So hot out there— fine temperatures to dig into the question of what is ski mountaineering. The question is making news as we turn into August.

The 1000g class of touring boots has expanded in the past few years. Here’s our 2022-2023 gear guide for the lightweight class of backcountry boots.

Maybe to no one’s surprise, generally, we backcountry skiers might just be a rational group: a study finds we “value being responsible risk takers whose decisions are grounded in competence–a status that requires training and experience.”.

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.

Choices are often a lovely thing. That’s what Peter Vordenberg realized this spring in the Wasatch as he tested the DPS Pagoda Tour 100 RP and 94 C2.