This video comes in from one of newest correspondents down here in the Colorado rockies. <B>Dave Bourassa</B> and his crew have been slaying it day after day, and already have a respectable amount of shredding under their belts this year. ...

In this part of our dispatch from the International Snow Science Workshop in Telluride I want to to pass on some of the more practical topics that were covered at the conference. The two that I thought would be the most useful out there...

I've seen it happen a million times. You get a few pow days at the resort and you see how good it feels to move your board through something softer than the terrain park. You've got <i>Mad Pow Disease</i> and all you want to do is slash...

The International Snow Science workshop is a biennial gathering of snow scientists and professionals to discuss anything related to snow and avalanche saftey. The topics range from education to snowpack and weather modeling and forcasting...

I'm an occasional lurker and thought some of you may be interested in this. It seems that the feds are planning on getting rid of paper maps in Canada.To all climbers who use maps or plan to some day (GPS's are great but not nearly as...

I’ve skied the Super C once before, two years ago, led by a couple of Portillo locals. Since that day I’ve referred to it as the most spectacular couloir I’ve ever skied. It’s a solid 1000 m vert., on a slope of 35-47 degrees, and 15-30m...

Ski-traverses are great and everything, but they’re heartbreaking because usually the goodies discovered along the way have to be passed up in order maintain the self-contained logistical timeline. I was previously imprinted from the pain...

This winter, backcountry aficionados have another option for accessing untouched powder fields with the introduction of the DIVIDE, Venture’s new backcountry splitboard....

Norwegian binding manufacturer Rottefella has signed an agreement with Backcountry Access Inc. (BCA) to become the exclusive distributor of Rottefella telemark and Naxo alpine touring bindings in North America. <a...

Last July, five of us came together to fill the jones of getting some midsummer turns in. Options were discussed. After getting weather data we decided upon Mt Forbes, a <b>3612m/11,851ft</b> gem located in Banff National park. Our group...