News review of backcountry and adventure skiing, also snow climbing and mountaineering.

Italian backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering, guest blog by Steve Romeo.

We just got back from Zermatt, Switzerland and wanted to send you some photos you might post. I was amazed at the amount of snow — the second day of our trip a two day storm began and dumped 1 meter of snow.

Using Friends Hut for a day tour is a nice way to enjoy ski mountaineering in Elk Mountains of Colorado near Aspen and Crested Butte, stop at Pine Creek Cookhouse.

Just wanted to let you know how things are going at the 2006 World Ski Mountaineering Championships in Italy.

Near Marble, Colorado today. Heading up one of the avalanche paths, amazing evidence of destruction from last winter’s record slides. Nope, it’s not a yucca plant, it’s a busted aspen tree… I’ve seen many trees nuked, but never one that…