“Celebrating the Winter Human-Powered Experience.” That’s the motto of the Winter Wildlands Alliance. If that’s a mantra you also live by, then get your butt to downtown Salt Lake City on November 16th because their 2017 Backcountry Film Festival is coming to Brewvies. Adventure, environment and climate, youth outdoors, ski culture- you’ll find it…
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Chad Brackelsberg new Utah Avalanche Center Executive Director
The Utah Avalanche Center has a new Executive Director. In a press release, the UAC announced that Chad Brackelsberg has joined the team and will be in charge of the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center – the non-profit arm that plays a vital role in fundraising. According to the UAC, Brackelsberg comes from a corporate…
Backcountry skiing Butler Basin in Big Cottonwood Canyon
Spring is the time to backcountry ski or snowboard those big, steep lines you’ve been eyeballing all season. With a more stable snowpack, and melt/freeze cycles creating supportable corn snow, there’s no better time to tick off a steep objective. Butler Basin on Gobbler’s Knob is one such place. Butler Basin is a huge cirque…
Backcountry Basecamp coming to Alta
Backcountry Magazine is coming to Alta Ski Area on March 11-12 for their Backcountry Basecamp tour. The Backcountry Basecamp is an excellent way to see what’s new with the backcountry skiing and splitboarding scene. Backcountry Magazine staff set up a huge yurt and inside show off the latest gear including skis, splitboards, skins, shovels, beacons,…
Backcountry Touring in Utah’s Hoodoo Country
If you close your eyes and imagine Southern Utah’s red rock canyon terrain, what do you see? Painted cliffs of yellow, orange and red, crumbling rock spires, groves of juniper and… backcountry skiers and snowboarders? Perhaps that last one seems out of place, and rightly so. Hoodoo country isn’t your typical ski touring terrain, and…
Sign up for 2nd Annual Wasatch Backcountry Alliance Free Shuttle Day
Backcountry skiers looking to promote car pooling in the Cottonwood Canyons should sign up for the 2nd annual Wasatch Backcountry Alliance free shuttle day. Relax in a 12-person van as you ride up the canyon, and don’t worry about finding parking in our increasingly crowded trailheads. The WBA free shuttle day services Big Cottonwood Canyon…
Backcountry skiing Point 10420
Point 10420, at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon near Guardsman Pass, is the closest mountain you can backcountry ski from Brighton that isn’t lift assisted. A pleasant ridgeline skin takes you to the summit, where several descent options can be found on all aspects. Thick evergreen forests called Promise Land fall from the northwest…
Backcountry skiing Mount Aire in Parleys Canyon
Mount Aire, located in Parley’s Canyon, is a moderate peak with an easy approach and numerous options for a fun descent. The climb up is somewhat mellow and relaxing, if you don’t mind a bit of bushwacking down low followed by an undulating ridgeline ascent to the summit. Add in the constant drone of cars…
Salomon shows off high tech backcountry ski gear at Outdoor Retailer 2017 Winter Market
Salomon has been in the backcountry skiing game for years now, but for the winter of 2017/18, they will be going all-in on serious ski-mountaineering, alpine backcountry adventuring, and skimo racing platforms with the new X-Alp series of boots and skis. Plus, they have a look at Salomon’s take on the tech binding which will…
Mountain Hardwear is serious about backcountry at Outdoor Retailer 2017 Winter Market
Mountain Hardwear has always offered seriously impressive gear for alpinists, mountaineers and backcountry skiers. But at this year’s 2017 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, they’ve shown an even deeper dedication to ski touring with new lines of outerwear dedicated to getting up to get down. ROGUE COMPOSITE JACKET I was most impressed with the Mountain Hardwear…