News from the ski touring world including Vail Resorts COVID operating plan, concerns about a busy backcountry, an unreliable winter snow forecast.

Due to Covid-19, in-person avalanche forecast fundraising will be limited this year which will impact education and programming for CAIC and UAC.

Review of the Red Bull ski film K2: The Impossible Descent featuring Andrzej Bargiel, the first person to ski from the 8611m summit of K2.

How to make backcountry skiing less white? Aidan Goldie examines the implicit biases, racism, and barriers that prevent BIPOC from backcountry inclusivity.

Interview with big mountain doctor and skier Tracee Metcalf who has been working on the front lines of COVID-19 as a doctor and patient.