Review of Mount Everest book, Third Pole, by Mark Synnott.

Reflection on the many gifts offered through ski touring and exploring high peaks in the backcountry.

Review of the Dynastar M-Tour 99 touring ski, a mid-waist lightweight plank that balances weight with hard charging ski backcountry performance.

Review of the Osprey Soelden Pro Avalanche Airbag 32 pack, featuring the Alpride E1 supercapacitor inflation system for dependable avalanche safety.

Spring skiing in the Elk Mountains with a trip report from a successful ski mountaineering mission on Pyramid Peak and Hayden Peak.

Excerpt from Dead Reckoning: Learning from Accidents in the Outdoors by Emma Walker on what to do in life and death situations.