Snow Sports
Shredventures in Candanian Powder
This episode of Vera’s Shredventures takes us into the Whistler Backcountry. Follow filmmaker Vera Janssen as she gets set up with all the necessary access-vehicles and starts bagging the season’s first shots.
Snowshoe Racing
Snowshoe racing is a great outdoor winter activity and these tips from Women’s Adventure magazine can help you get started.
Are You Ready to Heli?
Accesses the goods we crave through heliskiing. Here’s our list of unmatched heli operations and the destinations they service. While heliskiing and boarding isn’t beginner fare, there is a little something for everyone.
Harness Pre-Season Snow Sports Excitement
Channel your early-season jitters with a pre-season workout regiment and developing a winter game plan. Here’s how to motivate and prepare yourself for meeting your skiing and boarding goals.
Meteorologist Shares Tips to Finding Perfect Powder
Powder. Why we travel through early morning darkness to get first chair, “lose” our friends on days with 12 inches of fresh. Here’s how to chase the white ghost, according to the founder of OpenSnow.com, meteorologist Joel Gratz.
One Woman, 70 Days, A Record-Setting Trek
British explorer Felicity Aston sees exploration as more than just a chance to discover new heights and new sites. And this perspective recently carried her across Antarctica—alone.
Adventure All The Time
“For some people, it’s not a dream. It’s just daily reality,” my friend bragged when, on a dreary day, I mentioned my hankering to ride on sunny singletrack. Easy for him to say.
Get The Girls Out
On February 11 (and once a month for the rest of the season), women across the U.S. will celebrate their love for the mountain lifestyle by taking the mountains by storm to grow the community of women in the outdoors!
Ski or Ride Safely and Soundly
Keep the slopes safe. Ski and ride within the rules and, if you don’t know the rules, get familiar with them this week, National Safety Awareness Week (January 14-21).
La Niña Proves Worth the Wait
Finding pristine powder requires some skill. But, don’t worry, you have what it takes! Ski mountaineering is easier than you imagine and is one of the best ways to explore. The recipe for it: mountains, fitness, AT (alpine touring) or telemark gear, and a will to go higher.
