The backcountry looms large in the imagination of skiers everywhere. It’s beautiful, fearsome, and the last best place to ...

The air is crisp and leaves are fluttering down outside my window. They’re brown, not a picturesque yellow, but if you half-close your eyes you can almost imagine them as snowflakes, stacking up in ...

Powder days loom large in the lore of ski culture, so much so that savvy employers have started offering paid time off for employees to shred the slopes. But with lift lines lengthening and headline ...

They might not admit it, but there’s no denying that skiers were way gnarlier back in the ’70s and ’80s, especially when it came to pioneering lines far beyond the reaches of ski resorts. Since skiing ...

Once upon a time, backcountry skiing was a niche sport enjoyed by a select group of skiers viewed as “hardcore” or “extreme.” But that’s no longer the case. Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, ...

The rugged Adirondacks center with vintage vibes has announced it won't open for the 2025-26 season, devastating backcountry skiers.

The nice guy with the Willie Nelson braids thinks I should microdose psilocybin on our backcountry ski tour tomorrow in Colorado’s Seven Utes. I’ve been struggling with the altitude and he thinks ...

Visualize being at the summit of a ski resort on a bluebird powder day, surrounded by a glorious panorama filled with snowcapped peaks glistening in the distance. Now imagine you and a few ski buddies ...

Uphill skiers preparing to drop in to a run at Bluebird Backcountry mountain in Colorado. Bluebird Backcountry, the trailblazing, lift-less ski area that was the first to offer backcountry skiing, but ...