With global supply chain issues and shipping delays, retailers and manufacturers problem solve as they gear up for winter.

The backcountry skiing news involves items outside the realm of remote powder and corn. Salt Lake City is grappling with solutions to ease traffic congestion in Little Cottonwood Canyon, while Tupper Lake, way up in the Adirondacks, envisions a human-powered playground for a defunct ski area. We also take a shallow dive into the Colorado Ski Act and its relationship to inbound avalanches.

Black Diamond announces replacement program for Ascension Nylon skins produced between January and March 2021.

Ski touring and backcountry news roundup for summer 2021 covering land use at ski resorts, Olympic skimo, resort uphill pricetags and more.

Ski touring and backcountry news, summer 2021, Denali, Into the Wild Bus and public lands overrun with users.