backcountry skiing

News about ski touring and backcountry skiing, numbers reported and surge in backcountry business

A few thoughts about the Steep movie, how it will portray modern ski alpinism and mountaineering, rather than heli-skiing.

Louie and I traveled over to Leadville, Colorado and camped at the Vicksburg trailhead in position for skiing mount Mount Oxford and Mount Belford.

They say 50 is the new 40, grey is the new black and now April is the new May. Sure enough, prime spring corn conditions this morning on Marble Peak. Terrific weather window for Colorado today and tomorrow. Loading the…

In Canada, a guided party with two dead and several injured. I can’t say I’m immune to exposing more than one person at a time to avalanche hazard.

Bryan Wickenhauser and Eric Sullivan made history today when they placed sixth in the Elk Mountains Traverse race using their randonnee race gear (Trab skis and Scarpa F1 boots) instead of the usual nordic gear favored by past year’s race…