Boots can be the difference between a great day in the mountains and a miserable one. Our testers narrowed down the ever-expanding world of AT boots to just six pairs to help you decide.
2022 Editors’ Choice: All-Mountain Skis
One ski to rule them all. These Editors’ Choice picks might not quite fit the bill of being the One Ski, but our testers said they’re solid for those looking for skis that do a bit of everything.
2022 Editors’ Choice: Lightweight Skis
From the 2022 Editors’ Choice picks, a few lighter options skis rose to the top. These are the kind of skis you can bang out laps on the skintrack and have fun on the descent, provided it’s not too deep.
Backcountry Magazine Launches French-Language Edition. In France.
Backcountry Magazine is proud to announce its recent partnership with longtime French snowsports journalist Mathieu Ros Medina to bring the 2022 Gear Guide to the French audience. Collaboration will feature Backcountry Magazine’s renowned Editors’ Choice Gear Selects, plus original material in French.
Backcountry Magazine welcomes Tom Hallberg as Associate Editor
Hallberg is the first splitboarder to hold a full-time editorial position since 2009. The former newspaper reporter is excited to bring a snowboarder’s perspective to the magazine.
Gearbox: Packing for Anything
Whether you’re planning a multi-day traverse or just looking to explore the lift-accessed backcountry, these six purpose-built packs will fill any niche you need on your next snow-sliding adventure.
Ski Mountaineer Dies in Crevasse Fall in Alaska’s Denali National Park
On Monday, May 3, 28-year-old Mason Stansfield of Ouray, Colorado, died while skiing the Eldridge Glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Stansfield was an experienced ski mountaineering and a mountain guide who had worked on Denali before.
Gearbox: Five tools for touring on high
Spring mountaineering season has arrived to the high peaks, and these tools might be your ticket to ticking off your next big line.
Colorado Reports Twelfth Avalanche Fatality of the Season
A skier was killed Monday, March 22 in an avalanche outside of Colorado’s Beaver Creek Ski Area. According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), the skier was traveling below tree line in an area known as the Sanctuary Chutes—a steep, northwest-facing chute—at approximately 10,500 feet when they triggered the avalanche around 3:00 p.m. This is the 12th fatality in Colorado this season and the 35th in the United States.
Renowned Snowboarder Luca Pandolfi Dies in Avalanche
Italian snowboarder Luca Pandolfi died in an avalanche on Wednesday, March 17. He was splitboarding in Italy’s Gran San Bernardo Valley, which is located in the Aosta Valley near the French boarder. Pandolfi is being celebrated and remembered as a freeride champion, guide and visionary splitboarder.
