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.

The roster of awards Lowell Skoog has received for his 2020 book, Written in the Snows, rivals his list of pioneering routes in Washington’s Cascades, and no prize is bigger than the National Outdoor Book Award for historical writing.

With a bit of planning and foresight, you can take your ski photos from social media ephemera to memories you actually revisit. But, photographers say, don’t forget to have fun while you’re in pursuit of that perfect shot.

Jeremy Jones has years of experience that might help the average backcountry traveler. He’s compiled it in a new book, his first, called The Art of Shralpinism. The title, a portmanteau of shredding and alpinism, reveals his philosophy: that the mountaineering is a vehicle for skiing the best lines in the best conditions.