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  • Picking Up the Mail – Retracing Al Johnson’s Historic Ski Traverse

    by Doug Stenclik July 27, 2022
    by Doug Stenclik July 27, 2022

    During the summer months we travel safely through what can dicey avalanche terrain in winter: a mountain bike mail pickup.

  • Friends and Resupplies on a Ski Traverse of The Colorado Trail

    by Nicolette Jones July 13, 2022
    by Nicolette Jones July 13, 2022

    Nicolette Jones reflects on the friends that helped make her ski traverse of The Colorado Trail (nearly 485 miles of it) happen.

  • A Shoulder Season Ski Traverse: Three People, Three Sleep Systems

    by Jason Albert May 27, 2022
    by Jason Albert May 27, 2022

    Three different backcountry skiers and three different sleep systems. A breakdown of the sleep systems used on a recent traverse.

  • Monarch Ski Traverse Exodus – The Joy of Mobility

    by Jonathan Cooper July 28, 2016
    by Jonathan Cooper July 28, 2016

    Human powdered (and powered) ski touring expedition on Monarch Icefields, final report about this amazing backcountry mountaineering.

  • Chasing the Chiwaukum — Washington Cascades Ski Traverse

    by Jonathan Cooper April 16, 2014
    by Jonathan Cooper April 16, 2014

    Ski touring across the spectacular Chiwaukum Range, Washington Central Cascades backcountry trip report.

  • Checklist, High Altitude Spring Ski Traverse Gear (combo of huts and snow camping)

    by Lou Dawson May 4, 2011
    by Lou Dawson May 4, 2011

    Gear Checklist — High Altitude Spring Ski Traverse, Colorado Rocky Mountains, Multi-Day, mix of huts and tent nights

  • Lightweight Ski Traverse Gear

    by Lou Dawson April 20, 2006
    by Lou Dawson April 20, 2006

    Louie is down to around 15 pounds without food or water (fasting works wonders). His list for ski touring traverse kit.

  • Team WildSnow Recaps 2021 Grand Traverse Ski Race

    by Manasseh Franklin April 5, 2021
    by Manasseh Franklin April 5, 2021

    Alex Lee and Manasseh Franklin recap their 2021 Elk Grand Traverse ski race endeavor and sub 10 hour finish.

  • Skiing the Trooper Traverse, Colorado Historical 10th Mountain Division Route

    by Lou Dawson May 16, 2018
    by Lou Dawson May 16, 2018

    Re-creation and history of Trooper Traverse, 10th Mountain Division soldier’s ski route from Leadville to Aspen, Colorado in 1944 just before they shipped out to WWII.

  • Red Line Traverse — Backcountry Skiing Trip Report

    by Jed Porter May 10, 2017
    by Jed Porter May 10, 2017

    Red Line Traverse, backcountry skiing along the crest of the highest portion of the Sierra Nevada range in California.

  • Of Mice and Skiers: The Enchantments Traverse Backcountry

    by Louie Dawson May 5, 2017
    by Louie Dawson May 5, 2017

    Ski touring through the Enchantments, Washington, a beautiful, long, one day traverse in the Cascades backcountry.

  • The Poster — Grand Traverse Skimo Race 2015

    by The Editors Of Wildsnow October 31, 2014
    by The Editors Of Wildsnow October 31, 2014

    Grand Traverse 2015, ski mountaineering race from Crested Butte to Aspen. Registration opens Dec. 1.

  • Workingman’s Shred — Forbidden Traverse Ski Tour

    by Guest Blogger May 8, 2014
    by Guest Blogger May 8, 2014

    Backcountry ski mountaineering along the magnificent Forbidden Traverse, touring in the heart of North Cascades National Park.

  • Gear for Spring Backcountry Skiing Traverse

    by Lou Dawson January 23, 2006
    by Lou Dawson January 23, 2006

    Gear for Spring Backcountry Skiing Traverse and tour, it’s worth working on your exact choices in mountaineering kit.

  • The Best Ski Touring Sunglasses for Uphill and Downhill

    by Bergen Tjossem January 7, 2025
    by Bergen Tjossem January 7, 2025

    I truly needed goggles in the backcountry once last season. The wind was absolutely whipping, the light was perfectly flat, and I was downright nervous about the Gore Range couloir we were trying to find along a ridge of indistinguishable…

  • A Small Hut for Big Skiing in the San Juans: Aladdin’s Lamp

    by Bergen Tjossem April 23, 2024
    by Bergen Tjossem April 23, 2024

    Four of my hut companions and I leaned into plastic deck chairs facing the wind-scoured peaks looming over Silverton, passing around a flask of cheap mezcal, recounting the day’s ski runs. Calling the conditions harsh would have been an understatement.…

  • For the Love of Carbon: Dynafit’s Blacklight Ski Boot

    by Jason Albert February 13, 2023
    by Jason Albert February 13, 2023

    The glossy carbon weave is attractive. When carbon is employed, we pay a premium for lightness and stiffness: Dynafit’s Blacklight ski boot doubles up with real-world stiffness and is a high-functioning boot for any mountain mission.

  • GRIZZLY.SKI Olympic Binding: A First Look

    by Gavin Hess January 3, 2023
    by Gavin Hess January 3, 2023

    Proof of concept is laid bare in the mountains. Slovakia’s Grizzly ski bindings has made inroads with the skimo set and have their eyes set on bringing a rethink to how a tech binding should look and operate. We’re checking…

  • Fischer Transalp 86 Carbon: A Skinny Ski for a Big Dude?

    by Barry Wicks January 3, 2023
    by Barry Wicks January 3, 2023

    In a somewhat crowded marketplace for lighter and skinnier skis, the Fischer Transalp 86 Carbon stands out, not in a flashy way, as a can-do stable ski. Spring corn and firm steeps anybody?

  • Revisiting a 2011 Trip Report: Adventure in the Pickets — Thread of Ice Ski Descent

    by Louie Dawson December 9, 2022
    by Louie Dawson December 9, 2022

    We get it all in this trip report: youthful spirit, great images, and some vision. Two skiers enter Washington’s remote Picket Range to ski Thread of Ice.

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    December 9, 2022

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