Sam Hennessey gets granular with the gear. He details the ski alpinism hard and soft goods to make the most of the Alaska Range.

Time to spring forward with some ideas and resources for safer and more efficient backcountry travel: think sharp pointy things and crevasse management.

The skimo scene is on the rise in the Big Sky state with an inaugural four-race series, the Big Sky Skimo Cup, going down this past winter.

Kelly Cordes evolves from backscratchers to slipping and sliding through the forest on skins. And then stops above a seven-degree slope and rips skins.

The problem with scary moderate is that not fully thinking it through is the first step in making some grave mistakes. Should we banish the term?

I participated in a few Grand Traverse races. Something that resonated, and still does, was Reverend Tim Clark’s “Blessing of the Freeheelers.”