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.

Beyond Skid: A Cookbook for Ski Bums offers up a slew of modernist recipes for backcountry skiers loking for some menu inspriation.

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