.

Seven camps to make you a better skier.

You need to know what you’re getting into when accessing the goods at resorts or in the backcountry.

Big-mountain skier Dean Cummings shares tips and his inspiration for steep skiing.

Don’t think you can head to the backcountry without knowing how to effectively and efficiently use your avy beacon.

Want to ski (and get better) this summer? Check out the other hemisphere.

Here’s the legendary New Hampshire hill, a proving ground for the likes of Bode Miller, as local Ivar Dahl knows it.

Look ma' I can make a digital magazine all by myself.

For women who want to be ready when they meet their mountains.

Dean Cummings stops by Aspen to share his backcountry philosophy.