The first time out on skis can present fitness setbacks: Part two of our early season fitness series aims to help you develope a reliable strength routine.

Backcountry skiers have a voice when it comes to public land managment. Conservationist and powder turn artist John Sterling provides a public lands primer.

Fitness uphilling has surged into an inbounds antigravity movement – how about returning “uphilling” to its backcountry roots: “Denaliing.”

In this news roundup, there’s skimo, business cycles, profits and expenditures, a lost box of slides and thoughts of magical mountains.

Crowdsourcing plea: help build out an interactive map displaying resorts allowing uphill travel. We link to a Google form in this story, thanks for the help.

Blue Ice has hit an in-the-park home run with its Kume 30 pack. Not über minimalist, not overfeatured. There’s just enough to keep me coming back.