Steep skiing pioneer Sylvain Saudan, 87, died of a heart attack on July 14, 2024. Saudan is remembered for his 23 first descents, including Mount Hood’s Newton-Clark headwall, which Tom Hallberg wrote about in our Feburary 2023 issue.

“Tele Mike” Russell has helped Black skiers climb mountains all over the world. Through storytelling, advocacy and a yearly party at the National Brotherhood of Skiers’ annual Summit, he’s showing his community that skiing isn’t just a white sport.

The perfect skintrack may not exist, but by lowering travel angles and not overtaxing ourselves, we can learn to move efficiently through the mountains.

On Tuesday, Feb. 13, the world lost beloved, legendary ski mountaineer Kasha Rigby. But her impact extended far beyond the mountains.

After all the planning, observing and communicating comes the moment of truth—when it’s time to decide what to ride.

After a century standing, all that remains of the Abbot Pass Hut in Canada’s Yoho National Park is a low-slung rock wall and decades of memories.

It’s easy to get caught up in the hardskills when you take a course, instead Tom Hallberg shares the human factors he found improved his learning experience.

Dust on snow events are sure to make your skiing less fun, but they also pose major risks to streams and rivers by changing snow runoff.

Avalanche deaths across the country are so far just shy of the 10-year average, but in Colorado that’s not the case.