Planning a ski trip can be an involved process, depending on how far you're hoping to go and what kind of skiing you're looking to do. Adding backcountry skiing into that equation adds a whole other ...

View post: Karl Fostvedt Lands Wildcard Invitation to NST Ski Alaska 2026 Skiing in the backcountry can look a number of different ways. Anything from skiing out a gate at a resort for a quick ...

Earlier this month, I hopped a plane (actually four) to the Republic of Georgia, a tiny country on the border of Russia and ...

Backcountry ski touring means traveling on much more gradual slopes on trails that serve as easy hikes in the summer.

In skiers’ parlance, uphill skiing is another term for ski touring. Oftentimes, the phrase is used by ski areas to denote ski touring that happens within the avalanche-controlled boundaries of a ski ...

A Vermont skier and author explores the hand-cut ski trails that shaped backcountry skiing across the region.

New this year, backcountry skiers will notice a broader range of offerings from CTA, including more vertical-oriented tours led by in-the-know locals to established backcountry ski lines. CTA events ...

When Liam Goettelman heads out for a backcountry ski in the San Juan Mountains, he starts by checking the Colorado Avalanche ...

Skiing in the backcountry can look a number of different ways. Anything from skiing out a gate at a resort for a quick backcountry lap to a short ski tour for some low-angle pow turns an all-day ...