Backcountry skiing news, including new Matchstick film, ropes on glaciers, ARVA Link beacon and discussion of avalanche beacon features.
Whistler (BC), Canada - Snowmaking is an important part of early season preparation at Whistler Blackcomb in any given year. This year, while extra efforts are focused on readying the Alpine Skiing...
Barcelona, Spain - After taking gold at the season's first big air in London last week, Austria's Stefan Gimpl celebrated victory again on Saturday at the second in-city event of the 2010 LG...
Mt. Hood, OR - Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort officials say they expect to open the Oregon resort next week, most likely Wednesday. As of press time last night the resort had received 21 inches of snow...
Mount Norquay at Banff and Bormio in Italy have both opened today (Halloween – 31st October, 2009) for the 09-10 winter season. Both areas will be open weekends only for the first few weeks of...
The cable car companies in the Kitzbüheler Alpen are investing more than 60 million euros in new lifts and snow machines for the coming season. In the SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental the snow making...