On Tour; Big Sky Mountain Products Elevates the Game Brought to you by Big Sky Mountain Products More than a mere review of a product, this is an analysis of experience, because it is experience that spurs the pursuit of passion at all. And a sure mark of a passion is the clarity of its voice which, on snow-bright spring days, all but shouts ‘Tour!’ A vehicle for independence […] Gear Paulie | March 26, 2018 0 Comments
Uphill Skiing and Backcountry Skiing Becoming More Mainstream as Resorts Embrace the Trend According To SnowSports Industries America (SIA), uphill skiing and backcountry skiing is becoming more and more mainstream, influencing everything from resort policy to gear. More than half of North American resorts now allow uphill skiing, and alpine-touring equipment sales grew 13 percent last season, on top of a 200% growth the previous season. 70 mountains in North America have published […] Industry News Steven Agar | October 5, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: Ripping Incredible Terrain in Perfect Patagonian Powder | Refugio Frey A SnowBrains fan sent this to us today, and it is RAD! “3 Days skitouring around Refugio De Frey near Bariloche. Conditions were perfect with lots off ‘fluffy powder’. We skied some tiny couloirs and nice faces! And the view is just awesome everywhere!! Thx to Sportina, GoPro and Outofgoggles” – Koen Speleman Trip Report LadyBrains | August 27, 2017 0 Comments
Marker Stops Selling Kingpin Binding After G3 Sues Just like most other kingpins, the law is shutting down the Marker Kingpin Binding. It is the first tech binding to have a lateral heel release and provides unmatched heel retention for a tech binding. It has quickly become one of the most popular touring bindings on the market. On December 15, 2015, G3 filed a civil lawsuit claiming that Marker had infringed […] Industry News Jake Rubnitz | June 30, 2017 0 Comments
Trip Report: 8812 Bowl @ Roger’s Pass British Columbia Many times I’ll meet keen travelers in Revelstoke, and Roger’s Pass will come up in conversation. I guess it’s lore has been growing recently; multiple times, folks who haven’t been there have heard it was “the best ski touring” in North America: Just so, my friends, just so. Located between Golden and Revelstoke in Glacier Park, B.C., there are simply no comparable areas in […] Conditions Report Sergei Poljak | January 4, 2017 0 Comments
A Huge Shift In Uphill Access for North American Resorts Backcountry skiing and ski-touring is becoming a huge attraction throughout the North American mountains. It has been very popular in Europe for many years as the resorts in the alps offer an entirely different style of off-piste skiing and ski-mountaineering. Now, many resorts across the US are beginning to adopt uphill access policies in order to attract a more diverse crowd. […] Backcountry Dylan Cautela | December 2, 2016 2 Comments
Skier Triggered Avalanche Claims Lives of Two in Austrian Alps On Saturday, a large group of people snow touring through the Austrian alps of Tyrol triggered an enormous avalanche. The group consisted of ten members- one on touring skis, one on snowshoes, and eight using splitboards- with an objective of reaching the Verwall Valley located slightly east of St Anton am Arlberg. The avalanche released at approximately 12:30 pm on Saturday […] Avalanche Dylan Cautela | November 30, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Lofoten, The Place Where Snow, Mountains and Oceans Merge Together “The Lofoten is a chain of Islands stretching deep into the Arctic ocean in Norway. Traditional Lofoten is known as one of the richest fishing grounds in the world, but more recently it has become known for it’s excellent ski touring. The BMT team, Austin Ross, Stian Hagen, Ingrid Backstrom and Christina Lusti travelled to Lofoten in February, quite early […] Matias Ricci | December 17, 2015 0 Comments
Terminating the Terrible Tahoe Season @ Carson Pass, CA Given the absolutely dismal year we had here in Northern California, I never would have guessed that the annual mid-June climb to ski around the Carson Pass area would have the snow to pull it off. Well, after above average snowfall for May 2015, Round Top Peak (10,381 ft) and the Sisters Peaks (10,153 ft) failed to disappoint. Backcountry Casey Cane | July 17, 2015 5 Comments
Clamoring for a New Couloir – Sonora Pass, CA For the duration of the month of May, a continuation of high altitude storms thankfully added to the historically shallow Sierra snowpack. With these storms dropping a foot here, a few inches there, another foot there, I realized the window of opportunity could possibly exist for a certain zone of chutes that I have been eyeing for many years. It’s in an area on Sonora Pass that few frequent as you have to boot directly up a choice of two couloirs, of which, cannot be accessed from above. After a week and a half of road closures among a constant study of the weather, it looked like our chance[…] Backcountry Casey Cane | June 26, 2015 2 Comments
Dreadful Drought You Say? Skiing Lines in May! @ Sonora Pass, CA Back in mid-May, the ski season refused to die in California despite the existence of an unprecedented drought…so the snow soldiers rolled on! The mountain highway passes (89, 4, 108, & 120) all opened in April because of the lack of snow. As a frequent ski tourer of said passes, the usual plan of attack is to get there right when they open as snow conditions generally deteriorate […] Backcountry Casey Cane | June 23, 2015 3 Comments
Triumph of Tahoe Turns @ Carson Pass, CA – 06/15/14 After one of the driest years on record and in midst of a drought…would my June turns even come to fruition? It has almost become a yearly ritual in my household. Come mid-June, to climb and ski around the Carson Pass area off of Round Top Peak at 10,381 ft and then continue up and the down the chutes of all the Sisters Peaks (10,153 ft) down to Round Top Lake[…] Backcountry Casey Cane | June 24, 2014 6 Comments
Chasing Californian Couloirs @ Kirkwood, Sonora & Tioga Pass – 04/20/14 Given the low total snowfall for the season in California, the ski season is surely going to come to an abrupt ending, yet one positive aspects are mountain passes opening early for your ski touring pleasure. Sonora Pass opened to through traffic on Friday April 18th around noon while Tioga Pass was open from the East up to the Yosemite Park gate[…] Backcountry Casey Cane | April 29, 2014 3 Comments
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