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Grace Staberg, a U.S. skier on the ISMF World Cup, provides some insight into her stash of skimo race gear. Yup, it looks fast, and it’s light.

Depending on how you embrace the blissfulness of the work done in backcountry skiing, a prototype backcountry rope tow from Zoa Engineering might make you smile or weep.

Snow continues to fall in copious amounts in the West. As we transition into January and the New Year, we leave December with some tragic avalanche deaths.

If you’re looking for a happy (maybe even ecstatic) middle place where skiability and skinnability reign, Fischer’s Transalp Pro is a winner.

Build into the season with a proper progression training your aerobic system. Solid fitness is not only for the skimo realm.

There’s been a glade skiing renaissance in New England with non-profits, private, and public landowners creating accessible and thin-treed ski terrain.

The ISMF has kicked off World Cup racing in Europe. Grace Staberg has this update after the round of racing at Ponte di Legno, Italy.

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.

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.

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

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.

Grace Straberg, a U.S. skimo racer heads over to France and begins prepping for the 2021-2022 World Cup season. The season starts in Italy on Dec. 16th.

Teton-raised Hadley Hammer brings her perspective in this op-ed on the proposed ski-Zone closures in the Tetons and efforts to protect Teton bighorn sheep.

Mountain guide Jed Porter, brings his perspective in this op-ed on the proposed ski-Zone closures in the Tetons and efforts to protect Teton bighorn sheep.

The American Alpine Journal reoprts Ski Descents, and in the process, helps define significance in the ski mountaineering realm.

The first time out on skis can present fitness setbacks: Part of our series aims to help you transition from general to ski-specific fitness.

Gear guide for women’s ski mountaineering skis, lightweight, performance oriented tools for long, demanding backcountry ski tours.

Barry Wicks, a Bend local, finds peace of mind during a mountain run that circumnavigates Broken Top in the Three Sisters Wilderness.

All Mountain gear guide featuring Black Diamond, Moment, Blizzard, Kastle, DPS touring skis and more for backcountry versatility.

Women’s All Mountain gear guide featuring Dynastar, SCOTT, G3, Atomic touring skis and more for backcountry versatility.