Ski mountaineering is effectively the most extreme version of backcountry ski touring that involves skills beyond the basics of ski touring to travel through terrain. Picture this: you're headed ...

Backcountry skis, also called touring skis, aren’t designed for a convenient lift ride to the top of the mountain. They instead balance lightweight materials for walking uphill with jam-packed ...

so we tested it with mountain guides on a day of backcountry ski touring in the Wasatch. Recently, I heard rumors that OnX Backcountry was adding an ATES overlay to its digital mapping program. For ...

Backcountry ski tourers need to use a range of skills and techniques to make the most of their activity and that includes being able to ski uphill using skins and cross-county ski poles ...

For example, I tend to ski most of the season with a 30-liter airbag pack (ski touring and skiing resort-access backcountry), but switch to lighter-weight and slightly larger ski mountaineering pack ...

The Zero G line of touring skis might be some of the most recognizable backcountry skis of all time. They've been around forever, with their colorful topsheets, impressively light weight, and eminent ...

This remote archipelago is a dreamy base for adventure, with backcountry ski slopes reached by boat, hiking trails that offer ...

SILVERTON – When the pandemic shut down the world in 2020, Griff Pinto was 8 and made a big decision: It was time to go ...