touring

The steps to prepare for a season of backcountry skiing and touring are many and varied, here are a few listed.

Ski widths have changed greatly over the years, here is an overview from 1996 before the wider ski revolution took off.

S System for rating ski descents was developed in Europe, it is a flawed system but in wide use, described here for ski mountaineering.

Backcountry skiing on Columbia Icefield, Canada, including ski tour of Snow Dome, adventures of a married couple backcountry skiing.

Early trip to the Friends Hut, Colorado doing a ski tour to celebrate Thanksgiving in the backcountry mountains.