In 1970, Yūichirō Miura became the first man to descend Everest on skis. His achievement still impresses today.
Mountain Skills: Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best
Internationally certified mountain guide and board-certified physician Alan Oram shares how to be prepared for medical emergencies in the backcountry.
Home Sweet Home: Out and About with Max Hitzig
After winning the 2024 Freeride World Tour, Max Hitzig took a year off from competition. But he still trains in his home region, the Montafon in western Austria, and is pushing into the backcountry more and more.
The Master Forecaster
For 29 years, Doug Chabot worked as a forecaster for Montana’s Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center. In this Wisdom piece from The Outliers Issue, available now, he shares a few nuggets of wisdom.
Addictive Personality
“Betsy, did you pack the coffee?” Katie asks me as she digs through the yurt’s food bin. A rainbow of Gore-Tex, PrimaLoft and Intuition liners hangs above a pellet stove. Nick, Katie’s boyfriend, flips through an old issue of Backcountry Magazine at the table while my boyfriend, Mike, and I are lounging on the bottom […]
Retirement Goals
As we celebrate 30 years of magazines with Issue 161, editors, both past and present, offer personal reflections on their time at Backcountry Magazine. In this note, former Editorial Director Tyler Cohen contemplates some chairlift wisdom he recieved as an intern from tele icon Dickie Hall.
Look Back, Rise Up
As we celebrate 30 years of magazines with Issue 161, editors, both past and present, offer personal reflections on their time at Backcountry Magazine. In this note, sometimes editor and always janitor Adam Howard considers the legacy of Shane McConkey and his enduring influence on ski culture and ski design, while acknowledging a personal editorial regret.
Wisdom: Sandy Ward
Almost two decades ago, Sandy Ward found splitboarding connected her to her Indigenous culture. In this Wisdom piece from The 30th Anniversary Issue, she talks about creating opportunities for Indigenous women and youth to experience the backcountry.
Arctic Addictions: How I Became Obsessed with Scandinavian Splitboarding
Splitboarding in the Arctic might as well be a Schedule II drug—highly addictive, potentially dangerous, with a severe risk of psychological and neurological dependance.
Backcountry Basecamp 2025
The 12th annual Backcountry BASECAMP tour, presented by Flylow, brings the beta published in every issue of Backcountry Magazine to resorts across the U.S.
From the Northeast to the Tetons, the Wasatch to the Front Range, Backcountry Magazine joins local guides, forecasters and avalanche instructors for a series of pop-up festivals featuring gear demos, avalanche education, guided tours and a huge raffle benefitting a local nonprofit.
