Trip Reports Backcountry

Journalists tour the Powder Keg ski mountaineering race course. Spent a nice day taking a tour of the Powder Keg randonnee backcountry skiing race course, (in general connecting Alta and Brighton ski areas). We didn’t do the whole pro course…

Outdoor Retailer Trade Show 2005 – Backcountry Skiing Binding Collection Display (01-27-2005), ski touring equipment.

Every region of North America has its pros and cons for backcountry skiing and ski touring. Pacific Northwest and Canadian coastal regions yield late season snow and big mountains — but sometimes wet weather gets in the way.

Got out backcountry skiing up at Marble Peak yesterday, this is my companion. Lou DawsonWildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in…

Just returned from an excellent uphill/downhill race at Aspen Highlands. Pretty brutal (3,000+ vert up to 11,000 feet elevation) but son and I kept our pace (slow), got a good workout, and enjoyed seeing friends and socializing. It was interesting having a fast transition from skins to glide. Time to fumble — in the cold wind and snow no less! Too bad most of the downhill was a catwalk where the guys on nordic skis could rule — oh well –the few the proud the brave on rando gear…

Happy New Year 2008 everyone. We spent our New Year holiday in the backcountry paradise of Moab, we missed skiing but it was fun.