There’s no foolproof equation for choosing the right ski length and width, but using your height, weight, skiing ability, and preferred terrain as a guide will help you identify the range of lengths that will work best for you.

In the past there has only been one Golden Rule for backcountry skiing: There are no friends on powder days. This is always said tongue-in-cheek and implies that powder days should be feeding frenzies where it’s every man for himself, but with the stratospheric rise in backcountry popularity, just the opposite is now true: There’s […]

Learn what you’ll need to get started on backcountry snowboarding, or splitboarding. Covers differences in splitboards, Voile and Karakoram bindings, and the avalanche safety equipment you will need.