For a couple years now Benoit has been bringing us stories of his epic adventures in somewhat of a pictoral documentary. The short of it,is that Benny has been bagging some of the biggest and best peaks in the Canadian Rockies. We are...

As backcountry travel becomes more and more popular, the sport of snowboarding has had to adapt. Prior snowboards builds the right boards for all Backcountry snowboarders. Founded and run by true backcountry riders, their products have...

A story about one of the greatest ski-descents ever done in the rockies and a tribute to D'Arcy McRae. Rip in peace bro!...

Sanctified, the first ever environmentally focused ski film, made in association with Backcountry Magazine will premiere October 7, at the Jackson Hole Playhouse in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Doors open at 8:45. There will be free beer and lots...

Vancouver, BC (September 22, 2005) ­ North Shore Rescue has officially selected the RECCOŽ avalanche rescue system as endorsed technology and incorporated the system into its comprehensive search strategy. Highlighting why the decision...

The unexpected happened for us yesterday. We'd all spent the night at Camp 3,hoping for a summit attempt the next day, but things weren't looking to hopeful. We were all tired and we went to bed with a lot of wind and heavy snow. Our first...

Hello from camp 3 - 24,700 feet. We seem to have entered a bit of a monsoon cycle so we raced up a day earlier than planned with hopes of beating a bigger storm. Afternoons bring in wind followed by warm snow. Looks like we have some major...

Back again at basecamp. After several days on the mountain we feel warm, fed, and just plain...good... Yesterday we descended from camp 3 to basecamp - over 7000 feet. Sleep at camp 2 - at almost 25,000 ft is almost nonexistant. Eating and...

Raising the prayer flags during our puja ceremony Hilaree partaking of a mandatory puja PBR at 9:30 in the morning Willie and John organizing food to take to Camp 1 The last two days have been pretty action packed trying to get ourselves...

BOULDER, CO (Sept. 1, 2005) - Equipment manufacturer Backcountry Access (BCA) has teamed up with filmmaker Teton Gravity Research (TGR) to create a state-of-the-art avalanche beacon training video....