In the wide-open space that is digitial ski tour planning, I needed some direction: Backcountry Nav’s online class helped me find a path forward.

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.