Snow Sports
ArchiveFrom聽Sherpas Cinema聽and the聽North Face,聽Tsirku聽is a three-part film series featuring skiers聽Hadley Hammer聽and聽Sam Anthamatten聽with snowboarder聽Ralph Backstrom聽attempting to ski Corrugated, a set of spines on the聽Tsirku Glacier.
For pro聽skier and Olympic hopeful Robby Kelley, the $30,000 cost of joining the U.S. national team was prohibitively high, forcing him to turn down his spot on the roster. Instead, he started his own squad, called Redneck Racing, in hopes of making it on his own with a handful of…
From filmmaker Thomas Woodson, photographer Adam Clark, and skier Drew Peterson聽Skiing the Wild West documents Peterson鈥檚 mission to ski the tallest mountain in each of the western states.
Behold the astonishing explosion of alpine sports in the People鈥檚 Republic鈥攁s directed, promoted, and financed by the Communist Party in the run鈥搖p to the 2022 Beijing Olympics
From Yucca Productions and Black Crows Skis聽Nocta features skiers Bruno Compagnet and Layla Jean Kerley as the shred night laps illuminated by headlamp.聽
There's powder in the forecast from Florida to Vermont, but the southern Rockies continue to be snow starved as the worst season just about anyone can remember continues
From the Utah Avalanche Center聽To Hell in a Heartbeat follows three friends on a day in the backcountry when things go horribly wrong.
Our best travel and adventure photography of the month.
In the last installment of this year鈥檚 The Shadow Campaign from DPS Skis and filmmaker Ben Sturgulewski the series takes a musical approach.
In a remote cabin somewhere between Revelstoke and Golden a few skiers and musicians are getting together to meld the world of music and backcountry skiing.
There's nothing better than gathering up some of your best friends, loading up an RV, and heading to Alaska in search of powder. Which is exactly what U.S. Ski Team Moguls Skier member Troy Murphy does every spring.
Growing up in Snowbird, Utah,聽pro skier Angel Collinson and her brother Johnny had no shortage of childhood adventures. Watch to hear Angel tell us about the time she learned the power of trust and visualization during a backcountry聽outhouse incident.聽聽…
While in the backcountry, there's an array of different variables to be on the lookout for. This animated video from SINTR Visuals聽specifically examines two of those, snow faceting and sintering.
Why one would want to ski the Ice Coast, from a diehard defender
We recently sent reporter Paddy O'Connell to Aspen, Colorado hoping the kind folks聽in this ski town could help him define some of backcountry skiing's more arcane lingo.
From Salomon TV, The Art of the Turn brings together ski racers including聽legend Gunther Mader,聽champion Luca Aerni, and聽rising star Paco Rassat聽to define the perfect turn.
Snowboarder Mikey Franco spent his formative years guiding and teaching clients in the sports. After a season-ending injury, he needed to find a new outlet and came across experimenting with shaping boards.
Before this weekend, everyone wondered: Is Shiffrin on track to become the best skier in history, or just the best in slalom and GS? Now we know.
From KGB Productions, Westward follows a host of weird, wild, fascinating ski characters who do things their own way.
In the final installment of Stio鈥檚 A San Juan Story, skier and narrator Oliver Sutro takes us through his process of leaving Telluride which involves skiing all his bucket list lines.聽
For mountain biker Patrick Noonan, he's been used to many solo rides at 5 A.M. Sometimes it's lonely, but most of the time he finds peace and serenity in the quiet.
Or a movie, or a game of spoons. The alpine racer isn't dusting the competition by slacking off. She's putting in the work, and then she's taking a nap.
From skier, producer, and director Nikolai Schirmer with support from Black Crows, Shapes follows Schirmer and Flo Bastien as they explore the backcountry in Canada, France, and Norway.聽
In this ski film from Dakine, skiers Sammy Carlson, Karl Fostvedt, and Lucas Wachs traveled to Hakuba, Japan in search of one epic storm.
As mountain towns in the West struggle with the soaring cost of real estate, tiny Stowe, Vermont, remains an affordable bastion of outdoor living. It鈥檚 a place where ski bums aren鈥檛 an endangered species, good food and beer are plentiful, and everyone puts a premium on playing outside. Welcome home.
From Scott Sports and their athletes, Sam Cohen and McKenna Peterson, Peak of Ill Repute follows the team on a three-week skiing expedition at the base of Alaska's Fairweather Range.聽
A few weeks back we posted Faction's This Is Home. Though the footage was sweet and satisfying, there was a lingering hope that they may provide us with a little dessert. And did they ever.
From Stio, A San Juan Story follows a crew young skiers as they explore the endless opportunities surrounding the ski mecca of Telluride.聽
The Seeking Nirvana series is back with this year's installment Road To Nowhere. This season, skiers Riley Leboe, Mike Henituk, Joe Schuster, Matt Margetts are on a road trip for ski and swell through Vancouver Island.聽
In this film from Salomon, pro skiers Kalen Thorien and Cody Townsend take twenty-two-year-old Swedish skier Lovisa Rosengren to Kashmir, India.
Skier Tom Wallisch alongside filmmakers Sherpas Cinema and the North Face just took it up a notch with this segment 'Inspiration'.
An A to Z guide to the ups and downs of the sport
From Salomon TV, Mica follows rising ski star Andrea Byrne along with Cody Townsend, Chris Rubens, and Leah Evans as they indulge Mica Heli Skiing's endless terrain.
When the San Juan's call, it's really tough not to answer it.
Teens are breaking trail in the backcountry well before they can drink, vote, or even drive. Avalanche educators are hustling to get to them early.
The More Than You Think series from Outdoor Gear Exchange, aims to highlight the backcountry offerings in New England showed off by the women who know it best.
Who knew that it鈥檚 easy to find great backcountry skiing in Scotland? Nobody, because it isn鈥檛. But that doesn鈥檛 stop a committed group of hard-asses from clicking their boots and heading into the mud, rain, and heather in search of stoke.
Dallas Seavey's current predicament shows how the sport's most visible event, wary of controversy, has closed in and tightened the rules. It should do the opposite.
Freeskier Sam Favret and snowboarder Julien Herry take on steep riding in the heart of Mont Blanc massif.
Jeremy Jones has pursued mountains for his whole life; in fact, he's shaped a career out of it. In this dedication, he's fallen in love with the act of gliding.
Often overlooked as a ski destination, the Aussie backcountry has some spectacular lines as displayed in this video from We Are Explorers and Hayden Griffith.
In an effort to get us all stoked for winter, Squaw Alpine dropped this video about the effort it takes to get the chairs turning every morning.
From KGB Productions, Westward follows a host of fascinating ski characters who are doing things their own way.
From DPS Skis The Shadow Campaign, The Time Within finds five of DPS's best skiers in the powder haven of Japan.
Border resort shuttered amid earthquake and volcano concerns after a series of underground detonations
From Outdoor Gear Exchange, the More Than You Think series aims to highlight the expanding opportunities for backcountry skiing in the northeast.
Our PlayNow series highlights an epic POV clip so you can get in on the action even when you're stuck behind a desk.
His misguided immigration and climate-change policies are worse than January rain
This video from Salomon is a teaser for all their upcoming films this ski season. With athletes like Cody Townsend, Greg Hill, and Kalen Thorien, this season is sure to set a new high.
From Matchstick Productions, Drop Everything features skiers like Cody Townsend, Michelle Parker, Elyse Saustad sending huge lines everywhere from British Columbia to Matchstick's home base of Crested Butte.
From DPS Skis and filmmaker Frank Pickell, The Shadow Within tells the tale of a young boy who finds a mysterious treasure on the shore of a deserted island.
For this film This Is Home, they all returned to their old playgrounds, secret spots, and favorite lines during filming. From the Flathead Valley to Verbier Switzerland, this film takes you around the globe in search of what it means to be a skier.
From DPS Skis The Shadow Campaign brings you into some of the most epic ski terrains in the world.
Photographer and Filmmaker Abraham Joffe has always been drawn to places that see very few visitors and the polar region fits that criteria like nowhere else.
The winter of 2017 was a force to be reckoned with from Tahoe to Maine, there were record snowfalls across the board. It was a wild season and you can follow all the excitement in TGR's new feature film Rogue Elements.
Josh Jespersen took down Colorado鈥檚 14ers in record time鈥攐n a splitboard
This year鈥檚 race was fraught with frigid temperatures that frequently dropped to minus 40. Of the 25 racers intending to race the 1,000 miles to Nome, only six would finish.
Mona Seraji's unlikely path to becoming the first snowboarder from the Middle East, male or female, to compete in the pro freeride series
The backcountry is a place to be respected, regardless of where you are. Safe zones, beacons, and communication led to the success of this rescue.
The two neighboring Colorado giants are snapping up ski areas around the country, positioning themselves as the two titans of North American resort operations
At the cover shoot for the May issue of 国产吃瓜黑料, we asked 10 of the most influential women in the outdoor world a handful of questions about life, success, and happiness.
The company will work with KSL Capital Partners to form a new business to manage the resorts
At the Suzuki Nine Knights event in Italy, Andri Ragettli landed the first Quad Cork 1800.
While we were typing away at our computers, Olle Regner just styled one of the most epic lines we've seen all year.
After years of damage and abuse, the skier's bones have a few things to say
It鈥檚 easy to forget the work that goes on behind the scenes to prepare, maintain, and repair our ski hills. This winter, Salt Lake City鈥揵ased photographer Will Saunders embedded with Park City鈥檚 night shift ski-cat crew, who are responsible for making the corduroy on one of the largest collections of groomed runs in the country.
The crew behind Seeking Nirvana may have never been professional filmmakers, but what they lacked in technical skill they made up for in team chemistry.
Skiing from mountains to the ocean captivates us all, and for these two, it was a chance to test their mettle.
The Jack Jumping World Championships鈥攚here competitors attach a single ski to a stool, then hang on as they hurtle down the slope鈥攈as been going strong for almost four decades. Mixing a bit of history with adrenaline and flipping a bird at the Big Ski establishment in the process, the event showcases ski culture at its very finest.
With little fanfare, one of the tallest, largest ski resorts in the world is taking shape in British Columbia, masterminded by the most visionary resort architect you've never heard of
Shot by Ben Sturgulewski, Solitary is a testament to finding heavenly backcountry skiing around the world.
Every year, the Smithsonian holds a photo contest highlighting some of the best photographs from around the world. Here are our favorite finalists.
As ski resorts struggle with warmer, shorter seasons, a team of Norwegian researchers is rolling out new snow machines that help cut back on planet-warming emissions
"If you need powder to have a good day on the mountain, you're in the wrong sport."
James Coleman is snapping up small ski areas in Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. As warming temperatures shorten the winter season and the West contends with drought, we had to ask: Why?
The women's U.S. cross-country ski team has always been second-tier, but that's changing thanks largely to Alaskan nordic star Kikkan Randall, a pink-haired skate-skiing powerhouse who trains harder than anyone on the planet鈥攁nd has everybody else following her lead.
The key is to never turn back
The Colorado behemoth is snapping up ski areas across North America. Here鈥檚 what happens when the hill changes hands.
Josh Daiek is known for doing some of the most phenomenal skiing in the Tahoe backcountry.