Splitboarding epitomizes the concept of quality over quantity. You may only get three runs in on your splitboard in the backcountry, so make each one count. Editor’s Note: Currently nearly all ski ...
The following is part of a series of articles compiled by the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum and Hall of Fame that will take a closer look at the sport of alpine ski touring. The museum is located ...
After an early-summer trip to Quandary Peak, local ski mountaineer Teague Holmes emailed me a brief list of essential for anyone heading into the backcountry. He also suggested two resources for ...
The concept of skiing or snowboarding in the UK might seem like a pipe dream, but, when there’s snow on the ground, the Munros and mountain ranges of Scotland are a winter sports playground. One ...
It’s always tempting to anthropomorphize — that is, apply human traits — to natural phenomena. That being said, I’ve heard Mount Catherine described a bunch of different ways by backcountry skiers, ...
A few miles from the crowded pistes of Morzine, in the French Alps, even snowboarders can find peace and solitude. This is thanks to a technique that was developed in the mid-1990s but is only now ...
As a boy growing up in Western Washington, Kyle Miller didn’t have a lot of time for the outdoors. Instead of enjoying the majestic mountains looming not far from his door, he grew up sitting around ...
As I skin up a slope somewhere off Fremont Pass, I’m uncomfortably aware of Colorado’s record-breaking winter — or lack of it. I feel it in the pitiful snowpack underfoot, sugary under a fragile sun ...
If you were on Mount Rainier or Mount Baker this past spring and summer—when the snow just wouldn’t melt—you probably saw the latest craze in backcountry snow travel: splitboarding. Local Alpine ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a recent article published by health and wellness brand Recreate, the fastest-growing sports in America have been chronicled, ...
The concept of skiing or snowboarding in the UK might seem like a pipe dream, but, when there’s snow on the ground, the Munros and mountain ranges of Scotland are a winter sports playground. A ...