Backcountry ski touring means traveling on much more gradual slopes on trails that serve as easy hikes in the summer.

Rescue officials say the skier decided to climb up, 700 vertical feet to the gulley, because they had no other option.

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 ...

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 ...

Skiing comes in several different flavors. Groomers, moguls, sheer ice—the mountains can get pretty creative in terms of what they throw at skiers. Separating this massive roster of possible skiing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They might not admit it, but there's no denying that skiers were way gnarlier back in the '70s and '80s, especially when it came ...

Backcountry skiers, like those killed in Sunday’s avalanche at Stevens Pass, used to be the outlaws of ski resorts, cutting through fences and ducking from the ski patrol to get to virgin snow and ...

This is a biweekly column about all things skiing and snowboarding in New England. BOLTON VALLEY, Vermont – With snow falling at the start of a five day string of storms, a line of skiers heads two-by ...

SILVERTON – When the pandemic shut down the world in 2020, Griff Pinto was 8 and made a big decision: It was time to go all-in on skiing. Five years later, the 13-year-old from Silverton is a ...

The skier was carried to the bottom of the valley and was buried up to his waist in snow, according to Parks Canada ...

They might not admit it, but there’s no denying that skiers were way gnarlier back in the ’70s and ’80s, especially when it came to pioneering lines far beyond the reaches of ski resorts. Since skiing ...