Anything from skiing out a gate at a resort for a quick backcountry lap to a short ski tour for some low-angle pow turns an all-day mission for a specific line can constitute backcountry skiing. But ...

Backcountry ski touring has become my favorite of all the different types of skiing but it wasn’t always this way. I discovered there are lots of things to learn before you go ski touring for ...

Ski mountaineering is effectively the most extreme version of backcountry ski touring that involves skills beyond the basics of ski touring to travel through terrain. Picture this: you're headed ...

Backcountry skis, also called touring skis, aren’t designed for a convenient lift ride to the top of the mountain. They instead balance lightweight materials for walking uphill with jam-packed ...

If you’re only ever going to use it skiing in the resort, there’s no need for a 40-liter backcountry overnight pack. Vice ...

OnX Backcountry recently rolled out new in-app avalanche safety tools, so we tested it with mountain guides on a day of backcountry ski touring in the Wasatch. Recently, I heard rumors that OnX ...

I tend to ski most of the season with a 30-liter airbag pack (ski touring and skiing resort-access backcountry), but switch to lighter-weight and slightly larger ski mountaineering pack when ...

Backcountry Adrenaline 600R E-TEC Cobra 1.6" E.S. Backcountry Adrenaline 600R E ... 900 ACE Charger 1.5" E.S. Expedition Xtreme 850 E-TEC Cobra 1.8" E.S. Expedition Xtreme 900 ACE Turbo R Cobra 1.8" E ...