Venture Snowboards has announced that they will resume business for winter 2016-17. And while this comes as a relief to the company’s fans, it begs a bigger question about the role and stability of boutique brands in the niche splitboarding market.
Austral Aspirations: Allie Rood talks ski mountaineering and life abroad in New Zealand
For our next installment of “Austral Aspirations,” we talk with Allie Rood, lodge manager at Temple Basin Ski Club in New Zealand. This is Allie’s first “endless winter” and she plans to make the most of it by exploring the Southern Alps of Kiwi country.
Summer Stashes: Photographer Abby Cooper explores the fading snow of Whistler
For this installment of “Summer Stashes,” we talked with photographer Abby Cooper about her summer missions in the Whistler area.
Southern Storm: Aaron Rice skis Argentinian powder on his way to 2.5 million vertical feet in 2016
In Argentina, nothing quite works the way it’s intended to and everything takes a bit longer than it otherwise should. But eventually you end up where you’re supposed to be.
Backcountry Magazine Requests Submissions for 2nd Annual Fall Line Film Festival
Backcountry Magazine is calling all filmmakers—professional or amateur alike—to submit their short films for consideration in our first-ever Fall Line Film Festival. Taking place at our annual Barn Bash, held on Saturday, October 24 in Cambridge, Vt., this film showcase will feature the best of the submissions we receive in two categories, independent and brand sponsored.
Old Farmer’s Almanac 2017 winter weather report: is it more accurate than last year’s?
The 2017 Old Farmer’s Almanac is out, and with it comes the annual discussion about whether their winter weather predictions are accurate or may need to be taken with a hefty grain of salt. The prediction for this winter? “Above normal snowfall in the north,” reports the Almanac. “Winter will be much colder than last winter.”
Summer Stashes: Mt. Owen still holds the goods in July
All summer long, we will add to the growing list of places where you can find snowy terrain to beat the heat. For this installment of “Summer Stashes,” we talked with Tom Cuddy, a Masters student at Western State Colorado University, about his trip to Mt. Owen in Colorado’s Elk Mountains.
Cinema Season: The Winter Wildlands Alliance preps for Backcountry Film Festival submissions
Autumn is right around the corner. With the cooling temps comes the beginning of film festival season, a time for generating stoke for the approaching winter. One organization prepping for a cinematic onslaught is the Winter Wildlands Alliance (WWA), a nonprofit whose mission is to promote and preserve winter wildlands and a quality human-powered snowsports experience on public lands.
Summer Stashes: Celebrating friendship with summer turns at Colorado’s Rollins Pass
All summer long, we will add to the growing list of places where you can find snowy terrain to beat the heat. For this installment of “Summer Stashes,” we talked with skier Jamie Seiffer who returned to his inaugural Colorado backcountry zone in the Indian Peak Wilderness with a little help from his friends.
Austral Aspirations: McKenna Peterson talks surfing, political protests and skiing the Super C Couloir
For our next installment of “Austral Aspirations,” we talk with Freeride athlete McKenna Peterson, who hopped a jet to Chile in mid July to film with Outside Television. While she was there, the La Niña skies opened on Portillo, and she was able to experience the Andes in knee-deep powder. Here is what she had to say about her recent trip.
