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 ...

To help you find a pair that’s right for your backcountry style, experience level, and budget, we tested the latest and ...

Winner of our Best Crossover award, Blizzard’s Zero G 96 climbs fast and charges hard. Redesigned for 2025-26, it’s a ...

Skiing is skiing, whether you do it with the aid of chairlifts or your leg power, on fat or skinny skis or a snowboard, or with buckle, BOA or lace-up boots. For a recent ski excursion in the woods of ...

Daily Inter Lake reporter Jack Underhill skis in the backcountry near Whitefish Mountain Resort during the Patrol Fund's avalanche training seminar Jan. 11, 2025. (Matt Baldwin/Daily Inter Lake) ...

Any skier can understand the urge to improve their equipment. Few take matters into their own hands like Jamie Kunka. The avid backcountry skier has effectively found a way to blend his love of snowy ...