A former Lower Minaland-based backcountry ski gear manufacturer has moved its research and development facility from outside Vancouver to Nelson.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The backcountry looms large in the imagination of skiers everywhere. It’s beautiful, fearsome, and the last best place to score ...

View post: What's Your DIN Setting? Over 4,000 Skiers Weigh In Backcountry skiing doesn’t always have to be a long walk on skins—some of the best backcountry skiing around is accessed by resort gates.

In skiers’ parlance, uphill skiing is another term for ski touring. Oftentimes, the phrase is used by ski areas to denote ski touring that happens within the avalanche-controlled boundaries of a ski ...

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 the ...

Planning a ski trip can be an involved process, depending on how far you're hoping to go and what kind of skiing you're looking to do. Adding backcountry skiing into that equation adds a whole other ...

When 19th-century California naturalist John Muir famously said, “The mountains are calling and I must go,” he couldn’t possibly have imagined slushy parking lots crowded with Teslas and short tempers ...

Ready to explore the mountains in winter powered by your lungs and legs? Then, you’ll want to find the best backcountry ski bindings for your needs and goals. Our testing team made up of backcountry ...

Disclaimer: This is a beginner’s guide that aims, first and foremost, at awareness. It is not a substitute for training from an accredited guide. To make your first real step towards understanding ...