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

Backcountry skiing out of the French Ridge Hut, near Wanaka, New Zealand.

Polar bears; ski celebrations in a desolate Norweigen village; bottomless backcountry facets — adventure skiing celebrates memorable moments beyond skiing.

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

On July 3, Italy’s Marmolada Glacier shed a massive load of ice killing numerous climbers. With high temps in the Dolomite region, these are unsteady times.

Every backcountry skier has an origin story—some are filled with myths, some with easy access and mentors, some with hardscrabble grit. Here’s Ethan Daly’s true tale.