Winter 20/21 could bring unprecedented growth to ski touring. A mountain guide and avalanche educator questions the future Covid-19 backcountry.
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During the pandemic, a skier turns to mountain biking and finds as much exploration and adventure in the backcountry in summer as in winter.
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How to make backcountry skiing less white? Aidan Goldie examines the implicit biases, racism, and barriers that prevent BIPOC from backcountry inclusivity.
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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.
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Skiing in Alaska often conjures images of big lines on big skis. Emily Sullivan and Alex Lee discuss the merits of skinny skis in big mountain country.
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In Part II of Cody Townsend’s Quarantine Q&A, he talks gear innovation at Salomon, binding elasticity and the search for the ski setup Holy Grail.
The WildSnow collection of backcountry skiing stories rings a few bells. We keep our journalism chops sharp by answering questions related to recalls and rebrands. The WildSnow digital shelves also house first-person narratives and yarns exploring the complexities of land use issues and winter backcountry access in the West. In a nutshell, these are long-form stories from a ski touring world. And we’re evolving; consider it a split boarding world too.
