Barring that, venturing a bit off the beaten path to one of these ten resorts could prevent you from feeling like human ...

While warm sunshine has made for a pleasant past few days out and around the Tri-Lakes’ communities, it’s been a completely different reality in the backcountry. The early March thaw has wreaked havoc ...

There are few responsibilities we wouldn’t totally blow off for a hut trip. Getting fully off the grid at a cabin in the woods, skiing until the sun goes down and making snow cone margaritas might be ...

It was a deep powder day in the backcountry of Japan. I was cruising along taking fun, bouncy turns in the  insanely deep powder when a snow snake bit me and I flipped forward, pulling off a ...

Historically, March is the month most likely to see fatal avalanches. Here are some expert safety tips to keep in mind before ...

For decades, skiing in the backcountry – far from chairlifts, parking lots and the apres-ski bar scene – was the domain of only the most dedicated, or the most anti-corporate, adherents of the sport.

Larger objects in an avalanche tend to stay near the snow’s surface, while smaller bits of debris get buried. According to the National Avalanche Center, it’s vital to bring a partner into avalanche ...

LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS, Canada– Snow crunched loudly underfoot as a group of skiers gathered in sub-zero temperatures for the start of a 27-mile, three-day backcountry ski trek across southern Quebec ...

PEOPLE spoke to avalanche educator Richard Bothwell about the deadly Feb. 17 incident and how skiers tend to prepare for a situation like this Natalia Senanayake is an Editorial Assistant, Lifestyle ...

(CNN) — The eight friends found joy in the mountains, skiing together across the untracked powder of the hushed, pristine wilderness of California’s Sierra Nevada – their close friendship standing out ...