Book review of Lowell Skoog’s “Written in the Snows: Across Time on Skis in the Pacific Northwest,” in which the author covers the fabric of the region’s backcountry skiing history.

Mountain guide Rob Coppolillo offers up his thoughts after moving from Chamonix, the Madison Square Garden of guiding, to the more lush Pacific Northwest.

For glacier travel and hauling loads, Petzl’s Traxions have impressed. They’ve now gone one-lighter with the release of the 52g Nano Traxion.

The skimo World Cup begins on Dec. 16th. Colorado’s Grace Staberg has an update from France where she has been training on the Tignes Glacier.

The Dynafit Radical Pro boot enters the realm of a stiff hard-charging boot with a feature set to satisfy some discerning skinners on the uphill.

Ortovox makes a leap in avalanche transceiver design with the Diract Voice – as the name implies, the unit provides voice commands. Here’s our first look.